Steven George Gerrard MBE (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool, with most of that time spent as club captain, as well as captaining the England national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time,
Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award. In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
Rangers being contenders in the Europa League - only to be taken to task by Ibrox hero Kris Boyd.Steven Gerrard's side are unbeaten in Europe this season and put one foot in the last 16 with a dramatic victory over Royal Antwerp on Thursday night.That has fans dreaming of a run similar to Walter Smith's side of 2007-08, who went all the way to the final before losing to Zenit St Petersburg.But former Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood is adamant that only only an English Premier League side can dream of lifting the trophy.Asked on Soccer Saturday to rank the favourites to go all the way he insisted: "Man United, then Tottenham, then Leicester and then Arsenal.
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