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.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp names the one player he would have loved to manage
dailystar.co.ukJurgen Klopp provided an “easy” answer when he was quizzed about which player he wished he could manage from any point in history.The Liverpool boss said that Steven Gerrard would be his answer, the player who is adored by the club the German boss currently presides at.Gerrard, who is now manager at Rangers, became a legend after helping the Reds win the Champions League, a UEFA Cup, two FA Cups and three League Cups.
He made over 500 appearances for the Merseyside club and was their club captain.So when Klopp was asked what player he would like to manage the most but who has since retired, he told This Is Anfield: “That’s easy - it’s Stevie.“When we played in Sydney three or four years ago and after the season we didn’t have a proper team.
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