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.
Manchester United great Roy Keane makes admission about former Liverpool player Steven Gerrard
manchestereveningnews.co.ukUnited between 1993 and 2005, winning seven Premier League titles, four FA Cups and one Champions League. The Irishman was a stalwart in Sir Alex Ferguson’s dominant team, but he believes Gerrard, Lampard and United teammate Scholes were all superior players to him. “When you compare me to players — people talk about Scholes, Gerrard, Lampard — these guys were way better than me,” Keane told the Irish Independent.
When questioned about Lampard being better than him, the former midfielder reaffirmed that belief.“Yeah. Gerrard and Scholesy too," he repeated. “I’m not saying they had the same influence in their teams as me and I couldn’t compete with the guys, but, yeah, they were better than me.
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