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.
Michael Beale's decision to return to Rangers as manager has been criticised by former Queens Park Rangers favourite Jamie Mackie.
The Englishman opted to depart the Loftus Road side last week to replace Giovanni van Bronckhorst as Light Blues boss, who was dismissed from his role last week.
Beale had only been in the job with the English Championship side since the summer, and left the R's sitting in the play off places.
Beale's success with the QPR hadn't gone unnoticed and he knocked back the chance to manage Wolves in the English Premier League last month following the sacking of Bruno Lage.
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