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.
New Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard was once sent off for tackle on club's U23 coach
dailystar.co.ukSteven Gerrard was named as the new Aston Villa boss this week - and is now set to link up with U23 coach George Boateng, who Gerrard crunched with a studs-up tackle back in 2001.Gerrard made over 700 appearances for the Reds and was given his marching orders on eight separate occasions.And one of the first red cards Gerrard received in a Liverpool shirt was against Villa, with the 41-year-old dismissed for a strong tackle on Boateng.Boateng has been coaching back at Villa Park for two-and-a-half years and will now form an important part of Gerrard's backroom support team.Gerrard will also link back up with former Liverpool team-mates Danny Ings and Ashley Young following his move from Rangers earlier this week.The former England midfielder.
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