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 Rangers pitch incoming as Ibrox surface set for upgrade ahead of Champions League push
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers already have an SIS pitch in place which is currently a semi-hybrid - unlike the full hybrid surfaces at Tynecastle and Celtic Park.
SIS' George Mullan posted: "Full pitch construction completed at the Batumi Stadium in Georgia. Next up Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow." An upgrade had been mooted by sporting director Ross Wilson and the imminent arrival of new playing surface will be welcomed by Steven Gerrard who loves his side to play a slick, passing-based style.
The current surface has held up well this season and looked in excellent condition during the 4-1 romp over rivals Celtic 10 days' ago.A new surface would be just part of a raft of improvements at Ibrox that have been laid out with fans expected to return in numbers next.
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