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.
Rafael Benitez wanted to make different Liverpool sub in 2005 Champions League final
dailystar.co.ukLiverpool's famous Champions League comeback victory over AC Milan in Istanbul could've been very different had Rafael Benitez not been forced into a change of personnel.The Reds came from 3-0 down at half-time to secure victory over the Italian giants on penalties, with Steven Gerrard, Vladimir Smicer and Xabi Alonso all finding the target.One man who played the entire 120 minutes of the inspired victory was Djimi Traore, a young left-back who had been at the club since leaving Lens back in 1999.As Benitez scrambled to get his team back into the game during the break, he was set to substitute Traore as the formation changed from a back four to a back three."It's a true story," the former Liverpool defender told.
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