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.
Rangers 55 celebrations eased first team frustration as Greg Stewart predicts Connor Goldson Ibrox future
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers fan, he’d have loved nothing more than to have played a starring role on the march to last season’s Premiership triumph.
The trouble was that the 31-year-old found himself behind a list of players who had become so dependable there was no way Steven Gerrard could leave them out.
So that’s when it became about sacrifice. Working hard behind the scenes knowing there would be no reward of a run-out at the weekend, instead pushing his rivals hard on the training pitch to ensure the likes of Alfredo Morelos, Ryan Kent, Kemar Roofe and Ianis Hagi were on top form when the real action came round.
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