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.
Under-pressure Steven Gerrard has been urged to rip up his Aston Villa script by Micah Richards amid rising unhappiness from supporters.
The former Rangers boss has lost three out of four to start the season and the Villans' next two fixtures are against Arsenal and Manchester City.
The 42-year-old and his players were showered with boos after their insipid 1-0 defeat to previously winless West Ham on Sunday.
And the latest setback - set among rising tension from Villa diehards - comes ahead of a double-header against the top two teams in the English Premier League.
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