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 branded 'far from world class' by Swedish media as they declare advantage Malmo in Champions League tie
dailyrecord.co.ukChampions League third qualifying round saw Rangers branded a "disappointment" by Swedish media. Two minutes of madness at the start of the second half left Steven Gerrard 's side staring down the barrel of elimination as Soren Rieks and Veljko Birmancevic struck.
But a late goal by Steven Davis leaves the tie finely poised at Ibrox next week, even with no away goal rule in place. Ahead of the match the mood in Sweden was that Rangers were clear favourites, 10 years after the sides last met in this competition.
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