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 'finalising' deal with Giovanni van Bronckhorst to replace Steven Gerrard
dailystar.co.ukScottish Premiership champions Rangers are close to appointing Giovanni van Bronckhorst as manager with a deal almost done.The Ibrox club are in search of a new boss after Steven Gerrard opted to move to Aston Villa having guided the Gers to a first league title in 10 years.Last seen in the Far East with Chinese Super League outfit Guangzhou R&F, van Bronckhorst has been unemployed since December.But that now looks set to change with reports that Dutchman is close to 'finalising' a deal.TalkSport journalist Jim White took to Twitter on Wednesday evening to all but confirm the appointment.He tweeted: "Just had it confirmed that @RangersFC and representatives of Giovanni van Bronckhorst are close tonight to finalising [a] deal which will see.
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