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.
Europa League squad for Thursday's clash with Willem II. Steven Gerrard's side travel to the Netherlands to meet the Eredivisie outfit in a third round qualifying clash.A play off against Galatasaray or Hadjuk Split awaits the winner.Brandon Barker remains injured and has been left out of the squad announced on UEFA's website.Jordan Jones wasn't included on that same list last week but travelled to Gibraltar for the 5-0 rout of Lincoln Red Imps without making the bench.
The Northern Ireland international has, however, been included this time around. Ryan Jack, too, has been included although Ibrox boss Gerrard admitted last week the midfielder faces a minimum "few weeks" on the sidelines.
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