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 rocket in coefficient table to outperform Barcelona, Manchester United and other giants
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers’ European exploits have earned them a place in the top 10 performing clubs on the Continent in the past five years. The Ibrox side restored their reputation on the European stage following the arrival of Steven Gerrard.
And their progress sees them sit above giants such as Barcelona, Juventus and Manchester United. A 20-team table posted on @swissfootdata shows Bayern Munich at the top with 19.714 points scored over the five-year period with the German giants just above Champions League finalists Liverpool and their English Premier League rivals Manchester City.
But Rangers are in 10th position with Chelsea, Real Madrid, Red Star Belgrade, Salzburg, PSG and Ajax making up the rest of the top half.
The Ibrox side picked up 17,075 points thanks to their impressive form in the Europa League over the last four years which saw them reach the Final last season where they lost to Eintracht Frankfurt on penalty kicks.Gerrard arrived 12 months after a disastrous exit to Luxembourg minnows Progres Niederkorn and steered them into the group stage at the first attempt.
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