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 squad revealed as Steven Gerrard puts his Scottish Cup 'freshen up' vow to the test
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard will have Nathan Patterson, Bongani Zungu and Calvin Bassey available to him for their Scottish Cup third round clash with Cove Rangers.
The Ibrox side have appealed their six-game suspension for breaking strict lockdown rules and are awaiting a hearing date from the SFA.
Gerrard hinted this clash could be a chance to "freshen" things up but the Ibrox manager is hell-bent on securing more silverware to Rangers after romping to the Premiership title.
But he will be without Ryan Jack with the midfield linchpin seeing specialists over a troublesome calf complaint. James Tavernier is working himself back to full match sharpness.
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