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.
Steven Gerrard has boosted his managerial reputation. But while he enjoyed success in the tournament in his first three seasons as boss, this was a campaign where he would rather not have been involved.
That is because for the first time he had a crack at the Champions League thanks to last season's title success. However, they fell at the first hurdle with defeat to Malmo and he finds himself back in UEFA's second tier competition.
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