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 vs Bayer Leverkusen LIVE score as Michael Beale names his Ibrox starting line up
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers take on Bayer Leverkusen this afternoon with fans clamouring for a first glimpse at Michael Beale 's team in action.
The Englishman returned to the club and has the reins all to himself after previously serving as Steven Gerrard 's No.2. He takes over from Gio van Bronckhorst and will be keen to get the momentum building as quickly as possible - starting with his first match as the main man at Ibrox this afternoon.
It's top opposition too with Bundesliga side Leverkusen coming to town for the first time since their Europa League meeting in 2020.Beale's stated his intentions to assess his options before making any transfer decisions and this will be his first chance to do just that.
And could he have some long awaited injury returns too with Tom Lawrence and John Souttar among those on the brink of returns?
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