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.
Manchester United captain Roy Keane has admitted that Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes were all ‘way better’ players than he was.
Irish star Keane is regarded by many to be one of the best midfielders that the Premier League has ever seen after a glittering career.
He played a total of 469 games for United over a 12 year period and won seven Premier League titles, four FA Cups and one Champions League.
But Keane reckons his career involved lots of luck and that he massively overachieved in terms of the talent that he possesses.And he puts other Premier League midfield greats like Gerrard, Lampard, and Scholes, at a higher standing than himself.
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