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 team's "huge achievement" after topping their group to reach the last 32 of the Europa League. The Ibrox boss watched with great satisfaction as his side took Lech Poznan apart comfortably despite seven changes from the starting line-up that defeated Ross County.
It means they go into Monday's draw as top seeds ahead of a Benfica side that spent around £100million on players in the summer.
And with 14 points it's also the biggest tally ever registered by a Scottish club in a modern European League competition.A proud Gerrard said: "It's a huge achievement.
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