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 makes James Tavernier trophy admission as Rangers boss insists Ibrox captain deserves more respect
dailyrecord.co.ukJames Tavernier needs to win a trophy before he gets the credit he deserves as Rangers captain. But he insists the right back is his dream player because of how he conducts himself and how reliable he is at the club.
Tavernier is approaching his 250th game as a Rangers player and will reach that figure if he lines up against Dundee United at Ibrox on Saturday.
The Englishman is regularly chastised as not being a good captain because he doesn't show the usual attributes of shouting at players and leads by example in how he plays instead.
And Gerrard insists that is perfect for him because has help with team-mates behind in the shape of Connor Goldson and Allan McGregor who are both loud.
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