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.
Scotland have qualified for the Euros. But as he counted back in his players who had been scattered across the globe on international duty, the Rangers manager reserved a particularly warm welcome for Ryan Jack, who played such a big part in ending this country’s 22-year exile from the big tournaments.
Gerrard knows a thing or two about playing in the middle of the park and he watched every minute of Jack’s performances over the past week.
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