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 produced his 'best ever Liverpool performance' 15 years ago today
dailystar.co.ukWest Ham looked set looked to claim their fourth FA Cup triumph; with 90 minutes elapsed, and stoppage time fading away, the Hammers cleared one last ball.There was a problem, however, the ball had fallen to Steven Gerrard, and he was in Gerrard range.
The Englishman, who had been on the floor suffering from cramp only moments earlier, pulled his right leg back, and he let fly.
The 2006 FA Cup final can stake a claim to be the greatest of all time, and Gerrard's one-man mission to haul the title back to Merseyside has since gone down in Liverpudlian folk-law.
However, before its dramatic finale, West Ham had taken the lead through a Jamie Carragher own goal; six minutes later, the Hammers were two goals to the good.With the title slipping.
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