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.
Kilmarnock – then urged his players to go the distance in Europe as well.The Ibrox gaffer was delighted with yesterday's 1-0 win against Tommy Wright's men, which kept them 21 points clear of Celtic at the top of the Premiership.Ryan Jack's wonder strike was enough to see off the Ayrshire club and leave Gerrard's side just four wins away from the league flag.But now the Gers boss has switched his attention to their Europa League knock-out clash against Belgian cracks Antwerp.And Gerrard wants his players to take hold of the tie in Thursday's first-leg, before finishing the job in Glasgow and progressing to the last 16.He said: “It's a really exciting time for us, we have the chance to go into the last 16 of Europe.“This is where the players.
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