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 Rangers to Aston Villa 'stepping stone' predicted as Ibrox boss goes odds-on for vacant job
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard has been tipped to use the Aston Villa job is a “stepping stone” to a top job if he’s offered the chance to succeed Dean Smith at the Midlands club.
The Rangers boss is now odds-on with bookmaker Paddy Power and favourite elsewhere alongside former England team-mate John Terry for the vacant English Premier League position.
Gerrard was also heavily linked with the Newcastle United job but has a Villa Park connection in CEO Christian Purslow who he worked with at Liverpool.
The 41-year-old former Anfield captain is contracted at Ibrox until 2024 and has been tipped as Jurgen Klopp’s successor when the German leaves Merseyside.
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