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.
Rangers’ recent run in Europe reveals they have been anything but bog standard in Europe under Steven Gerrard. But the Ibrox boss believes they’ll have to be well above average to leave Liege with all three points tonight.
Gerrard got to the summit of European competition as a player in the Champions League Final of 2005 in Istanbul and while so far his only experience as a manager has been in the second-tier Europa League, his record has been nothing short of remarkable.
Rangers have gone from being slung out of Europe by the Luxembourg part-timers of Progres Niederkorn and their manager arguing with fans with his feet planted in a rose bush, to a respected force once more on the continent under Gerraed.
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