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.
Kemar Roofe has raised the bar for his Rangers team-mates.The Ibrox boss revealed Roofe is his side's top runner, hitting figures usually unheard of from a forward.Gerrard 's side twice came from behind to see off Standard Liege and qualify for the Europa League last 32 on Thursday night.And he was quick to highlight Roofe's influence while also saluting Rangers ' sport science department.Gerrard said: "One thing for sure, I have to pay credit to the fitness department and the sports science lads.
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