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 slams Glen Kamara abuse as Rangers boss calls for UEFA crackdown amid Sparta Prague fan reaction
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers midfielder was sent off in his side’s Europa League defeat. The Finnish international was mercilessly taunted by the home fans despite the 10,000 crowd at the Letna Stadium made up of supervised schoolchildren.Some were even pictured holding up a placard with ‘Kudela team’ - the name of their bitter rivals Slavia’s defender who was found guilty of racially abusing Kamara last season.
It made for an all-round miserable night for Kamara who was shown two yellow cards and left a bitter taste in Gerrard’s mouth.
The Rangers players, including Kamara, took a knee before the match on Thursday started, while the Sparta Prague players opted to stand around the centre circle.Sparta faced a stadium closure for the visit of the Gers after.
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