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 has revealed the sensational strike is unlikely to secure the front man a starting place just yet.The Rangers super sub has seen his outrageous 55 yard effort in Thurday’s Europa League win against Standard Liege in Belgium become a world-wide sensation after going viral.TV personality Piers Morgan shared the clip of the goal with his 7.6m followers on social media – suggesting Roofe’s rocket could be the best goal EVER seen.Gers boss Gerrard agreed he’s never witnessed a bitter hit – but he insisted he still won’t rush the frontman back in to his starting line up.Roofe is on the comeback trail after a month out injured and the manager will resist the temptation to lob him straight in against Livingston at Ibrox.
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