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.
Europa League showdown with Alashkert. The Ibrox boss and a number of his players did not travel to Armenia for Thursday's match following a Covid-19 outbreak, with some at the club returning positive tests and others isolating as close contacts.
Ryan Kent, Allan McGregor, Jon McLaughlin, Calvin Bassey, Scott Wright and captain James Tavernier have also remained in Scotland.
Gary McAllister and Michael Beale will lead the team on Thursday and could do so again when Celtic visit Ibrox on Sunday.But, for now, all focus is on Yerevan with a place in the group stage up for grabs.Rangers take a single goal lead into the second leg and despite his absence, Gerrard will deliver a virtual pre-match speech.
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