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.
When Steven Gerrard picks the six players that made him fall in love with football you expect it to be jam-packed with Liverpool icons.
In reality, he selected just two in the shape of former Celtic boss John Barnes and goalscoring legend Ian Rush. The Rangers boss also selected a legend from the Ibrox club with Paul Gascoigne earning his place alongside alongside Gary Lineker, Zinedine Zidane and Diego Maradona.
Gerrard was nominated on Instagram to pick the six players that made him fall in love with the game by his old Liverpool team-mate Jamie Redknapp.Redknapp had plumped for Barnes, Maradona, Gazza as well as Kenny Dalglish, Glenn Hoddle and Uruguay legend Enzo Francescoli.Gerrard has made it clear in the past that he's a big fan
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