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 been warned that stepping into Jurgen Klopp’s shoes will be “difficult”.The Reds hero spent 17 seasons at Anfield, lifting the Champions League trophy in 2005 while making over 700 appearances.Since retiring in 2016, the Englishman has moved into management as he is into a third season with Scottish side Rangers.After two seasons of finishing behind Celtic and struggling in the Europa League, Gerrard is currently guiding the Ibrox side to an unbeaten campaign.They are top of the Scottish Premiership, leading their Old Firm rivals by nine points, while siting top of their European group.
It has seen the 40-year-old become touted as a successor to Liverpool boss Klopp, who has brought Champions League and Premier League.
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