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 wasn't 'ready' for Rangers job as Jermain Defoe reveals thinking over Ibrox top job
dailyrecord.co.ukJermain Defoe has revealed that Steven Gerrard didn't think he was 'totally' ready for the Rangers manager role when accepting the position - but it was too big a pull to pass up on.The pair were England teammates together during the Liverpool legend's playing days but soon the relationship changed as Gerrard became Defoe's boss when bringing him to Glasgow for a spell of two years in 2020.
He wrapped up his playing days a few months later in Sunderland and now coaches within former side Tottenham Hotspur's youth structure.
As part of a new podcast series with the BBC, Defoe embarks on his hunt to find out what it takes to be a manager and revealed that when Rangers were naming his ex-England teammate, there was a conversation between them.
Gerrard told the now 40-year-old that he wasn't sure whether or not he was ready for Rangers in 2018 after time coaching in the Liverpool academy, but Defoe would make the same call in those shoes, explaining: "I probably would to be honest (find it hard to turn down a job if offered)."When it's something you want and you turn it down, you might be thinking I won't get this opportunity again.
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