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.
The Rangers and Celtic Europa League lifeline as fresh UEFA quirk alters the qualification landscape
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers have landed in the Europa League group stage. That's now four years on the trot for the Glasgow rivals after both came up short in a bid to reach the Champions League.Steven Gerrard's side have drawn Lyon, Sparta Prague and Brondby with the chance of a third straight progression to the knockout stage a realistic possibility.Ange Postecoglou, too, will feel Celtic have enough to get out of a group containing Bayer Leverkusen, Real Betis and Ferencvaros.
Nothing is straightforward at this level, however, including UEFA's updated tournament formatting.Traditionally, the teams who finish first and second would automatically qualify for the latter stages.But alas, no more.
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