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 players and managers take the credit, but so often those behind the scenes are the unsung heroes. That certainly appeared the case for Rangers on Thursday night as they earned a much-needed Europa League victory over Brondby.
Steven Gerrard 's side lit a fire under their group stage campaign – pointless until last night – via goals from Leon Balogun and Kemar Roofe.
Balogun's opener, his first for the club in competitive action set the tone for a comfortable victory.But while the Rangers players rushed to congratulate the Nigerian international centre-back, Gerrard turned to the men behind him.The Ibrox boss could be seen pointing straight back to the bench after Balogun's header powered past Brondby keeper Thomas Mikkelsen.It looked to
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