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 Steven Gerrard obsession and Celtic mad uncle that propelled Jamie McGrath towards Rangers cup shock
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard crashing out of the Betfred Cup.The Irishman comes from a Liverpool-daft family and grew up with posters of Anfield legend Gerrard on his wall as he dreamed of making it as a professional player.And the 24-year-old couldn’t believe one of his biggest nights in football came at the expense of Gerrard after his double on Wednesday helped shatter the Light Blues’ unbeaten start to the season.Meath man McGrath kept up his hot scoring streak to make it five goals in four games and set up a Hampden semi-final against Livingston.
Irish eyes were smiling on a historic night in Paisley, with Cork’s Conor McCarthy grabbing the stoppage-time winner in a 3-2 victory for boss Jim Goodwin.
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