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 Rangers exit wish which came back to bite as Aston Villa dream turns to nightmare
dailyrecord.co.ukAston Villa have drawn a line under Steven Gerrard 's time as manager just 11 months after he walked away from the top job at Rangers.
Gerrard left Ibrox off the back of an unbeaten league campaign and lifting the Scottish Premiership title as Rangers brought an end to Celtic's dominance of the top flight.
However, after lifting one trophy in Scotland he opted to make the move to the ruthless English Premier League and take over from Dean Smith with the club sitting in 15th in the table.
A union between an ambitious manager and a club with designs of gatecrashing the big six. After the heavy 3-0 defeat to Fulham at Craven Cottage Aston Villa sit in 17th in the table having won just two games so far this term, and only remain outside of the relegation zone on goal difference.
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