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.
Rangers to be wary of Royal Antwerp after their Europa League draw. The former Ibrox favourite believes the Belgian side have the experience needed to pull off a win in the last 32 of the competition.
Despite Antwerp's struggles domestically, sitting in mid-table in the First Division, he believes Ivan Leko's side will provide tougher opposition than fellow Belgian side Standard Liege, who the Light Blues defeated twice in the group stage.
Buffel told GVA : "Unlike Standard, Antwerp does have some seasoned players. [Dieumerci] Mbokani and [Lior] Refaelov have already earned their stripes on the European podium. "They themselves will have to make the difference.” Rangers reached the last 16 of last season’s Europa League where they.
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