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.
Tributes paid to popular Liverpool stadium worker after he loses fight against coronavirus
mirror.co.ukTributes have been flooding in for much-loved Liverpool stadium worker Paul Smith, who has died from coronavirus. Mr Smith passed away on Thursday after losing his battle with the deadly virus, and his death has clearly affected a great number of people connected with the club.
The likes of Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher sent messages of support to the Carlsberg lounge host last week, who had worked at Anfield for 28 years in a variety of roles.
Gerrard said: "I've been told you've been in hospital recently, and you're quite poorly. "It's important, mate, you keep fighting, you stay strong and be as brave as you can.
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