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.
Unai Emery replaces Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa as he ditches Villarreal for dramatic Premier League return
dailyrecord.co.ukAston Villa have moved quickly to replace Steven Gerrard with Unai Emery drafted in from Villarreal for a dramatic Premier League return.
Gerrard was sacked following a 3-0 defeat to Fulham on Thursday after a dreadful start to the season in the West Midlands. His spell at Villa Park and been up and down and discontent was growing with a resounding defeat at Craven Cottage the final straw for the Liverpool legend.
He was shown the door less than a year after leaving Rangers and his temporary replacement Aaron Danks led them to a convincing 4-0 win over Brentford at the weekend.
But any hopes the Englishman had of keeping the job for longer have quickly been squashed with former Arsenal boss Emery arriving from Villarreal.
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