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.
Who Rangers could face in Champions League qualifying as Ibrox giants face fiery playoff deja vu prospect
dailyrecord.co.ukChampions League football to look forward to next season. It was a dominant league campaign for the champions as they claimed the Premiership trophy and hopes will be high going in their bid for the group stage promised land.Steven Gerrard ’s side have impressed in the Europa League in recent seasons and Scotland's improved coefficient will mean they kick-off their bid for the group stage on August 3 or 4 in the Third Qualifying Round.
They will be one of the seeded sides in the round after securing the Champions Path route and will avoid the likes of Dinamo Zagreb, Olympiacos, Red Star Belgrade and Young Boys.
There's also no prospect of a showdown with Slavia Prague after the fallout of Ondrej Kudela's racism as they enter at the third.
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