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.
Cedric Itten in Rangers admission as Swiss striker reveals steep Scottish learning curve
dailyrecord.co.ukCedric Itten admits he'll need to get used to the physicality of Scottish football before he can flourish at Rangers. The 23-year-old joined for £2.7m in early August but he's mostly been used off the bench so far, though he opened his Light Blues account last month with a superb double against Motherwell.
He's sure his call to leave St Gallen for Steven Gerrard 's title hopefuls was the right one - although he believes he has to navigate a learning curve in his new country.
Itten is away on international duty for Switzerland's friendly against Croatia before a Nations League double header against Ukraine and Germany.
And he said: "The game in Scotland is very fast and physical. All the players at Rangers undergo extra sessions of physical.
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