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.
Gio van Bronckhorst Rangers press conference in full as Jermain Defoe is taken off coaching staff
dailyrecord.co.ukGiovanni van Bronckhorst has dumped Jermain Defoe from his Ibrox backroom team - but insists the veteran poacher can still play a major role for Rangers on the pitch.
Departed boss Steven Gerrard handed his old England team-mate a coaching job to go with his first-team duties when Defoe signed a new one-year deal in the summer.
Yet before Sunday’s win at Livingston, the 39-year-old had only appeared on a team-sheet once this season. Eyebrows were also raised when Defoe was allowed to skip Gers’ vital October trip to St Mirren so he could appear as a pundit for Sky Sports’ coverage of a Premier League clash involving former sides Tottenham and West Ham.Gerrard had aimed to use Defoe’s expertise to bring the best out of the club’s frontmen
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