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.
Tavernier deserves the Player of the Year award after narrowing it down to a shoot-out between the Rangers captain and Steven Davis.
The Light Blues duo were named alongside Ibrox team-mates Connor Goldson and Allan McGregor in the Scottish Football Writers’ four-man shortlist for the gong.
Dalglish believes Ryan Kent was also worthy of a mention with the recipient set to come from Rangers for the first time since David Weir in 2010 after a clean sweep in the nominations.That comes after Steven Gerrard led the club to their first title in a decade after romping the league as they currently sit 23 points ahead of rivals Celtic.
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