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.
Kyle Lafferty admits Rangers nerves wrecked second Ibrox spell as striker pinpoints Steven Gerrard's perfect replacement
dailyrecord.co.ukKyle Lafferty has opened up on the shattered confidence that ruined his second spell at Rangers. The big striker was signed by Steven Gerrard in a £500k deal after a superb spell at Hearts where he was one of the best players in the Scottish Premiership.
But he could not recapture his Gorgie form and departed a year later after coming to an agreement to leave Ibrox a year before his contract finished.
And Lafferty admits that the nerves that plagued his return left him feeling like a trainee and hoping that teammates did not pass him the ball.
He told Simon Ferry on the Open Goal podcast : "I felt nervous as anything at Rangers the second time. "I don't know if it was because I was playing under Steven Gerrard or what."I spoke to him to get.
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