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.
Michael Beale in Rangers 'underdog' confession as Celtic blueprint earns admiring glance from Ibrox boss
dailyrecord.co.ukWhen Michael Beale left Glasgow a year ago Rangers were the city’s top dogs. They were reigning Premiership champions and at the league’s summit.
They’d already beaten Ange Postecoglou’s new-look Celtic 1-0 at Ibrox thanks to a Filip Helander header. But following his departure, along with manager Steven Gerrard, to Aston Villa, domestically at least - Rangers capitulated.
And since their oldest rivals took over, they haven’t looked back. Rangers are now the ones doing the chasing. And as Gers’ new gaffer, it’s his job to catch them up.
Instead of being top dogs - they’re the underdogs. Certainly, when it comes to trying to claw their way back into this season’s title race.
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