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.
Nathan Patterson's former Rangers mentor reveals how becoming a chip off the old block fuelled star's rise
dailyrecord.co.ukNathan Patterson’s stature as a Rangers player is getting bigger by the week. And Peter MacDonald was always convinced that a teenage growth-spurt would ensure he made the grade at Ibrox.
Now, such has been the youngster’s rapid progress, he says Gers skipper James Tavernier isn’t guaranteed a starting slot in Steven Gerrard ’s title-winning side.
The former St Johnstone and Dundee striker – who came through the ranks at Rangers 20 years ago – coached Patterson for a spell when he worked with the club’s Under-15 side.Even at that age, the full-back’s ability was never in question.But MacDonald prayed that Patterson would turn into a physical specimen, like dad Kenny, to aid his development.That happened quickly and last week Gerrard gave
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