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.
Rangers book automatic Champions League place for Scotland as Ukrainians bite the dust
dailyrecord.co.ukChampions League despite Rangers' elimination from Europe.Steven Gerrard's side were knocked by Czech side Slavia Prague in a match which saw them reduced to nine men and which was marred by allegations of racism.But despite their exit Rangers still look likely to have secured Scotland an automatic place in the Champions League.For the 2022/23 competition, 32 teams will be placed directly into the groups and 26 of those will qualify automatically.Those are the domestic champions from the top 10 countries by coefficient, the runners-up from nations ranked 1-6 and the third and fourth place teams from the top four divisions.Two further places are held back for the Champions League and Europa League winners, but that's where Rangers could earn.
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