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 Champions League draw LIVE as Michael Beale set to learn Euro first hurdle fate
dailyrecord.co.ukMichael Beale's Rangers squad is shaping up nicely and that has to be the way with the biggest test of the season coming so early in the campaign.
The Champions League qualifiers have always been huge pressure occasions for Scottish clubs as they try to get up to speed quickly to meet the £30 million challenge.
Beale failed alongside Steven Gerrard a couple of years ago when when the Light Blues went down to Swedish side Malmo at the first hurdle.
The Englishman will be looking to go one better now that he's his own man at Ibrox but the challenge isn't likely to be any easier with four crucial matches to land the lucrative prize of a place in the group stage of club football's most prestigious competition.
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