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 continue Black Lives Matter message as players take the knee before Lyon clash
dailyrecord.co.ukJermain Defoe has spoken recently about the need to continue support for the protests that have been happening since the death of George Floyd back in May.
Speaking last month, he said: “In the Premier League players are taking a knee and I wondered if it would happen in Scotland.
I believe it will happen.“I hope when the season starts we will take a knee and be part of this powerful movement.“At the end of the day, black lives matter.
It is nice to see, black and white players, everyone is coming together." Now Defoe's Rangers team-mates have taken the knee in the Veolia Trophy in France.
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