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.
Steven Gerrard can take vital Rangers Champions League 'taste' from glamour Real Madrid pre-season clash
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers in the Champions League. That is the view of former Rangers star Kirk Broadfoot, who was part of the last squad to feature in Europe’s Premier competition some 10 years ago.Carlos Ancelotti takes his Los Blancos to Ibrox on the 25th of this month, as part of the Light Blues’ 150th celebrations.It could see the likes of Eden Hazard, Karim Benezema, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Gareth Bale take on Steven Gerrard’s Scottish title-winners for what they will hope is a warm up for the Champions League proper.
Broadfoot has watched Rangers make steady progress under Gerrard in the Europa League and believes they are now ready to make their mark on the Champions League.
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