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 explains Rangers' potential title race benefit from Europa League qualification ahead of Benfica clash
dailyrecord.co.ukRangers to put their foot to the floor and get the better of Benfica - insisting early Europa League qualification could propel their push for Premiership glory.
The Light Blues stormed 11 points clear of Celtic at the weekend, although the champions still have two games in hand. Gerrard knows his team is sitting pretty in the title race and reckons it could be the same in their Europa League group, as qualification could be sealed with a home win against the Portuguese giants on Thursday night.
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