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 'exposed' as former Rangers boss used as cautionary tale amid escalating next job rumour
dailyrecord.co.ukFormer Rangers boss Steven Gerrard has been raised as a cautionary tale of managers moving too quickly by a former Merseyside rival.The Liverpool icon has been out of work since leaving Aston Villa last October and resisted a recent chance to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq.
But the 43-year-old remains keen on rebuilding his managerial reputation after his chastening experience at Villa Park ended within a year.
And now former Everton star Kevin Kilbane has namechecked Gerrard and Frank Lampard as two examples of modern managers who were catapulted into leading jobs amid their global profile.
The former Republic of Ireland did so amid talking up former Toffees team-mate Lee Carsley, who has public support in Ireland as a potential successor to Stephen Kenny as the ROI national team struggles to ignite.
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