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 given Jordan Henderson backing as Rangers manager rated better than Paul Scholes and Frank Lampard
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard was even better than Paul Scholes and Frank Lampard. The Rangers boss had an illustrious playing career, lifting the Champions League with his beloved Reds.
At international level though there was constant debate over whether he and Lampard could play together for England - and if their talents were worth pushing Scholes out to the left.
While it's not unexpected for the Liverpool captain to back Gerrard, there's no doubt in Henderson's mind over who the best of the best was.
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