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 lets Aston Villa emotion show as former Rangers boss declares 'I will always be authentic'
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard made the dream start to his managerial reign at Aston Villa with a victory over Brighton but admits to feeling a mixture of pride and relief after his new side left it late to score the two goals that sealed all three points.
Gerrard went wild on the touchline when Ollie Watkins broke the deadlock after 84 minutes to put Villa in front. Then the former Rangers manager was jumping around his technical area exuberantly again two minutes from time when Tyrone Mings lashed in another goal to seal a 2-0 victory in front of a joyous Villa Park support.
The Liverpool legend becomes the first Villa manager to win his inaugural Premier League game in charge of the Lions since John Gregory in February 1998.
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