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 SACKED as former Rangers boss shown door by Aston Villa after just 11 months
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard has been sacked after a poor start to the season at Aston Villa – and just 11 months in charge. The former Rangers boss watched his 10-man side go down 3-0 to newly promoted Fulham on Thursday night to leave them 17th in the Premier League table.
He left Rangers in the lurch to land a dream return to the English Premier League last November and had been heavily touted as a future replacement for Jurgen Klopp at his old team Liverpool.
But that dream role at Anfield now looks like a forlorn hope after the axe fell on Gerrard in the Midlands. He had been under serious pressure after his team racked up just two wins in nine to sit 16th in the table, staring down the barrel of a relegation scrap as the World Cup break approaches.
And Villa have run out of patience and booted him out the door after travelling fans at Craven Cottage demanded he be sacked.
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