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 sends Rangers message as he calls on painful memories ahead of 'mouthwatering' Benfica double header
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard’s reign as captain of the kings of Europe when they dethroned Champions League holders Liverpool 14 years ago.But the Rangers boss is convinced his Light Blues stars can shine brightly in Lisbon’s Stadium of Light when the Group D rivals put their perfect records on the line.Gerrard twice suffered defeat as a Liverpool player in the Estadio da Luz with the most painful coming the season after the Miracle of Istanbul as they went down to the Portuguese giants at the last -16 stage.Ronald Koeman was Benfica boss at the time and a 1-0 home win was followed up by a shock 2-0 victory at Anfield as they piled on the misery for Gerrard and Co.The Ibrox boss faced them again four years later and despite going down 2-1 in Lisbon, they.
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