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 stunned as epic Celtic flop rocks Liverpool's world and has the locals wondering 'who is he?'
dailyrecord.co.ukThe emotional return of Steven Gerrard starring alongside Fernando Torres was hit with early turbulence as a former Celtic misfit scored to silence the Kop.A Liverpool legends side faced off against Ajax at Anfield but it was former Parkhead flop Dirk Boerrigter who brought is shooting boots as he netted against the side, poignantly managed by Sven-Goran Eriksson, who asked for the opportunity to take charge of his boyhood club amid his cancer battle.Punters arrived at Anfield in the droves to see Gerrard and Torres get the band back together but it was the Dutch side who turned heads with attacking swagger and chances aplenty.
Knackered Jerzy Dudek hadn't been worked this hard since Istanbul with Boerrigter – who spent three injury-ravaged years in Glasgow before retiring – strutted his stuff and left some veterans in red breathing heavy.
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