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.
The big end of season Rangers survey as fans answer big Ibrox questions after unforgettable campaign
dailyrecord.co.ukIt’s hard to imagine a season where Rangers lost the title they craved so much and worked so hard to get ending so memorably.
If you had told the Ibrox legions 12 months ago, amid the euphoric celebrations, that the crown would be given up at the first opportunity but they would still look back on the campaign fondly then it would have been hard to work out how that was possible.Yet that’s exactly what happened in a roller-coaster campaign that saw them lose a manager and their title but gain an experience never to be forgotten and end the season with silverware.
It started slowly with Champions League failure before Steven Gerrard left for Aston Villa and Giovanni van Bronckhorst, a hero as a player, took over at the Ibrox helm.
The Dutchman had a sticky couple of months after the winter break which ultimately cost them the Scottish Premiership. But along the way they continued to make progress in the Europa League and Scottish Cup with those two trophies becoming the priority.
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