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.
Thomas Courts assures Dundee United fans he's a 'proven winner' as he offers Steven Gerrard Rangers parallel
dailyrecord.co.ukSteven Gerrard. Following the departure of Micky Mellon the 39-year-old has been promoted from his role with the youth team to become the new head coach.
That's led to a fair amount of skepticism from fans, who are keen to see their club kick on into the top half of the Premiership.
Courts admits he can understand where they're coming from, but insists his title-winning past at Kelty Hearts shows he can lift silverware.
Speaking to David Tanner on Dundee United 's YouTube page he said: "I think the fans are probably in a very similar frame of mind to me. "The reason I didn't apply for this job is because I had no real frame of reference for an academy coach, or a coach that started in a different part of the game in Scotland, to one day be.
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