Steven Gerrard plays soccer.
Ballon d'Or . Conceived by sports writer Gabriel Hanot , the Ballon d'Or award honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year , based on voting by football journalists . Steven Gerrard . In 2005 , Gerrard was honoured as the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award . The UEFA Club Footballer of the Year was a football award presented by UEFA to the most outstanding performers of the European club football season .