Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 October 2006 | ||
Place of birth | Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
Number | 49 | ||
Youth career | |||
2020–2022 | Motherwell | ||
2022– | Rangers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Rangers | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | Scotland U16 | 5 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Scotland U17 | 24 | (1) |
2023– | Scotland U19 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:58, 23 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 July 2023 |
Bailey Rice (born 4 October 2006) is a Scottish professional association football player for Scottish Premiership side Rangers.
Rice, a product of the Motherwell youth academy, signed for Rangers on 30 June 2022 after rejecting a professional contract with the Steelmen. [1] He made his senior debut for Rangers in February 2023 in a Scottish Premiership match away to Livingston, as an 88th-minute substitute for Ryan Kent. [2] This appearance made Rice the youngest post-war league player for the club, aged 16 years and 137 days, and the second youngest post-war player in all competitions after Derek Ferguson.
Rice made his UEFA Europa league debut on 28th November 2024 replacing Nedim Bajrami in the 80th-minute of a 4-1 away win over OGC Nice. [3]
He has represented Scotland, playing 24 matches for the under-17 team. [4]
Rangers F.C.
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rangers | 2022–23 [6] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2023–24 [7] | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2024–25 [8] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
Rangers B | 2022–23 [6] | — | — | — | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2023–24 [7] | — | — | — | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
2023–24 [8] | — | — | — | — | 4 [b] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
Career total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
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