Bailey Rice (footballer)

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Bailey Rice
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-10-04) 4 October 2006 (age 18)
Place of birth Scotland
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Rangers
Number 49
Youth career
2020–2022 Motherwell
2022– Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Club career

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]

International career

He has represented Scotland, playing 24 matches for the under-17 team. [4]

Honours

Rangers F.C.

Career statistics

As of match played 22:12, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers 2022–23 [6] Scottish Premiership 1000000010
2023–24 [7] Scottish Premiership2000000020
2024–25 [8] Scottish Premiership0010002 [a] 030
Total3010002060
Rangers B 2022–23 [6] 1 [b] 010
2023–24 [7] 2 [b] 020
2023–24 [8] 4 [b] 040
Career total3010002070130

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  2. "Livingston 0–3 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
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  6. 1 2 "Games played by Bailey Rice in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Games played by Bailey Rice in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Games played by Bailey Rice in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2024.