Ross McCausland

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Ross McCausland
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McCausland with Rangers
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-05-12) 12 May 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Antrim, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Forward, Right Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 45
Youth career
2018 County Antrim
Linfield
2019–2023 Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Rangers 26 (1)
International career‡
2018 Northern Ireland U16 2 (0)
2018–2019 Northern Ireland U17 7 (2)
2021 Northern Ireland U19 4 (0)
2022– Northern Ireland U21 3 (0)
2023– Northern Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:03, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Ross McCausland (born 12 May 2003) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League and the Northern Ireland national team. [1]

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Club career

In 2018 a photo was token of a young Ross McCausland playing against the Manchester United Youth Team.

McCausland joined the Rangers Academy from Northern Irish side Linfield in the summer of 2019 for £60,000. [2] [3] He signed a contract extension with the club until 2024. [4]

McCausland made his debut for Rangers, replacing Amad as a 61st-minute substitute during a 3–1 win over Heart of Midlothian on 14 May 2022 in which he grabbed an assist as he set up fellow debutant Cole McKinnon for his first goal. [5] He made only one appearance the following season, 2022-23, being used as a substitute by then manager Michael Beale for a league match away to Hibernian on 21 May 2023. [6]

After the sacking of Beale during the 2023-24 season, McCausland started to get a run of games under interim manager Steven Davis and later permanent manager Philippe Clement. On 5 October 2023, he made his first appearance that season, under Davis, verses Cypriot side Aris Limassol, in the UEFA Europa League. McCausland came on as an 84th minute substitute for Scott Wright. [7]

On the 29th of October Rangers fan's would start to grow a liking to McCausland when he replaced Todd Cantwell while Rangers where 1-0 down vs Hearts but was over shadowed when Captain James Tavernier and striker Danilo scored in the last few minutes of the game but many Gers fans wanted McCausland to replace Cantwell on the Rangers starting eleven.

McCausland would start to make noise amongst the Rangers supporters when he thought he had bagged his first Rangers goal in a 0-2 victory away to Livingston in a Scottish Premiership fixture, but it was ruled out as Abdallah Sima was questionably blamed for a foul in the build-up. [8]

McCausland signed a new four-year contract with Rangers on 28 November 2023 and was promoted to the first-team squad permanently. [9] Two days later he celebrated with a first goal for the club, he netted Rangers only goal in an Europa League group stage tie against Aris Limassol. [10] The goal came in the 49th minute as he struck a low finish into the bottom left corner off the post from the edge of the box after coming in as a first half substitute for Todd Cantwell. [10] Days later he would, be awarded man of the match in only his second league start, a 2-0 win against St Mirren.[ citation needed ]

On December 7th, McCausland would win his first trophy when Rangers captain James Tavernier scored against Aberdeen in the Viaplay Cup final witch saw Rangers win there 28th cup with photo's showing McCausland celebrating with teammates Leon King, Cyriel Dessers and Sam Lammers as well with the Rangers squad at the cup lifting

When Rangers met Kilmarnock F.C. on January 2nd to remember the 1971 Ibrox disaster McCausland would score in the 41st minute with the game ending in a 3-1 win with both Abdallah Sima and Todd Cantwell scoring as well in the match

In a 2-1 loss vs Motherwell, McCausland was tackled by Irish defender Dan Casey witch saw McCausland left in crutches during training sessions and moved from the first team to the bench along side injured teammates Todd Cantwell and Abdallah Sima. With McCausland only making three appearances since the Motherwell game witch saw McCausland miss the 3-3 draw vs Celtic on the 7th of April and Ross only playing for short periods of times.

International career

McCausland played regularly for Northern Ireland as a youth internationalist. On 14 November 2023, McCausland received his first called up to the Northern Ireland senior team for a round of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches. [11] Three days later her made his debut against Finland, starting in a 4-0 defeat. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 April 2024 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers B 2019–20 [13] —————1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
2021–22 [14] —————3 [lower-alpha 1] 030
2022–23 [15] —————3 [lower-alpha 1] 030
2023–24 [16] —————3 [lower-alpha 1] 131
Total————101101
Rangers 2021–22 [14] Scottish Premiership 10000000—10
2022–23 [15] Scottish Premiership10000000—10
2023–24 [16] Scottish Premiership24130105 [lower-alpha 2] 1—332
Total261301051—352
Career total261301051101453
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Rangers

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References

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  2. ↑ "Four Players Join Academy". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 31 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Ross McCausland set for Rangers contract talks in bid to fend off transfer interest". Football Scotland. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "ROSS MCCAUSLAND SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 27 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Heart of Midlothian 1-3 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Hibernian 1-3 Rangers". BBC Sport. 21 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Aris Limassol 2-1 Rangers". BBC Sport. 5 October 2023.
  8. ↑ O'Neill, George (12 November 2023). "Livingston 0-2 Rangers". BBC Sport.
  9. ↑ "Ross McCausland signs new Rangers contract". Rangers FC. rangers.co.uk. 28 November 2023.
  10. 1 2 Campbell, Andy (30 November 2023). "Rangers 1-1 Aris Limassol". BBC Sport.
  11. ↑ "Ross McCausland receives first Northern Ireland call-up for Euro double-header". Belfast Telegraph. 14 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Finland 4-0 Northern Ireland". BBC Sport. 17 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Ross McCausland in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Ross McCausland in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  15. 1 2 "Games played by Ross McCausland in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  16. 1 2 "Games played by Ross McCausland in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen". BBC. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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