Bailey Rice (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 October 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
| Number | 64 | ||
| 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 20:58, 19 February 2023 (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.
Club career[edit]
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.[3]
International career[edit]
He has represented Scotland, playing 24 matches for the under-17 team.[4]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of match played 08:03, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rangers | 2022–23[5] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rangers B | 2022–23[5] | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
References[edit]
- ^ "Rangers Academy are delighted to confirm that Under-17s player Bailey Rice will join us from Motherwell". Rangers FC. Twitter, Inc. 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Livingston 0–3 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Young, Graeme (19 February 2023). "Who is Bailey Rice? Rangers history maker arrives as Michael Beale tips hat to star Manchester City craved". Daily Record.
- ^ "Bailey Rice Scottish FA player profile". scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Games played by Bailey Rice in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
External links[edit]
- Bailey Rice at Soccerbase