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In the summer of 2006 fellow Scottish Premier League club [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] had a loan bid for Wallace rejected.<ref>{{ Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/5172430.stm | title=Wilson fails to impress Brewster | publisher=BBC Sport | date=17 July 2006}}</ref> A month later, Wallace signed a five-year contract with Hearts.<ref>{{ Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/4087772.stm | title=Wallace signs new Hearts contract | publisher=BBC Sport | date=1 August 2006}}</ref> Wallace was made vice captain at Hearts by during season 2010–11. However his season was blighted by Injury and he made only ten appearances for the club.
In the summer of 2006 fellow Scottish Premier League club [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] had a loan bid for Wallace rejected.<ref>{{ Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/dundee_utd/5172430.stm | title=Wilson fails to impress Brewster | publisher=BBC Sport | date=17 July 2006}}</ref> A month later, Wallace signed a five-year contract with Hearts.<ref>{{ Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/heart_of_midlothian/4087772.stm | title=Wallace signs new Hearts contract | publisher=BBC Sport | date=1 August 2006}}</ref> Wallace was made vice captain at Hearts by during season 2010–11. However his season was blighted by Injury and he made only ten appearances for the club.


Wallace made 158 appearances in all competitions scoring four goals.
Wallace made 158 appearances in all competitions scoring no goals because izzy is better.


===Rangers===
===Rangers===

Revision as of 13:50, 12 September 2013

This article is about the football player. For the American actor, see Lee Wallace (actor).
Lee Wallace
Personal information
Full name Lee Wallace
Date of birth (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left Back
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2011 Heart of Midlothian 139 (3)
2011– Rangers 63 (5)
International career‡
2006 Scotland U19 5 (0)
2007 Scotland U20 3 (0)
2007–2008 Scotland U21 10 (0)
2009– Scotland 7 (0)
Medal record
Rangers
Runner-up Scottish Premier League 2012
Winner Scottish Third Division 2013
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 March 2013

Lee Wallace (born 1 August 1987) is a Scottish association footballer who plays for Rangers. He is a left-sided fullback who can also operate on the left side of midfield.

Club career

Heart of Midlothian

Wallace signed professional terms in July 2004 from the Hearts youth team.[1] Wallace made his debut in the 2004–05 season[1] against Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup and became a regular member of the first team squad although he found it hard to dislodge Takis Fyssas from the left back position.

Arguably, Wallace's finest moment so far in the maroon jersey of Hearts was his wonder strike against Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup at Rugby Park where he ran a full seventy yards to score his first competitive goal for the club.[2]

In the summer of 2006 fellow Scottish Premier League club Dundee United had a loan bid for Wallace rejected.[3] A month later, Wallace signed a five-year contract with Hearts.[4] Wallace was made vice captain at Hearts by during season 2010–11. However his season was blighted by Injury and he made only ten appearances for the club.

Wallace made 158 appearances in all competitions scoring no goals because izzy is better.

Rangers

2011/2012 Season

On 22 June, Hearts rejected a bid of £300,000 from Rangers, deeming it as derisory.[5] A week later Rangers made an improved offer of £1m, which was also rejected.[6] Hearts then placed a £3m price tag on Wallace.[7] Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers had also expressed an interest in Wallace, but did not make any offers.[8][9] On 21 July 2011, a bid of £1.5m from Rangers was accepted by Hearts. Wallace signed a five-year deal with the club, becoming Ally McCoist's second signing of the summer.[10]

Wallace made his Rangers debut in the Champions League qualifier on 26 July 2011, in a 1–0 defeat, at the hands of Swedish side Malmo.[11]

Wallace scored his first goal for Rangers on Christmas Eve 2011 in a 2–1 defeat to St Mirren. Four days later he scored again on his Old Firm debut, but the goal was not given as the officials made a mistake thinking it didn't cross the line. Wallace scored his second goal for the club on 25 March 2012, against Old Firm rivals, Celtic it was the third goal in a 3–2 win for Rangers.

2012/2013 Season

Following the liquidation of Rangers F.C., Wallace was one of the first players to T.U.P.E. over to the new company.[12] At The beginning Of The 2012/13 season Wallace was appointed Rangers Vice-Captain. On 14 September 2012, Wallace signed a new five-year contract with Rangers.[13] Wallace was sent off during a game against Annan on 18 December 2012, conceding a penalty which was saved by Rangers goalkeeper Neil Alexander.[14]

2013/14 Season

Wallace started the first game of the 2013/14 season in a 4-0 win over Albion Rovers in the Ramsdens Challenge Cup.[15]Wallace played in the first league game of the season in a 4-1 win over. Brechin City at Ibrox.[16]

International career

Alongside team-mate Calum Elliot, Wallace was an integral part of the Scotland U-19 team that reached the final of the 2006 UEFA U-19 Championships before narrowly losing to Spain. He started every match at left back.

Wallace made his full international debut for Scotland in October 2009 playing in a friendly against Japan in Yokohama.[17]

He has continued to feature for Scotland under manager Craig Levein, and in the Euro 2012 Qualifying match against Liechtenstein, Wallace suffered a serious injury to his posterior cruciate knee ligament.[18]

Following Rangers' liquidation then acceptance into the Scottish Third Division, doubt was cast on Wallace's future international career by Craig Levein.[19] However, on 31 January 2013, Wallace was named in the first squad of newly appointed Scotland manager Gordon Strachan.[20]Wallace was named in the Scotland squad to face Croatia but late pulled out due to injury.[21]

David Templeton has expressed his surprise at the omission of Lee Wallace from the Scotland squad for special challenge match with England.[22] manager Ally McCoist has urged Lee Wallace to use being overlooked for the international at Wembley as motivation to push into future Scotland squads.[23]

Career statistics

As of 20 April 2013
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hearts
2004–05 13 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 17 1
2005–06 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 0
2006–07 17 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 23 0
2007–08 21 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 23 0
2008–09 34 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 37 2
2009–10 32 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 35 1
2010–11 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
Total 139 3 9 1 8 0 4 0 160 4
Rangers 2011–12 28 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 33 2
2012–13 33 3 2 0 4 1 2 0 41 4
2013–14 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7 0
Total 65 5 4 0 5 1 7 0 81 6
Career Total 204 8 13 1 13 1 11 0 241 10

International

Scotland national team
Year Apps Goals
2009 2 0
2010 3 0
2011 0 0
2012 1 0
2013 1 0
Total 7 0

Personal life

In August 2006, Wallace was charged with a firearms offence.[24] Three months later he admitted being in possession of an airgun and was fined £1,500.[25] In May 2009, he was arrested and charged with breach of the peace outside Edinburgh nightclub "Lava & Ignite" after allegedly threatening to shoot the doormen.[26] However, this charge was later dropped and he was fined £1,100 for shouting abuse at the bouncers.[27]

Honours

Club

Rangers

Personal awards

References

  1. ^ a b Heartsfc.co.uk Player Profile; Undated
  2. ^ Kilmarnock 1–3 Hearts BBC Sport, 16 February 2005
  3. ^ "Wilson fails to impress Brewster". BBC Sport. 17 July 2006.
  4. ^ "Wallace signs new Hearts contract". BBC Sport. 1 August 2006.
  5. ^ "Rangers bid for Hearts full-back Lee Wallace". BBC News. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Hearts to offer new contract to Lee Wallace". Telegraph sport. London: www.telegraph.co.uk. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  7. ^ Jackson, Keith (30 June 2011). "Rangers ditch plan to sign Lee Wallace as Hearts reject £1m bid and demand £3m for Scotland defender". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Speculation won't affect Wallace". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Wolves wait on Lee Wallace move". Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Rangers seal deals for Lee Wallace & Alejandro Bedoya". BBC Sport. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Rangers 0–1 Malmo". BBC Sport. 26 July 2011.
  12. ^ "Defender Lee Wallace pledges future to Rangers". BBC Sport. 26 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Rangers: Lee Wallace pens new five-year deal at Ibrox". BBC Sport. 14 September 2012.
  14. ^ "Rangers 3–0 Annan Athletic". BBC Sport. 18 December 2012.
  15. ^ http://www.rangers.co.uk/match/match-reports/item/4585-albion-rovers-0-4-rangers-Albion Rovers 0-4 Rangers
  16. ^ http://www.rangers.co.uk/match/match-reports/item/4759-rangers-4-1-brechin-city-Rangers 4-1 Brechin City
  17. ^ Hearts Boss hails Wallace Performance in Japan; Edinburgh Evening News 12 October 2009
  18. ^ Wallace Out for Season; Daily Mail.co.uk 10 September 2010
  19. ^ "Rangers' Lee Wallace questions future Scotland prospects". BBC Sport. 15 August 2012.
  20. ^ "Scotland: Rangers left-back Lee Wallace gets call-up". BBC Sport. 31 January 2012.
  21. ^ http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/3986-wallace-in-scots-squad-Wallace In Scots Squad
  22. ^ http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/4556-lee-deserved-cap-call-Lee Deserved Cap Call
  23. ^ http://www.rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/item/4785-react-the-right-way-React The Right Way
  24. ^ Footballer appears on gun charge BBC News website, 31 August 2006
  25. ^ Footballer fined over gun charge BBC News website, 3 November 2006
  26. ^ http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/article2448094.ece
  27. ^ [1] Daily Record, 17 October 2009
  28. ^ "Player award". Retrieved 3 March 2011.

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