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Ryan Jack
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 8
Youth career
2000–2010 Aberdeen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2017 Aberdeen 199 (11)
2017– Rangers 1 (0)
International career‡
2007–2008 Scotland U16 6 (1)
2008–2009 Scotland U17 7 (2)
2009–2010 Scotland U19 1 (0)
2011–2014 Scotland U21 19 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 22 May 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 November 2013

Ryan Jack (born 27 February 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a Defensive midfielder for Rangers.

Club career

Aberdeen

Jack signed professional terms for Aberdeen in the summer of 2008,[1] having been part of his hometown club's youth academy since the age of eight.[2] He made his first team debut for the club against Rangers in September 2010[3] and soon became a regular in the first team. He scored his first goal for Aberdeen against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, which was voted as the club's Goal of the Season for 2010–11.[4] He signed a new contract with Aberdeen in October 2011.[2]

On 13 December 2011 against St Johnstone in an SPL fixture, Jack scored a goal from the halfway line to put his team 2–0 up. The match ended 2–1 to Aberdeen, with Jack's winner helping the Dons move up to ninth in the table.[5] In June 2013, Jack signed a three-year deal at Aberdeen, keeping him at the club until 2016.[6] He played a pivotal role in Aberdeen's season, helping them into the League Cup semi-final, but was injured in January in a league match at Motherwell. He was consequently ruled out for around six weeks, missing the club's League Cup semi-final with St Johnstone.[7]

On 11 January 2015, Jack was named as SPFL Player of the Month for December 2014.[8] On 20 May 2015, he signed a one-year extension to his contract, keeping him at Aberdeen until the end of the 2016–17 season.[9] On 24 June 2015, Jack was named Captain for the 2015–2016 season.[10] After much speculation that he would sign for fellow Scottish Premiership club Rangers, Jack left Aberdeen in May 2017 when his contract expired, having played almost 250 times for the Dons; his last game was the 2017 Scottish Cup Final.[11]

Rangers

Jack signed a three-year contract with Scottish Premiership side Rangers on 1 June 2017.[12] Upon signing, the former Aberdeen captain said that he was a Rangers fan growing up and that it was a "huge honour and a privilege" for him to join the club.[13][14] He made his debut for Rangers against Progrès Niederkorn in the Europa League on 29 June 2017.[15]

International career

Jack has represented Scotland at Under-16, Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 level.[16] He has captained the Under-21 side and is on the top ten list for appearances at this level. In May 2013, he received a call-up to the full Scotland squad for the game against Croatia.[17]

Career statistics

As of 29 May 2017[18]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aberdeen 2010–11 Scottish Premier League 30 1 4 0 3 0 — 37 1
2011–12 31 3 4 0 2 0 — 37 3
2012–13 18 0 0 0 1 0 — 19 0
2013–14 Scottish Premiership 34 2 3 0 4 0 — 41 2
2014–15 32 3 1 0 3 0 6 0 42 3
2015–16 28 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 35 0
2016–17 26 2 4 0 3 0 6 0 39 2
Total 199 11 16 0 17 0 17 0 249 11
Rangers 2017–18 Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Career total 199 11 16 0 17 0 19 0 251 11

Honours

Club

Aberdeen

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Meet the young guns ready for action". Evening Express. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Midfielder Ryan Jack extends Aberdeen contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Aberdeen FC rookie Ryan ready for Rangers' £12m men". Evening Express. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Today At Pittodrie". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  5. ^ Lindsay, Clive (13 December 2011). "St Johnstone 1–2 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Midfielder Ryan Jack signs new contract with Aberdeen". BBC Sport. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Aberdeen: Injured Ryan Jack to miss League Cup semi-final". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  8. ^ a b "SPFL Awards December Manager and Player". Aberdeen F.C. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Ryan Jack signs new deal at Aberdeen". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Ryan is the new Dons captain". Aberdeen F.C. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Aberdeen: Ash Taylor & Lawrence Shankland join players leaving Pittodrie". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Rangers: former Aberdeen captain Ryan Jack completes move to Ibrox". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  13. ^ Devlin, Andy (1 June 2017). "Boyhood Rangers fan Ryan Jack says he has NO fears about facing Aberdeen's boo boys next season". The Scottish Sun. Glasgow: News UK. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  14. ^ Smith, Neil (1 June 2017). "It's Great To Be Here". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  15. ^ "Rangers 1-0 Progres Niederkorn". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Ryan Jack profile". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  17. ^ "Scotland: Leigh Griffiths & Tony Watt called up for Croatia match". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  18. ^ "Ryan Jack career statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  19. ^ Campbell, Andy (16 March 2014). "Aberdeen 0-0 Inverness CT (Aberdeen win 4-2 on penalties)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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