Bailey Rice | |
Birth Date: | 4 October 2006 |
Birth Place: | Scotland |
Currentclub: | Rangers |
Clubnumber: | 49 |
Position: | Defensive Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 2020–2022 |
Youthclubs1: | Motherwell |
Youthyears2: | 2022– |
Youthclubs2: | Rangers |
Years1: | 2023– |
Clubs1: | Rangers |
Caps1: | 3 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2021 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland U16 |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2021–2023 |
Nationalteam2: | Scotland U17 |
Nationalcaps2: | 24 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Nationalyears3: | 2023– |
Nationalteam3: | Scotland U19 |
Nationalcaps3: | 5 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 20:58, 19 February 2023 (UTC) |
Ntupdate: | 5 July 2023 |
Bailey Rice (born 4 October 2006) is a Scottish professional association football player for Scottish Premiership side Rangers.
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]
He has represented Scotland, playing 24 matches for the under-17 team.[4]
Rangers F.C.
2023/24 [5]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Rangers | 2022–23 | 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 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2023–24 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |