Ross McCausland
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-05-12) 12 May 2003
Place of birth Antrim, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 45
Youth career
Linfield
2019–2022 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Rangers 15 (2)
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 18:26, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:03, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

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

Club career

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 by replacing Amad Diallo 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 other debutant Cole McKinnon score his first goal.[5]

After the sacking of Michael Beale during to 2022/23 season McCausland started to get a run of games under interim manager Steven Davis and new permanent manager Philippe Clement. McCausland would start to make noise amongst the Rangers support when he thought he had bagged his first Rangers goal in a 0-2 victory away to Livingston FC in a Scottish Premiership fixture but it was ruled out as Abdallah Sima was questionably blamed for a foul in the build up.

McCausland scored his first goal for Rangers in a UEFA Europa League group stage tie against Aris Limassol in the 49th minute on 30 November 2023, with 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. Days later he would be awarded man of the match in only his second league start, a 2-0 win against St Mirren.

International career

In November 2023, McCausland was called up to the Northern Ireland national team and made his debut on 17 November against Finland.[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 January 2024[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rangers B 2019–20[7] —————1[lower-alpha 1]010
2021–22[8] —————3[lower-alpha 1]030
2022–23[9] —————3[lower-alpha 1]030
2023–24[10] —————2[lower-alpha 1]121
Total ————9191
Rangers 2021–22[8] Scottish Premiership 10000000—10
2022–23[9] Scottish Premiership 10000000—10
2023–24[10] Scottish Premiership 13100104[lower-alpha 2]1—182
Total 151001041—202
Career total 15100104191293

Honours

Rangers

References

  1. 1 2 Ross McCausland at Soccerway
  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. ↑ "McCausland earns first international cap".
  7. ↑ "Games played by Ross McCausland in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. 1 2 "Games played by Ross McCausland in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Games played by Ross McCausland in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Games played by Ross McCausland in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Rangers 1-0 Aberdeen". BBC. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
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