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Ross McCausland (Irish: Rós Mac Ausaláin; born 12 May 2003) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Northern Ireland national team.[2]
.jpg) McCausland playing for Rangers in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 May 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
| Number | 45 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2018 | County Antrim | ||
| 2018–2019 | Linfield | ||
| 2019–2023 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Rangers | 39 | (3) |
| 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 | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:14, 09 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:38, 05 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
McCausland joined the Rangers Academy from Northern Irish side Linfield in the summer of 2019 for £60,000.[3][4] In 2021, he signed a contract extension with the club running until 2024.[5]
Having been selected regularly for the club's B-team in the 2021–22 season (featuring in the UEFA Youth League as well as the Lowland League and Challenge Cup),[2] McCausland made his first team debut for Rangers on 14 May 2022, replacing Amad as a 61st-minute substitute during a 3–1 win over Heart of Midlothian; he set up fellow debutant Cole McKinnon for his first goal.[6] He continued to be a B-team player during the 2022–23 season[2] and made only one senior appearance, being used as a late substitute by manager Michael Beale in a league match away to Hibernian on 21 May 2023.[7]
After the sacking of Beale during the 2023–24 season, McCausland started to get a run of games under interim manager Steven Davis and then the new permanent manager Philippe Clement. On 5 October 2023, he made his first appearance against Cypriot side Aris Limassol in the UEFA Europa League, coming on as an 84th minute substitute for Scott Wright.[8]
McCausland impressed supporters with his performance off the bench against Hearts in October 2023; he was denied a first Rangers goal in a victory over Livingston in a Scottish Premiership fixture, with the strike ruled out for a foul by Abdallah Sima in the build-up.[9]
McCausland signed a new four-year contract with Rangers on 28 November 2023 and was promoted to the first-team squad permanently.[10] Two days later he celebrated with a first goal for the club against Aris Limassol, after coming in as a first half substitute for Todd Cantwell.[11] On 17 December, McCausland started in the Scottish League Cup final against Aberdeen, and won his first trophy when Rangers captain James Tavernier scored the only goal of the match.[12]
McCausland scored his first Premiership goal against Kilmarnock on 2 January 2024, but a run of starting appearances ended when he was injured by a tackle from Motherwell defender Dan Casey on 2 March, causing him to miss several fixtures; when he returned to fitness he was again among the substitutes. He was nominated for the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year award,[13] but lost out to David Watson of Kilmarnock.[14]
McCausland scored his first goal of the season 2024-25 against St Johnstone in the Scottish League Cup, with the assist coming from team mate Cyriel Dessers.[15]
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McCausland played regularly for Northern Ireland as a youth internationalist. On 14 November 2023, he received his first call-up to the Northern Ireland senior team for a round of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches.[16] Three days later he made his debut against Finland, starting in a 4–0 defeat.[17]
- As of match played 4 December 2024[2]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rangers B | 2019–20[18] | — | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22[19] | — | — | — | — | — | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2022–23[20] | — | — | — | — | — | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24[21] | — | — | — | — | — | 3[a] | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Total | — | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| Rangers | 2021–22[19] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[20] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[21] | Scottish Premiership | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[b] | 1 | — | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2024–25[18] | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6[c] | 1 | — | 16 | 2 | ||
| Total | 39 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 57 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 39 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 67 | 7 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
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