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Ryan Jack

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Born
1992 (32 years old)

Birth Place

Aberdeen, Scotland

Position
Central Midfield

Status
Active

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8

Height
1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)

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Team
Rangers

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League
Scottish Premier League

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Ryan Jack (born 27 February 1992) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Rangers and the Scotland national team.

Aberdeen
Jack signed professional terms for Aberdeen in the summer of 2008, having been part of his hometown club's youth academy since the age of eight. He made his first team debut for the club against Rangers in September 2010 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. He signed a new contract with Aberdeen in October 2011.

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. In June 2013, Jack signed a three-year deal at Aberdeen, keeping him at the club until 2016. 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.

On 11 January 2015, Jack was named as SPFL Player of the Month for December 2014. 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. On 24 June 2015, Jack was named Captain for the 2015–2016 season. 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.

Rangers
Jack signed a three-year contract with Scottish Premiership side Rangers on 1 June 2017. 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. He made his debut for Rangers against Luxembourgian side Progrès Niederkorn in the 1st qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League on 29 June 2017, a tie which Rangers lost 2–1 on aggregate. On Rangers' first visit to Aberdeen since his move, Jack started the game but was sent off in the second half for a bad tackle, although his team won the match 2–1. It was the fourth red card in his short Rangers career (two were rescinded after reviews).

International career
Jack has represented Scotland at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level. He 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.

Jack eventually made his full Scotland debut in a friendly against the Netherlands in November 2017, by which time he had moved from formative club Aberdeen to Rangers. The match happened to take place in Aberdeen, and in the opening stages he was booed whenever he touched the ball by some of the crowd, due to the rivalry between those clubs and the ill-feeling his transfer had stirred; other fans responded to this by cheering and applauding him.

Season Stats
3 appearances in the current 2023-2024 Season