Gavin Rae

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Gavin Rae
Personal information
Full name	Gavin Paul Rae
Date of birth	November 28, 1977 (1977-11-28) (age 31)
Place of birth	Aberdeen, Scotland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Cardiff City
Number	4
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–2004 2004–2007 2007–	Dundee Rangers Cardiff City	223 (26) 028 0(3) 086 0(5)
National team2
2002– 2001–	Scotland B Scotland	001 0(0) 014 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:12, 3 May 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21:25, 1 April 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Gavin Paul Rae (born 28 November 1977 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish international footballer, currently playing in the Football League Championship for Cardiff City.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Dundee 1.2 Rangers 1.3 Cardiff City 2 International career 3 Career statistics 4 Honours 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Dundee

Rae was a central midfielder for his first club Dundee. In total he made 223 appearances for the club scoring 26 goals in a period of eight years.

Rae stuck with the club during the bad financial days during the 2003-2004 season when Dundee hit administration until he was sold to Rangers for £250,000 in January 2004^[1] along with teammate Nacho Novo^[2].

[edit] Rangers

Rae made his debut for Rangers on 3 January 2004 against Celtic but only lasted 30 minutes due to a hamstring injury. After recovering, he managed to score his first goal against Dundee, his former club. However he suffered another injury, damaging his knee against Dundee United on 24 April 2004. His road to recovery was hit by several set-backs before he finally made his return to the Rangers first team on 18 February 2006 against Hibernian. He went on to make regular appearances in the Rangers team, particularly towards the end of the season with fellow midfielder Barry Ferguson requiring an operation due to a long running leg injury.

In the 2006-07 season, Rae was given the captaincy in a number of games when Barry Ferguson was not playing. On January 1, 2007 he was announced as permanent captain after Ferguson's meeting with Paul Le Guen, which saw Ferguson stripped of the captaincy and removed from the squad^[3]. On January 4, 2007 Le Guen resigned from the managerial position at Rangers and new manager Walter Smith re-appointed Ferguson as club captain. He was offered a new deal at the club by Smith but he decided it would be better for him to attempt to find first team football^[4]. Rae left Rangers as a free agent at the end of the 2006-07 season when his contract expired^[5].

On 21 May 2007 he was linked with a move to Hearts with his former teammate at Rangers, Stephen Hughes^[6] but the move did not come to fruition.

[edit] Cardiff City

Rae was watched by several sides from England, Wales and Scotland and came very close to joining Football League Championship side Norwich City^[7] but instead on the 23 June 2007 he joined Championship side Cardiff City along with fellow Scotsman Steven MacLean on a free transfer.^[8] On the 26 June 2007 he was quoted in an interview saying “Believe me, I am coming to Cardiff fully fit and fully committed. I am fired up to make the most of this chance"

On his arrival Rae found himself in first team action from the start of the season due to a long-term injury to Riccardo Scimeca and also took over the captaincy for the 2-1 home win against Burnley with Darren Purse starting the match on the bench, Scimeca injured and Stephen McPhail dropped from the side and he scored his first goal for the Bluebirds not long after on 15 September in a 2-1 victory over Plymouth Argyle. He went on to make a total of 55 appearances in all competitions in his first year, more than any other player at the club including playing in all 6 matches during the clubs run to the FA Cup Final.

The 2008-09 season began badly for Rae when, after making just two appearances, he chipped a bone in his leg just below his knee during a 2-1 win over Bournemouth in the Carling Cup. Rae was told that he could continue playing with the injury if he could withstand the pain,^[9] returning to the side after a month out.

[edit] International career

Rae was still at Dundee when he gained international recognition, winning his first cap for Scotland national football team under manager Craig Brown, in 2001 against Poland^[10]. On 24 March 2008 he received his first call-up to the squad for two years, and also his first while at Cardiff.^[11] He came on as a substitute at half-time during a 1-1 draw with Croatia.

[edit] Career statistics

^[12]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Scotland			League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Europe		Total
1995-96	Dundee	Division One	6	0	-		-		-		6	0
1996-97			17	2	3	0	-		-		20	2
1997-98			6	0	-		-		-		6	0
1998-99		Premier League	30	1	-		-		-		30	1
1999-00			35	4	2	1	3	0	-		40	5
2000-01			32	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	39	4
2001-02			36	6	2	0	2	0	1	0	41	6
2002-03			37	4	6	1	1	0	-		44	5
2003-04			13	2	-		1	0	4	1	18	3
2004-05	Rangers	Scottish Premier League	10	2	1	0	-		-		11	2
2005-06			8	0	-		-		-		8	0
2006-07			10	1	1	0	2	0	7	0	20	1
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
2007-08	Cardiff City	Championship	45	4	6	0	4	0	-		55	4
2008-09			41	1	3	0	2	0	-		46	1
Total	Scotland		240	26	19	2	11	0	13	1	283	29
	England		86	5	9	0	6	0	-		101	5
Career Total			326	31	28	2	17	0	13	1	384	34

[edit] Honours

Dundee

• Scottish Cup Runner-up: 1
  

2002–03

Cardiff City

• FA Cup Runner-up: 1
  

2007-08

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Gavin Rae career stats at Soccerbase
• Gavin Rae profile at scottishfa.co.uk
• Gavin Rae player profile at cardiffcityfc.co.uk
• Gavin Rae player profile at football.co.uk
• Gavin Rae player profile at 4thegame.com
• Gavin Rae player profile at rangers.co.uk

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