Ross McCormack

Rangers

Born in Glasgow, McCormack started his career at Rangers joining the club on 4 June 2002. He made his first appearance on 1 May 2004 against future club Motherwell at the age of 17, coming on in place of Mikel Arteta in the 61st minute of a 4–0 win at Ibrox. Fifteen days later, McCormack scored his first goal for the club in the final match of the 2003–04 season against Dunfermline Athletic at East End Park. He started the game and won a penalty when fouled by Barry Nicholson, which he converted himself in a 3–2 win. On 23 November 2005, he made his European debut away to FC Porto in the UEFA Champions League group stage, replacing Francis Jeffers with 14 minutes remaining. Seven minutes later, with the Gers' first shot on target, he equalised in a 1–1 draw. McCormack's opportunities were limited in a Rangers side when Dado Pršo and Nacho Novo returned from injury and the club signed Kris Boyd from Kilmarnock in January 2006. On 21 January, he was sent out on loan to English League One club Doncaster Rovers in order to gain first team experience. He scored five times for Doncaster.

Motherwell

At the start of the 2006–07 season, McCormack was told he did not feature in new Rangers manager Paul Le Guen's plans and was released. On 11 July 2006, he signed a two-year deal at Motherwell. His new manager Maurice Malpas, who had worked with him at Scotland under-21, said that he had seen him improve by playing regularly at Doncaster. McCormack made his…

McCormack made his debut for the Scotland U21 in 2006. He scored his first goal for the side on 11 October 2007 against Lithuania and scored again in his next appearance, a 4–0 victory over Slovenia U21s. McCormack won 10 caps for the under-21 side. He made his debut for the senior side on 30 May 2008 when he came on as a substitute during the 3–1 defeat of Czech Republic. McCormack was called up again in March 2009 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Netherlands and Iceland. He started both matches, scoring his first goal for Scotland in a 2–1 win over Iceland on 1 April 2009. Scotland manager Craig Levein received several complaints for not including the in-form McCormack in his Scotland squad in their final two European Championship qualifiers. McCormack received a call up to the Scotland squad in August 2012, and scored his second international goal in a 3–1 win over Australia. McCormack received a call-up to Gordon Strachan's first Scotland squad for the friendly against Estonia in February 2013 but pulled out of the squad after suffering an illness. On 24 August, after scoring 4 goals in his first 5 games for Leeds during the 2013–14 season, McCormack's form earned him a recall to Gordon Strachan's Scotland squad for World Cup qualifiers against Belgium and Macedonia.

Club

As of 17 October 2020

International

Scotland's score listed first, score column indicates score after each McCormack goal.

On 27 October 2009, McCormack was arrested in Cardiff Bay on a drink-driving charge after crashing his Range Rover into metal railings in the early hours of the morning. On 23 November, he pleaded guilty to the charge and was banned from driving for 17 months and fined £15,500. In July 2013 McCormack was handed a £200 fine, ordered to pay £883.25 in costs and a £20 victim surcharge at a hearing at Leeds Magistrates' Court, for the offense of flytipping. McCormack married former model Courtney St John in Marbella in June 2016, they had been together since 2006. They have two sons together, while McCormack has an older son from another relationship. They divorced in 2019.