Gavin Rae

Dundee

Rae was born in Aberdeen. His first club was Dundee. In total he made 223 games for the club scoring 26 goals in a period of eight years. In November 1999 he memorably scored a last minute winner to beat future club Rangers at Ibrox. 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.

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 1 January 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. On 4 January 2007, Le Guen resigned from the managerial position at Rangers and new manager Walter Smith re-appointed Ferguson as…

Hakoah Sydney City East FC

Rae became Hakoah's head coach in January 2018 while still registered as a player. He retired as a player later that year. He left the club in July 2019.

Rydalmere Lions FC

Rae was appointed Rydalmere Lions manager in September 2019. He and his assistant Neil Jablonski left the club in August 2021.

Rae was still at Dundee when he gained international recognition, winning his first cap for Scotland in 2001 against Poland. On 24 March 2008 he received his first call-up to the squad for two years, and also his first while at Cardiff. He came on as a substitute at half-time during a 1–1 draw with Croatia. Rae was once again called up to replace the suspended James McFadden in a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Holland on 9 September 2009.

Player

Dundee

Scottish Championship: 1997–98, 2013–14 Scottish Cup runner-up: 2002–03 Cardiff City

FA Cup runner-up: 2007–08 Scotland

Kirin Cup: 2006

Manager

Hakoah Sydney City East

Waratah Cup: 2017; runner-up 2018 Rydalmere Lions

NPL NSW Three Championship: 2020 NPL NSW Three Premiers: 2020