Several promising teenagers have made their first-team debuts in modern times for Rangers – but who are the Ibrox club’s youngest ever players?
Bailey Rice, Paul Nsio and Zak Lovelace are just some of the most recent Rangers kids to represent the club at first-team level.
So it got us at Rangers News thinking about compiling a list of the Govan club’s youngest ever players. Below is the top 10 from oldest to youngest.
Youngest ever Rangers players
10 – Derek Johnstone
- Derek Johnstone
- Age: 16 years, 10 months, 26 days
- Debut: Rangers 1-1 Bayern Munich
- Date: September 30, 1970
9 – Leon King
- Leon King
- Age: 16 years, 10 months, 15 days
- Debut: Falkirk 0-4 Rangers
- Date: November 29, 2020
8 – John Fleck
- John Fleck
- Age: 16 years, 8 months, 28 days
- Debut: Aberdeen 2-0 Rangers
- Date: May 22, 2008
7 – Archie Stevens
- Archie Stevens
- Age: 16 years, 7 months, 19 days
- Debut: Rangers 3-1 Queen of the South
- Date: August 30, 2022
6 – Alfie Conn
- Alfie Conn
- Age: 16 years, 7 months, 8 days
- Debut: Dundalk 0-3 Rangers
- Date: November 13, 1968
5 – Zak Lovelace
- Zak Lovelace
- Age: 16 years, 7 months, 7 days
- Debut: Rangers 3-1 Queen of the South
- Date: August 30, 2022
4 – Paul Nsio
- Paul Nsio
- Age: 16 years, 5 months, 15 days
- Debut: Rangers 3-1 Queen of the South
- Date: August 30, 2022
3 – Tom Walsh
- Tom Walsh
- Age: 16 years, 4 months, 27 days
- Debut: Rangers 2-0 Stirling Albion
- Date: December 8, 2012
2 – Bailey Rice
- Bailey Rice
- Age: 16 years, 4 months, 14 days
- Debut: Livingston 0-3 Rangers
- Date: February 18, 2023
1 – Derek Ferguson
- Derek Ferguson
- Age: 16 years, 24 days
- Debut: Rangers 4-0 Queen of the South
- Date: August 24, 1983
