Alex Rae

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Alex Rae
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Scott Rae
Date of birth	30 September 1969 (1969-09-30) (age 39)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Rangers
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987–1990 1990–1996 1996–2001 2001–2004 2004–2006 2006–2008	Falkirk Millwall Sunderland Wolverhampton Wanderers Rangers Dundee	083 0(20) 218 0(63) 114 0(12) 107 0(15) 034 00(1) 026 00(3)
Teams managed
2006–2008	Dundee
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Alexander Scott Rae, (born 30 September, 1969 in Glasgow), is a former Scottish professional footballer, who recently served as manager of Dundee.

Contents 1 Career 2 Managerial stats 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

Rae started his career as a youngster at boyhood heroes Rangers but was rejected by boss Graeme Souness. He dropped down to junior leagues with Bishopbriggs before He joined Falkirk and enjoyed a successful two years before heading south to sign for Millwall in 1990 for £100,000.

He made his Millwall debut on 25 August 1990. His form for Millwall earned him a big money move to Premier League Sunderland for £1 million in 1996, where he established himself as a crowd-pleasing, combative midfielder. His career took a downturn though, as he descended into alcoholism, leading to him attending a rehab clinic during 1998. He stayed sober after this treatment and further rehabilitation, and later became a patron for the Sporting Chance clinic.

Back on the field, he won promotion as champions back to the Premier League with Sunderland in 1998–99 and played regularly in the top flight. By 2001, he had dropped out of manager Peter Reid's plans and was sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 2001, for £1.2 million.

He quickly became an important player for Wolves, winning the fans' player of the season award in his first campaign. The following year, he helped them back into the Premier League when they won the play-offs in 2003. He had a strong year in the top flight, finishing as the club's leading scorer with 8 goals – his best ever seasonal tally – but could not prevent the club's relegation.

Rae re-signed for Rangers in May 2004,^[1] and won the league title in his first season. He only featured 12 times in his second season, however, and was later released by the club.

He was appointed as player/manager of Dundee on 24 May 2006. He led the club to third place in the First Division in his first season and took them a place higher in his second. He gave up playing for the 2008-09 season but was sacked on 20 October 2008 with the team in eighth place in the league.^[2]

On 9 June 2009 Rae was linked with the vacant managers position at Falkirk F.C.. Following John Hughes Departure to Hibernian F.C..

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Dundee		24 May 2006	20 Oct 2008	97	42	22	33	43.29

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Alex Rae career stats at Soccerbase
• Alex Rae management career stats at Soccerbase

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