Nile Ranger

Nile Ranger
Personal information
Full name Nile Ranger[1]
Date of birth (1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Wood Green, England[2]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Kettering Town
Youth career
Crystal Palace
2007–2008 Southampton
2008–2009 Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Newcastle United 51 (2)
2011 → Barnsley (loan) 5 (0)
2012 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 8 (2)
2013–2014 Swindon Town 23 (8)
2014–2016 Blackpool 14 (2)
2016–2018 Southend United 45 (10)
2020–2021 Spalding United 1 (1)
2021 Southend United 1 (0)
2021–2022 Boreham Wood 0 (0)
2024– Kettering Town 0 (0)
International career‡
2009–2010 England U19[4] 11 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:34, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:18, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Nile Ranger (born 11 April 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently playing for Kettering Town.

Previously with Crystal Palace and Southampton, Ranger finished his youth career at Newcastle United, where he made his professional debut and was part of their team which won the Football League Championship in 2009–10. Later on in his spell at St James's Park, he was loaned to Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday. He played international football for England U19.

After leaving Newcastle by mutual consent in 2013, he went on to play for Swindon Town, Blackpool and Southend United in the English Football League, with his spells at all three clubs being hindered by disciplinary issues including multiple absences from training.[5][6][7] Ranger, who was incarcerated for involvement in armed robbery as a teenager,[8] served a prison sentence for fraud in 2017.[9]

  1. ^ "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". Premier League. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  2. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 502. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. ^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. ^ Nile Ranger. thefa.com
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference swindon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference blackpool was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference southend was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference regret was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Ex-Premier League striker Nile Ranger jailed for fraud". BBC News. BBC. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.