Maurice Ross

Maurice Ross

Personal information
Full name	Maurice Alexander Ross
Date of birth	3 February 1981 (1981-02-03) (age 30)
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Livingston
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000-2005	Rangers	78	(2)
2005	Sheffield Wednesday	2	(0)
2005-2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	(0)
2006-2007	Millwall	15	(0)
2007-2008	Viking	27	(0)
2009	Kocaelispor	10	(0)
2009-2010	Aberdeen	6	(0)
2010	Beijing Guoan	14	(0)
2011	Motherwell	6	(0)
2011-	Livingston	0	(0)
National team‡
2002-2003	Scotland	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:48, 13 October 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:48, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Maurice Ross (born 3 February 1981 in Dundee) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Livingston in the Scottish First Division. Ross made his first senior appearance in professional football in February 2000 and has played for 10 different clubs: Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Millwall, Viking, Kocaelispor, Aberdeen, Beijing Guoan, Motherwell and Livingston. In his time with Rangers he won all the domestic honours in Scotland. He plays predominantly at right back and was capped by Scotland 13 times.

Career

Club

Ross joined Rangers as a trainee and made his senior debut in a 7-1 defeat of home town team Dundee, in February 2000. He captained the Rangers Under-21s to a reserve league championship win during 2000/01. He established himself in the first team during the 2002-03 season, under Alex McLeish.

Although he signed a four year deal with Rangers in 2003, by August 2005 he had fallen out of favour at Rangers and moved to Sheffield Wednesday on a free transfer. However, Ross only made two appearances for Wednesday and was loaned to Wolves only two months later.^[1] In January 2006, Wolves turned the loan into a permanent deal, signing him on a six month contract to be worth around a million pounds per season. He was released by Wolves at the end of the contract, and secured a new deal at Millwall. Ross featured in the starting eleven for the first five games and was dropped to the bench after a string of very poor performances.

In March 2007 he was signed by Viking from Stavanger, Norway. This new deal was due to see him playing at Viking the for next 3 seasons until the end of the Norwegian season late in 2009 but instead joined Turkcell Super League side Kocaelispor in early February 2009. After Kocaelispor secured their league status, Ross, along with four other players had their contracts terminated and left Kocaelispor.

On 12 October, it was announced that Ross had asked Aberdeen manager Mark McGhee if he could use the facilities at Pittodrie, in order to gain fitness and ultimately a deal with another club. He signed a short term deal with the Dons until January.^[2]

Ross was always clear that he was looking for a move abroad during his time with Aberdeen and on 11 January 2010 it was announced that he was leaving to sign for a club in China and that turned out to be Beijing Guoan. It was confirmed on 10 February 2010 that he signed for the defending champion of Chinese Super League.^[3] Ross scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 defeat to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in the 2010 AFC Champions League.

On 1 April 2011, it was revealed that Ross had signed a contract with Scottish Premier League side Motherwell until the end of the season.^[4] Ross then was released by the Fir Park club on 1 June 2011.^[5]

On 13 October 2011 Ross Signed for Livingston until January 2012.^[6]

International

Berti Vogts gave him a call up to the Scotland team after making just a few appearances for Rangers. Ross made his international debut against South Korea in 2002, and went on to feature in the team in the campaign to qualify for Euro 2004.

Career statistics

Club record

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Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rangers	1999-2000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2000-2001	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2001-2002	21	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	29	0
	2002-2003	20	1	2	0	4	0	1	0	27	1
	2003-2004	20	1	1	0	3	0	6	0	30	1
	2004-2005	14	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	19	1
	2005-2006	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total	78	2	7	0	10	1	13	0	108	3
Wolves	2005-2006	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	21	0
	Total	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	21	0
Millwall	2006-2007	15	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	20	0
	Total	15	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	20	0
Viking	2008	27	0	–		–		–		27	0
	Total	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
Kocaelispor	2008–09	10	0	–		–		–		10	0
	Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Aberdeen	2009-2010	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Beijing Guoan	2010	14	0	–		–		–		14	0
	Total	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Motherwell	2011	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Livingston	2011-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total		165	2	12	0	13	1	13	0	215	3

Honours

Rangers

• 3: 2000, 2003, 2005

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• 2: 2002, 2003

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• 2: 2003, 2005

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References

1. ^ "Sky Sports | Sport News". Home.skysports.com. http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=318163&plid=8263&clid=19&cpid=10. Retrieved 2009-11-04. 
2. ^ "Ross agrees contract at Pittodrie". BBC Sport. 2009-10-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aberdeen/8303783.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-04. 
3. ^ "国安正式签约莫莱斯·罗斯". Beijing Guoan F.C. Official Website. 2010-02-10. http://www.fcguoan.com/news/index.aspx?id=100210180340f99378d6. 
4. ^ "Maurice Ross defends his switch to Motherwell". BBC Sport. 1 April 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/12925265.stm. Retrieved 2011-04-01. 
5. ^ "Craigan and Jennings offered new deals at Motherwell". BBC Sport. 2011-06-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13621787.stm. Retrieved 2011-06-01. 
6. ^ "Maurice Ross and Mark Fotheringham join Livingston". BBC Sport. BBC. 13 October 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15299712.stm. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
7. ^ "MAURICE ALEXANDER ROSS". Soccerway. http://www.soccerway.com/players/maurice-ross/7794/. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 

External links

• Maurice Ross at National-Football-Teams.com
• Stats at Transfermarkt
• Maurice Ross career stats at Soccerbase

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Name	Ross, Maurice
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Date of birth	3 February 1981
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
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