Lee Wallace
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Wallace with Rangers in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Lee Wallace | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Rangers | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2011 | Heart of Midlothian | 139 | (3) |
| 2011– | Rangers | 178 | (20) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006 | Scotland U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2007 | Scotland U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Scotland U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2009– | Scotland | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:04, 16 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:19, 3 December 2016 (UTC) |
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Lee Wallace (born 1 August 1987) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for and captain of Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
Wallace, started his career with Edinburgh side Heart of Midlothian, making his debut in 2005, aged seventeen and moved to Glasgow to join Rangers seven years later. He remained with the club upon its demotion to the Scottish Third Division in 2012 and was awarded the club captaincy by the then manager Mark Warburton in 2015. Wallace has represented Scotland at both youth and full international level, collecting nine senior caps to date, his most recent against England in 2016.
Wallace signed professional terms with Heart of Midlothian in July 2004, having progressed from the Hearts youth team. Wallace made his debut in the 2004–05 season against Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup and became a regular member of the first team squad although he found it hard to dislodge Takis Fyssas from the left back position. Wallace scored a goal in the cup tie against Kilmarnock.
In the summer of 2006 fellow Scottish Premier League club Dundee United had a loan bid for Wallace rejected. A month later, Wallace signed a five-year contract with Hearts. Wallace was made Hearts vice-captain at the start of the 2010–11 season, however, a month later while representing Scotland in a Euro 2012 qualifier against Liechtenstein, he suffered a cruciate ligament injury following a late challenge by Despite returning at the start of 2011, he continued to be blighted by injury and he made only seven appearances for the rest of the season.
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