James Tavernier, born on 31 October 1991 (age 34), is an English right-back whose career has been shaped almost entirely by his long spell at Rangers. His early senior football in England included loan moves that gave him regular minutes and the usual rough edges of a developing defender, before Rangers became the place where his career settled.
At Ibrox, Tavernier became captain and a constant presence, making 382 league appearances across 11 seasons. He has also scored 102 league goals, a return so abnormal for a defender that it has become central to any fair account of him. His most productive league season came in 2023-24, when he scored 17 goals in 38 appearances.
His Rangers years brought one Premiership title, one Scottish Cup and one League Cup. From a Celtic point of view, that record needs no dressing up, but his durability, penalty-box output and responsibility as captain have made him one of the more significant opponents of the modern domestic period.
His market value is around £850,000, according to Transfermarkt. Tavernier’s career is not really a broad tour of clubs now; it is the story of a right-back who became a long-serving Rangers captain and scored at a rate defenders are not supposed to manage.
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