Rangers FC Appoint Ross Wilson As Sporting Director
October 15, 2019
Rangers Football Club have appointed Ross Wilson as their new sporting director.
He had spent the previous four and a half years as Director of Football Operations at Premier League side Southampton.
The 36-year-old has over 15 years of experience in the professional football industry previously working at Watford, Huddersfield Town and Falkirk.
Wilson said: “Firstly, and I am sure it goes without saying, I am delighted to be joining Rangers. During recent weeks I have had really positive discussions with the club.
“The vision and passion shared collectively by the Board and by Steven in terms of the plans to continue to build the club are exciting. Equally it was important that both the club and I shared the same understanding of the what this role is and what the football model and culture inside the club needs to look like going forward.”
He previously took up the position of Executive Director and Head of Football Operations at Huddersfield Town in 2012. In his three years at Huddersfield, the club achieved three successive higher finishes in the English Championship.
