James Henry Tavernier

James Henry Tavernier is an English right-back from Bradford, born on 31 October 1991. He developed in Leeds United’s academy before joining Newcastle United in 2009 and made his Premier League debut for Newcastle in 2012. A series of loan spells included Rotherham United, where he scored five goals in 27 starts and helped the club win promotion to the Championship in 2014. Tavernier then moved permanently to Wigan Athletic before joining Rangers in July 2015. He scored from a free kick against Hibernian on his Rangers debut and became an influential attacking full-back and captain, receiving the armband in 2018. In 2020–21, James Tavernier captained Rangers to the Scottish top-flight title and won the PFA Scotland Players’ Player of the Year award. During Rangers’ 2021–22 Europa League run, he scored seven goals, all in the knockout rounds, as the club reached the final.