Cole McKinnon (born 29 January 2003) is a Scottish

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who last played for side

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as a centre midfielder. He has had loan spells with

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sides East Fife and

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Career

McKinnon, a product of the Rangers Academy, signed a contract extension with Rangers until 2022, on 29 September 2020. On 12 March 2021, he joined then

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side East Fife on loan for the rest of the season. He made nine league appearances for the Fifers, his first being a late substitute appearance in a 3–1 win away to Clyde on 20 March 2021. McKinnon made his debut for Rangers by replacing

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as a 60th minute substitute during a 3–1 win over Heart of Midlothian on 14 May 2022, and scored the final goal. He made his European debut on 7 March 2024, when he came on as substitute, when Rangers drew 2–2 with Benfica, in the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. On 8 January 2025, McKinnon joined

Ayr United Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the , the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is The Honest Men, fro ...

for the remainder of the season.

Honours

Rangers F.C. *

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: 2023-24

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* 2003 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Rangers F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Lowland Football League players Partick Thistle F.C. players Scotland men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub