Joshua McPake (born 31 August 2001) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a winger for club

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. McPake started his career at Rangers and has had several loans spells with

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and Queen's Park respectively. After departing Rangers, McPake played for

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on a short-term deal, before joining St Johnstone the following season.

Club career

Rangers

Early career

A youth product of

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who was their Academy Player of the Year for 2018–19McPake Is Academy POTY
Rangers FC, 7 April 2019 having won the

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, the Under-18 League and the

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in that season plus the

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in the prior campaign, McPake signed a new contract on 10 July 2019, which will keep him at the club until the summer of 2022. A week later he made his debut in a qualifying match against Gibraltese St Joseph's at Ibrox, coming on as a 67th minute substitute for Greg Docherty.

Loan spells

On 20 August 2019, McPake joined

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on a loan until the following January. After an ankle injury hindered his progress with the Dark Blues, McPake spent the last few weeks of his loan spell back at Rangers, and officially returned in January. In September 2020, McPake joined

on loan until January with an option to extend. On 8 January 2021, McPake joined

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on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. McPake impressed during his loan spell with Harrogate, making 21 appearances for the club. On 1 July 2021, McPake signed a new contract with Rangers until summer 2024 and immediately joined newly-promoted

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, with a recall option in January 2022. On 5 January 2022, McPake joined

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on loan for the remainder of 2021–22 season. On 23 July 2022, McPake joined

side Queen's Park on a season-long loan. He would make his debut for the club the same day in a

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group stage game against

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. McPake would net his first and second goals for the ''Spiders'' in a thrashing away victory over

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in October. On 1 September 2023, McPake left Rangers by mutual consent.

Stirling Albion

After training with clubs such as

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after being released by Rangers, McPake signed a deal on 23 February 2024 with

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club

until the end of the season. McPake made his debut the following day against Edinburgh City, and marked his first game as a ''Bino'' with a free kick goal in a 4–0 victory.

St Johnstone

On 20 June 2024 following a successful trial period, McPake joined

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club

on a two-year deal.

International career

He has played for

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at youth level.

Career statistics

Honours

Harrogate Town *

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: 2019–20

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McPake, Josh 2001 births Living people Footballers from Coatbridge Scottish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Rangers F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Harrogate Town A.F.C. players Morecambe F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players English Football League players Scotland men's youth international footballers Scotland men's under-21 international footballers St Johnstone F.C. players