Alexander Scott Rae (born 30 September 1969) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Rae played for Millwall, Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Rangers, Dundee, Milton Keynes Dons.

He then went back to Scotland, joining Rangers where he had started his youth career, in May 2004,[5] and won the league title in his first season.

He dropped down to junior leagues with Bishopbriggs before he joined Falkirk and enjoyed a successful two years before heading south to sign for Millwall in 1990 for £100,000.

His form for Millwall earned him a big money move to Premier League Sunderland for £1 million in 1996, where he established himself as a crowd-pleasing, combative midfielder.

By 2001, he had dropped out of manager Peter Reid's plans and was sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 2001, for £1.2 million.

[8] In July 2009 he joined MK Dons, on a temporary basis with a view to a permanent deal, as first team coach working under his former Wolves teammate Paul Ince.

[20] On 1 October 2023, Rae joined Scottish Premiership side Rangers as a first-team coach after the sacking of manager Michael Beale.