Rector started his career with South African club FC Fortune, before moving abroad to play for Excelsior Mouscron in Belgium.
Brøndby faced a shortage of strikers at the start of the 2006–07 Superliga season, due to the long-term injuries to Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen and Peguero Jean Philippe.
Initially signed as a striker, Rector showed himself more of an attacking midfielder, and saw little playing time in his first half year at Brøndby.
Afterwards, he had tryouts at Icelandic club ÍBV on invitation by South African head coach Renaldo Rapheal Christians, although unsuccessfully.
[3][4] Rector has since worked as a youth coach for a local team in Cape Town, and still has contact to former Brøndby club-captain Per Nielsen.