The 22-year-old, who now plays for Swindon Town, took the photo the following morning and attempted to delete the image after being arrested on January 24.
Newcastle Crown Court heard how Ranger had one phone taken off him at the police station but kept another phone, containing the image, on his person.
The court heard how the phone also contained photographs of the alleged victim dancing from the night of the alleged attack and a selfie of the two of them together.
DC Ruth Hindmarsh, of Northumbria Police, told the court how Ranger had stayed at The Carlton Hotel four times as he claimed to know the owner and only had to pay half price for rooms.
She also said Ranger claimed to be 'consoling the woman and rubbing her back' telling the police 'I'm a gentleman you know, I am just rubbing her back for her, making sure she is alright'.
In a police statement following his arrest Nile Ranger said: 'The woman and I entered the room together. By this stage we had been drinking alcohol for about three hours.
'We were drunk but aware of our actions. For the next three hours the woman and I had consensual sex.
'She has since sent messages from her phone referring to our night out together.'
Ranger also told police in his interview how he told the taxi driver to take them to a hotel and the woman was cool with it.
He said: 'She didn't say take me home, she said cool.'
Christine Egerton, prosecuting, told the jury how the alleged victim had visited the GP for emergency contraception the following morning before visiting the emergency department at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
The suspected victim then reported Ranger to the police station the following day and he was arrested at his home in Forest Hall.
No alcohol or drugs were found in the alleged victim's system by the time the tests were carried out by police.
During his evidence, Ranger told the court how he has never had sexual activity with a female against her wishes but admitted having 'quite a few' one night stands.
Ranger told the court how he had first saw the alleged victim in a nightclub and asked his friend to get him her number.
He told the court how they had been messaging for three or four months before the alleged attack and that she thought he had a bad reputation.
When asked if he thinks he has a reputation Ranger said: 'Not really, you can’t go off my rep but I accepted it yeah. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but I don’t think I have a reputation.'