Shane Sutherland (born 23 October 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Brora Rangers.

Shane Sutherland
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-10-23) 23 October 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Wick, Scotland
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Brora Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 77 (3)
2010Elgin City (loan) 17 (5)
2013–2015 Elgin City 70 (23)
2015–2016 Peterhead 35 (13)
2016–2019 Elgin City 54 (34)
2019 Peterhead 13 (2)
2019–2020 Elgin City 26 (16)
2020–2023 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 54 (13)
2024– Brora Rangers 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:48, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Sutherland has previously played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Elgin City and Peterhead.

Career

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Sutherland made his senior début for Elgin City in the Third Division on 23 January 2010, while on loan from Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[1]

He was released by Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the end of the 2012–13 season,[2][3] and signed for Elgin City in July 2013.[4] After two season with Elgin, Sutherland moved to Scottish League One side Peterhead in June 2015, signing a one-year contract.[5] At the end of his contract Sutherland returned to Borough Briggs for his third spell with Elgin.[6] In January 2019 he returned to Peterhead.[7]

On 16 January 2020, Elgin announced that Sutherland would be leaving at the conclusion of the 2019–20 season to rejoin his first club, Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[8][9]

However, due to an extensive ACL injury, Sutherland was released by the club, which ignited controversy after Sutherland claimed to have been released by email and was having to fund the surgeries himself, which Inverness denied by claiming they had adhered to employment law and that the club was paying for specialist medical support.[10][11]

He returned to football in 2024 signing for Highland League side Brora Rangers, signing a three-year contract.[12]

Career statistics

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As of match played 23 October 2021[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2009–10[13] Scottish First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010–11[14] Scottish Premier League 29 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 32 2
2011–12[15] 27 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 29 1
2012–13[16] 21 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 25 0
Total 77 3 4 0 5 0 0 0 86 3
Elgin City (loan) 2009–10[13] Scottish Third Division 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 5
Elgin City 2013–14[17] Scottish League Two 36 14 2 0 1 0 1[a] 1 40 15
2014–15[18] 34 9 4 3 1 0 1[a] 0 40 12
Total 70 23 6 3 2 0 2 1 80 27
Peterhead 2015–16[19] Scottish League One 35 13 1 0 1 0 6[b] 0 43 13
Elgin City 2016–17[20] Scottish League Two 24 18 3 5 4 0 2[a] 1 33 24
2017–18[21] 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5
2018–19[22] 21 11 3 0 4 0 1[a] 0 29 11
Total 54 34 6 5 8 0 3 1 71 40
Peterhead 2018–19[22] Scottish League Two 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2
Elgin City 2019–20[23] Scottish League Two 26 16 2 1 4 4 5[a] 5 37 26
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2020–21[24] Scottish Championship 24 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 30 6
2021–22[25] 9 2 0 0 4 1 1[a] 0 14 3
Total 33 5 3 1 7 3 1 0 44 9
Career total 325 101 22 10 27 6 17 7 391 125
  1. ^ a b c d e f Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. ^ Four appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs

Honours

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Individual

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References

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  1. ^ a b Shane Sutherland at Soccerbase
  2. ^ "Foundations in place for future success at ICT". Inverness Courier. Scottish Provincial Press. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Interest mounting in Inverness pair Shane Sutherland and Chris Hogg". SKY Sports website. 17 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Shane wants to shoot City to promotion". The Northern Scot. Scottish Provincial Press Ltd. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Shane wants to shoot City to promotion". peterheadfc.com. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  6. ^ "New boys score in Elgin win". The Northern Scot. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  7. ^ Durent, Jamie. "Elgin City forward Shane Sutherland returns for second spell at Peterhead".
  8. ^ "🗣️ | CLUB NEWS – Elgin City Football Club". Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle sign Elgin's Shane Sutherland on pre-contact". BBC Sport. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  10. ^ Chalk, Paul (9 June 2023). "Caley Thistle reject Shane Sutherland's claim he was released via email". Press and Journal. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  11. ^ McDougall, Mark (9 June 2023). "Shane Sutherland in explosive Inverness CT blast after being released via email". Football Scotland. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Highland League outfit Brora Rangers announce signing of former Inverness Caley Thistle, Elgin City and Peterhead attacker Shane Sutherland". The Inverness Courier. 16 June 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  19. ^ "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  21. ^ "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  22. ^ a b "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  23. ^ "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  24. ^ "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  25. ^ "Games played by Shane Sutherland in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  26. ^ "PFA Scotland Teams of the Year". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  27. ^ a b "SPFL Awards". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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