Ethan Cairns

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Ethan Cairns
Personal information
Full name Ethan Cairns
Date of birth (2004-12-17) 17 December 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Inverness, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Forres Mechanics (on loan from Inverness Caledonian Thistle)
Number TBC
Youth career
–2021 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3 (1)
2021Strathspey Thistle (loan)
2022Fort William (loan)
2022–2023Forres Mechanics (loan)
2023–2024Forres Mechanics (loan)
2024–Banks O' Dee (loan)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:46, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Ethan Cairns (born 17 December 2004) is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Banks O' Dee on loan from Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the Scottish Championship. [1]

Career

Cairns came through the Inverness Caledonian Thistle Academy, before being sent out on loan to Strathspey Thistle, [2] Fort William, [3] and finally Forres Mechanics [4] before being recalled from his Forres loan due to an injury crisis going on at Inverness. [5]

On 2 January 2023, Cairns made his debut for Inverness, coming on in a 6–1 win over Cove Rangers in the Scottish Championship. [6] Cairns scored his first goal for Inverness in a 2–2 league draw with Greenock Morton immediately after being subbed on for fellow academy graduate, Daniel MacKay. [7] [8] In July 2023, Cairns returned to Forres on a short term loan.

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References

  1. "Ethan Cairns | Football Stats | Fort William | Age 18 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  2. "Caley Thistle send teenage striker on loan to Highland League club". Inverness Courier. 2021-08-10. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  3. Law, Callum. "Caley Thistle's Ethan Cairns and Aly Riddle join Fort William on loan". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  4. Law, Callum. "Forres boss pleased to land Caley Thistle starlet Ethan Cairns". Press and Journal. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  5. "Caley Thistle bring back all players on loan due to emergency injury crisis". Inverness Courier. 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  6. "Inverness hit six in thrashing of Cove". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  7. "Inverness CT come back twice to draw with Morton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
  8. "Caley Thistle teenage goal hero living the first team dream". Inverness Courier. 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-02-19.