Ethan Cairns

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Ethan Cairns
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-12-17) 17 December 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Inverness, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
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)
2024Banks o' Dee (loan)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:37, 5 August 2024 (UTC)

Ethan Cairns (born 17 December 2004) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish League One club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. [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, before joining Aberdeen side, Banks o' Dee in January 2024.

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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.