Graeme Shinnie

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Graeme Shinnie
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Shinnie at the Scottish League Cup in 2018
Personal information
Full name Graeme Garry Shinnie [1]
Date of birth (1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s) Left-back, central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Aberdeen
Number 4
Youth career
2008–2010 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2015 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 156 (6)
2010Forres Mechanics (loan)
2015–2019 Aberdeen 144 (8)
2019–2022 Derby County 84 (6)
2022–2023 Wigan Athletic 29 (0)
2023Aberdeen (loan) 13 (2)
2023– Aberdeen 30 (0)
International career
2012 Scotland U21 2 (0)
2018–2019 Scotland [3] 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:45, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:55, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

Graeme Garry Shinnie (born 4 August 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Aberdeen, as a left back or central midfielder.

Contents

He has previously played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Forres Mechanics, Aberdeen and Derby County. Shinnie made his first full international appearance for Scotland in May 2018.

Career

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Shinnie started his career playing for Dyce Boys Club a boy's club in Aberdeen, alongside brother Andrew. [4] He joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle in July 2009, at the age of 17. [5] He made his senior debut for them in the Scottish League Cup on 1 August 2009, before making his League debut on 26 September 2009. [6]

Shinnie went on loan to Forres Mechanics in the Scottish Highland Football League in February 2010. [5] [7] His loan spell was extended until the end of the season. [8] Shinnie was offered a contract extension by Inverness on 30 November 2010, [9] agreeing a 3-year deal on 13 December 2010. [10] He suffered an intestinal problem that stopped him from playing between January and August 2011. [11]

In the 2011–12 season, Graeme's brother Andrew joined Inverness on a free transfer from Rangers. [12] Shinnie scored his first goal of his Inverness career on 27 August 2011 in a 2–1 win over Kilmarnock and after the match, manager Terry Butcher expressed delight for Shinnie on his first goal. [13] Following a 3–1 loss against Dundee United on 17 September 2011, captain Richie Foran spoken out about Shinnie, stating he was worthy of pass marks. [14] After two-months spell out for the side, Shinnie made his return in a 2–1 loss against Rangers on 17 December 2011. Despite the performance, Butcher praised the returning Shinnie and Lee Cox. [15] In December 2012, Shinnie signed a new contract extension, keeping him until 2015, [16] having vowed to remain at the club. [17]

In the 2014 Scottish League Cup Final, Shinnie played throughout the match until it went to a penalty shoot-out, won by opponents Aberdeen. [18] He was selected in the 2013–14 Premiership PFA Scotland Team of the Year. [19] In April 2015, Shinnie helped Inverness to reach the Scottish Cup Final; [20] Caley went on to win the trophy, beating Falkirk 2–1 on 30 May 2015, with Shinnie lifting the trophy as captain in his last game for the club. [21] [22]

Aberdeen

In January 2015 it was announced that Shinnie had signed a three-year contract with Aberdeen, despite interest from Football League Championship clubs, and would join the club when the summer transfer window opened in June 2015. [23] He made his competitive debut for Aberdeen on 2 July 2015, against FK Shkëndija in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. [24] He scored his first goal for Aberdeen on 9 August 2015, in a 2–0 league win against Kilmarnock. [25]

Shinnie signed a new contract with Aberdeen in January 2017, which ran until its expiry in summer 2019. [26] In May 2017 he was made team captain, after it was announced that Ryan Jack had signed a pre-contract agreement with Rangers. [27] During his four-year spell at Pittodrie, he took part in three finals (the 2016–17 and 2018–19 League Cup finals, and the 2017 Scottish Cup Final), losing to Celtic on each occasion. In the Premiership, Aberdeen finished runners-up to Celtic three times. [28]

Derby County

In May 2019 it was announced that Shinnie would join English club Derby County in July 2019 on a free transfer, signing a three-year contract. [28] He scored his first goal for the club, an injury time winner, against Wigan Athletic on 23 October 2019. [29]

Wigan Athletic

In January 2022 he signed for Wigan Athletic, for an undisclosed transfer fee, signing a two-and-a-half year contract. [30] [31]

Return to Aberdeen

He returned to Aberdeen on loan in January 2023. [32] In June 2023 he signed a permanent three-year contract with Aberdeen, and was designated captain. [33]

International career

Shinnie made his debut for the Scotland national under-21 football team in April 2012. [34] On 29 September 2015, he was called up to the senior squad for games against Poland and Gibraltar. [35] He was called up again in October 2017, [36] and in May 2018. [37]

Shinnie made his full Scotland debut on 29 May 2018, in a 2–0 defeat to Peru. [38] In March 2019 he was selected to play at left-back in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match away to Kazakhstan, but was at fault for one of the goals as Scotland lost 3–0; in the aftermath, Shinnie acknowledged that he had performed poorly and would be unlikely to be selected again once Andy Robertson and Kieran Tierney were available. [39]

Personal life

Shinnie is the younger brother of fellow footballer Andrew Shinnie, who joined him at Inverness in 2011. [11] The first time that the two brothers faced each other in a competitive game was in a 2016–17 Scottish Cup semi-final, between Andrew's Hibernian and Graeme's Aberdeen. [40] The brothers grew up in Cove Bay and attended Kincorth Academy. [41]

Playing style

Originally a left back at Inverness, Shinnie played primarily as a central midfielder at Aberdeen. [42]

Career statistics

As of 16 March 2024 [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2009–10 Scottish First Division 1000101 [lower-alpha 3] 030
2010–11 Scottish Premier League 1902020230
2011–12 2613010301
2012–13 3703041441
2013–14 Scottish Premiership 3634040443
2014–15 3726100433
Total1566181121101878
Aberdeen 2015–16 Scottish Premiership37110106 [lower-alpha 4] 0451
2016–17 36251406 [lower-alpha 4] 0513
2017–18 35241204 [lower-alpha 4] 1454
2018–19 36350312 [lower-alpha 4] 0464
Total144815210118118712
Derby County 2019–20 Championship 2322020272
2020–21 4030020423
2021–22 2111010231
Total8463050926
Wigan Athletic 2021–22 League One 10000001 [lower-alpha 5] 0110
2022–23 Championship1900100200
Total290010010310
Aberdeen (loan) 2022–23 Scottish Premiership1320010142
Aberdeen 2023–24 Scottish Premiership30031415 [lower-alpha 6] 0422
Career total456223943232312055330
  1. Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup
  2. Includes Scottish League Cup, EFL Cup
  3. Appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance in EFL Trophy
  6. One appearance in the Europa League, four appearances in the Europa Conference League

Honours

Forres Mechanics

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Wigan Athletic

Individual

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