Shane Sutherland

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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*
YearsTeamApps(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)

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

Contents

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

Career

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

[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2009–10 [13] Scottish First Division 0000000000
2010–11 [14] Scottish Premier League 292201000322
2011–12 [15] 271101000291
2012–13 [16] 210103000250
Total773405000863
Elgin City (loan) 2009–10 [13] Scottish Third Division 175000000175
Elgin City 2013–14 [17] Scottish League Two 361420101 [lower-alpha 1] 14015
2014–15 [18] 34943101 [lower-alpha 1] 04012
Total70236320218027
Peterhead 2015–16 [19] Scottish League One 351310106 [lower-alpha 2] 04313
Elgin City 2016–17 [20] Scottish League Two 241835402 [lower-alpha 1] 13324
2017–18 [21] 9500000095
2018–19 [22] 211130401 [lower-alpha 1] 02911
Total54346580317140
Peterhead 2018–19 [22] Scottish League Two 132000000132
Elgin City 2019–20 [23] Scottish League Two 261621445 [lower-alpha 1] 53726
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2020–21 [24] Scottish Championship 243313200306
2021–22 [25] 9200411 [lower-alpha 1] 0143
Total335317310449
Career total3251012210276177391125
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Four appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs

Honours

Individual

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