 Shinnie withBirmingham City in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Murray Shinnie[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-07-17)17 July 1989 (age 36)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[3] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Livingston | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Rangers | 2 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | →Dundee (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2010 | →Dundee (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 57 | (19) |
| 2013–2018 | Birmingham City | 67 | (4) |
| 2016 | →Rotherham United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | →Hibernian (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | →Luton Town (loan) | 28 | (1) |
| 2018–2021 | Luton Town | 62 | (5) |
| 2020–2021 | →Charlton Athletic (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2021 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | (1) |
| 2021– | Livingston | 127 | (10) |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Scotland U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Scotland U21 | 3 | (1) |
| 2012 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:10, 18 May 2025 (UTC) | |||
Andrew Murray Shinnie (born 17 July 1989) is a Scottish professionalfootballer who plays as anattacking midfielder forScottish Premiership clubLivingston.
Shinnie started his professional career atScottish Premier League sideRangers in 2006, but only made two league appearances in a five-year spell at the club. During his time at Rangers, he had two loan spells atDundee: one during the2008–09 season, and one in 2010, making 32 league appearances for the club. He joinedInverness Caledonian Thistle in July 2011, and made 57 league appearances in a two-year spell at the club, featuring in the2012–13 PFA SPL Team of the Year, before joining Birmingham City in July 2013. He spent time on loan atRotherham United in 2015–16, and then played on loan forHibernian in 2016–17. After a loan spell during the 2017–18 season, Shinnie signed for Luton Town in June 2018.
Shinnie played atunder-19 level forScotland on four occasions in 2007, before making three appearances for theunder-21 side in 2009 and 2010. He made his full international debut for Scotland in November 2012, in a 2–1 win overLuxembourg.
Shinnie made his first-team debut forRangers on 17 March 2007, coming on as a substitute forDado Pršo in aScottish Premier League match againstAberdeen.[4] On the same day, he scored two goals for Rangers' under-19 team againstSt Mirren under-19s.[5] In April, he scored the first goal in the 5–0 win over rivalsCeltic as Rangers won the 2007Scottish Youth Cup Final.[6] He went on to sign a new three-year professional contract to expire in the summer of 2010.[7]
Scottish First Division clubDundee signed Shinnie in November 2008 on loan for the rest of the season.[8] On 29 November, he made his debut, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 draw againstSt Johnstone; three months later on 21 February 2009, he scored his first senior goal in a 4–1 win overLivingston.[9] Towards the end of the season, he scored anown goal in a 2–0 defeat toClyde,[10] and in the final game of the campaign,Darren Young opened the scoring after 32 seconds againstPartick Thistle after the defence failed to clear Shinnie's corner; Dundee won the match 4–0.[11]
Shinnie broke his foot during pre-season, and once back to fitness, returned to Dundee in January 2010 on loan until the end of the season.[12] As in his first spell, he was a first-team regular for the duration of the loan spell.[13][14]
Released by Rangers at the end of the 2010–11 season, Shinnie signed a two-year contract with SPL clubInverness Caledonian Thistle after impressing as a trialist in pre-season.[15] He made his debut againstMotherwell atFir Park on 23 July.[16] Shinnie scored his first goal for Inverness in a 2–1 victory over St Mirren on 1 October,[17] and a month later scored a hat-trick as his team beat Kilmarnock 6–3 atRugby Park.[18] On 17 December 2011, he came on as a substitute against former club Rangers atIbrox Park and scored to make the score 1–1. It was his seventh goal of the season but Inverness lost the game 2–1.[17][19] Shinnie scored the second goal as Inverness beatDunfermline Athletic 3–1 in theScottish Cup fourth round replay on 18 January 2012, but broke ametatarsal during the match. The injury required surgery which was expected to keep him out for the rest of the season,[20] although he was fit enough to return for the last three games.[17] He felt he had been fortunate to leave Rangers before the club's financial problems took hold.[21]
By mid-October the following season, Shinnie had scored seven goals, and managerTerry Butcher was anxious for him and teammateJosh Meekings to extend their contracts.[22][23] At the end of the month he scored the first goal in Inverness CT's 3–0League Cup quarter-final defeat of Rangers at Ibrox.[24] His form earned him his first call-up to the fullScotland squad, and when he took the field in thefriendly againstLuxembourg, he became the first Inverness CT player to be capped for Scotland at senior level.[25] By January, he had still not signed a new contract, and was linked with fellow SPL club Aberdeen,[26] but had still not ruled out staying with Inverness CT.[27] Shinnie scored the opening goal in the League Cup semi-final, but opponentsHeart of Midlothian equalised, and then won the match in apenalty shootout.[28] Shinnie's goalscoring form dipped as the season wore on – he produced only three goals in the 17 matches after the League Cup Final, compared with thirteen from 28 before it.[22] – but his general form earned him a place on the four-man shortlist for the 2012–13SPFA Players' Player of the Year Award[29] and a place in thePFA Scotland SPL Team of the Year[30]
In April, Shinnie signed a pre-contract agreement to join EnglishFootball League Championship clubBirmingham City when his Inverness contract expired at the end of the season.[31] He stated the move was "a difficult decision", but that "a three-year deal in a good league like the Championship was the right decision." and that he hoped the move would help him push for a place in the national team.[32]
Shinnie made his Birmingham debut in a 1–0 defeat toWatford on the opening day of the season.[33] He scored his first goal in theLeague Cup againstYeovil Town, when he "lashed homeChris Burke's fizzing cross"; Birmingham progressed to the third round on penalties.[34] He should have scored atQueens Park Rangers in September, when he "blazed his shot over the crossbar" after Birmingham broke at pace,[35] and he spent four games out of the league side, during which time he worked in the gym to improve his physical strength and in training on sharpness. He returned to orchestrate a 4–0 win againstMillwall when managerLee Clark's change of formation allowed him to play in his preferredplaymaker role,[36][37] and his first league goal opened the scoring in a 2–0 win atAFC Bournemouth on 14 December.[38] He was regularly involved on matchdays for a time, but it was often as a substitute or in an unaccustomed wide position,[39] and he was out of the side entirely between mid-January and March 2014.[33] He returned with a good performance in a 3–3 draw atBurnley,[40] and scored a headed goal in a 3–2 win away at fellow relegation candidates Millwall,[41] but was substituted early in the next match when Clark wanted to field an extra striker.[42] He was an unused substitute in the final match of the season, as Birmingham came back from 2–0 down atBolton Wanderers to avoid relegation ongoal difference via a stoppage-time equaliser and other results going in their favour.[43]
Shinnie started the opening match of the2014–15 season, but was omitted from the next two, and then injured his back playing for the under-21 side.[44] His next first-team appearance was atBlackburn Rovers on 21 October when he was recalled to the squad by thecaretaker managers the day after Clark was sacked; he came on in the 80th minute and came close to scoring an equaliser when his shot from 20 yards (18 m) struck the underside of the crossbar but failed to cross the line.[45][46] Incoming managerGary Rowett used Shinnie as the creative player in his preferred4–2–3–1 formation,[47] and he thrived in the role.[48] By December, theBirmingham Mail's reporter thought he was "enjoying the finest spell of his Birmingham career", and a goal in a 6–1 defeat ofReading was a deserved reward for what Rowett called "fantastic" work-rate and build-up play.[49] In March 2015, he scored the winner against Clark's new club,Blackpool,[50] but then lost his regular place to loaneeDiego Fabbrini.[47]
Shinnie signed a two-year contract extension in the 2015 close season,[51] but lost his first-choice playmaker role to loaneeJon Toral, whose goalscoring – and the fact that he was part of a winning side – made him hard to leave out.[52]
Shinnie joined fellow Championship clubRotherham United on 27 January 2016 on loan until the end of the season.[53] He made his debut three days later, as a second-half substitute with his side 2–1 down at home toCharlton Athletic; the match finished as a 4–1 defeat.[54] He fell out of favour underNeil Warnock, who replacedNeil Redfearn as manager shortly after Shinnie's arrival, and made only three appearances during his loan spell.[55][54]
Despite performing well in 2016 pre-season, Shinnie remained behind Diego Fabbrini as Birmingham's playmaker of choice, and on 17 August, he signed forScottish Championship clubHibernian on loan for the season.[56][57] He made his debut in Hibs' next match, coming on after 69 minutes with his side 2–0 ahead against St Mirren.[58]
On 30 June 2017, Shinnie joinedLuton Town ofEFL League Two on loan for the season.[59] He scored three goals from 34 appearances,[60] as Luton werepromoted toLeague One after finishing second in League Two.[61]
Shinnie was released by Birmingham at the end of the2017–18 season,[62] and on 1 June 2018, he signed for Luton Town on a permanent two-year contract.[63]
Shinnie joined League One club Charlton Athletic on 16 October 2020 on loan for the2020–21 season.[64] He scored his first goal for Charlton in a 2-0 win overOxford United on 27 October 2020.[65]
On 19 February 2021, Shinnie's loan was made into a permanent deal until the end of the 2020–21 season.[66]
On 18 May 2021, it was announced that Shinnie would leave Charlton Athletic at the end of his contract.[67]
Shinnie joinedScottish Premiership clubLivingston on a two-year deal on 19 July 2021.[68]
Shinnie made hisScotland under-21 debut in aEuropean Championship qualifier againstAlbania on 28 March 2009, and scored in the reverse fixture a few days later in a 5–2 victory. He played once more for the under-21 side.[69] On 11 November 2012, Shinnie was called up to the full squad as a replacement for the match versus Luxembourg. Shinnie started the match, lining up in a wide midfield role inBilly Stark's 4–4–2 formation instead of his usual supporting role behind a lone striker, and contributed with an assist to one ofJordan Rhodes's two goals as Scotland won the match 2–1.[25]
Shinnie was born inAberdeen;[15] he grew up inCove Bay and attendedKincorth Academy.[70] His younger brotherGraeme also became a professional footballer, and they played together for Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[15] The first time that the two brothers faced each other in a competitive game was in a2016–17 Scottish Cup semi-final, between Andrew's Hibernian and Graeme's Aberdeen.[71]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rangers | 2006–07[72] | Scottish Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007–08[73] | Scottish Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[10] | Scottish Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009–10[13] | Scottish Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010–11[74] | Scottish Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dundee (loan) | 2008–09[10] | Scottish First Division | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10[13] | Scottish First Division | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2011–12[17] | Scottish Premier League | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 8 | |
| 2012–13[22] | Scottish Premier League | 38 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | — | 45 | 16 | ||
| Total | 57 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 24 | ||
| Birmingham City | 2013–14[33] | Championship | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 28 | 3 | |
| 2014–15[45] | Championship | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16[54] | Championship | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17[58] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 67 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 6 | ||
| Rotherham United (loan) | 2015–16[54] | Championship | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Hibernian (loan) | 2016–17[58] | Scottish Championship | 27 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 32 | 3 |
| Luton Town (loan) | 2017–18[60] | League Two | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[d] | 2 | 34 | 3 |
| Luton Town | 2018–19[75] | League One | 41 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 47 | 5 |
| 2019–20[76] | Championship | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 23 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21[77] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 90 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 106 | 10 | ||
| Charlton Athletic | 2020–21[77] | League One | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |
| Livingston | 2021–22[78] | Scottish Premiership | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 35 | 3 | |
| 2022–23[79] | Scottish Premiership | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 40 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24[80] | Scottish Premiership | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 41 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25[81][82] | Scottish Championship | 31 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6[e] | 1 | 42 | 5 | |
| Total | 127 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 158 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 434 | 44 | 31 | 5 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 504 | 60 | ||
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