| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Wick, Scotland | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brora Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 77 | (3) |
| 2010 | →Elgin 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 as of 18:48, 17 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Shane Sutherland (born 23 October 1990) is a Scottish professionalfootballer who plays as astriker forBrora Rangers.
Sutherland has previously played forInverness Caledonian Thistle,Elgin City andPeterhead.
Sutherland made his senior début forElgin City in theThird Division on 23 January 2010, while on loan fromInverness Caledonian Thistle.[1]
He was released by Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the end of the2012–13 season,[2][3] and signed forElgin City in July 2013.[4] After two season with Elgin, Sutherland moved toScottish League One sidePeterhead in June 2015, signing a one-year contract.[5] At the end of his contract Sutherland returned toBorough 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 forHighland League sideBrora Rangers, signing a three-year contract.[12]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2009–10[13] | Scottish First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010–11[14] | Scottish Premier League | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2011–12[15] | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13[16] | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Total | 77 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 3 | ||
| Elgin City (loan) | 2009–10[13] | Scottish Third Division | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| Elgin City | 2013–14[17] | Scottish League Two | 36 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 1 | 40 | 15 |
| 2014–15[18] | 34 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 40 | 12 | ||
| Total | 70 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 80 | 27 | ||
| Peterhead | 2015–16[19] | Scottish League One | 35 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 43 | 13 |
| Elgin City | 2016–17[20] | Scottish League Two | 24 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2[a] | 1 | 33 | 24 |
| 2017–18[21] | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 2018–19[22] | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 29 | 11 | ||
| Total | 54 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 40 | ||
| Peterhead | 2018–19[22] | Scottish League Two | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Elgin City | 2019–20[23] | Scottish League Two | 26 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5[a] | 5 | 37 | 26 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2020–21[24] | Scottish Championship | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| 2021–22[25] | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Total | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 325 | 101 | 22 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 391 | 125 | ||
