{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Shane Sutherland |image = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|10|23|df=y}} |birth_place = Wick, Scotland |height = |position = Striker |currentclub = Brora Rangers |clubnumber = |years1 = 2010–2013 |clubs1 = Inverness Caledonian Thistle |caps1 = 77 |goals1 = 3 |years2 = 2010 |clubs2 = → Elgin City (loan) |caps2 = 17 |goals2 = 5 |years3 = 2013–2015 |clubs3 = Elgin City |caps3 = 70 |goals3 = 23 |years4 = 2015–2016 |clubs4 = Peterhead |caps4 = 35 |goals4 = 13 |years5 = 2016–2019 |clubs5 = Elgin City |caps5 = 54 |goals5 = 34 |years6 = 2019 |clubs6 = Peterhead |caps6 = 13 |goals6 = 2 |years7 = 2019–2020 |clubs7 = Elgin City |caps7 = 26 |goals7 = 16 |years8 = 2020–2023 |clubs8 = Inverness Caledonian Thistle |caps8 = 54 |goals8 = 13 |years9 = 2024– |clubs9 = Brora Rangers |caps9 = 0 |goals9 = 0 |club-update = 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.
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.<ref name = "SB"/>
He was released by Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the end of the 2012–13 season,<ref>{{cite news|title=Foundations in place for future success at ICT|url=http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Foundations-in-place-for-future-success-at-ICT-20052013.htm|work=Inverness Courier|publisher=Scottish Provincial Press|date=21 May 2013|access-date=21 May 2013|archive-date=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109221604/http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Foundations-in-place-for-future-success-at-ICT-20052013.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12691/8718873 |publisher=SKY Sports website|title=Interest mounting in Inverness pair Shane Sutherland and Chris Hogg |date=17 May 2013}}</ref> and signed for Elgin City in July 2013.<ref name = "Sutherland signs for Elgin">{{cite news|title=Shane wants to shoot City to promotion|url=http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/Sport/Football/Shane-wants-to-shoot-City-to-promotion-20072013.htm|work=The Northern Scot|publisher=Scottish Provincial Press Ltd.|date=20 July 2013|access-date=21 July 2013|archive-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820124848/http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/Sport/Football/Shane-wants-to-shoot-City-to-promotion-20072013.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> After two season with Elgin, Sutherland moved to Scottish League One side Peterhead in June 2015, signing a one-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shane wants to shoot City to promotion |url=http://www.peterheadfc.com/news/item/1202-shane-sutherland-signs-new-deal |publisher=peterheadfc.com |date=18 June 2015 |access-date=18 June 2015 |archive-date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422054529/https://www.peterheadfc.com/news/item/1202-shane-sutherland-signs-new-deal |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the end of his contract Sutherland returned to Borough Briggs for his third spell with Elgin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/Sport/Football/New-boys-score-in-Elgin-win-03072016.htm |title=New boys score in Elgin win |work=The Northern Scot |date=3 July 2016 |access-date=5 July 2016}}</ref> In January 2019 he returned to Peterhead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/1665276/elgin-city-forward-shane-sutherland-set-for-peterhead-return-after-signing-pre-contract-agreement/|title=Elgin City forward Shane Sutherland returns for second spell at Peterhead|first=Jamie|last=Durent}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elgincity.net/?p=10564|title=🗣️ {{!}} CLUB NEWS – Elgin City Football Club|language=en-GB|access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51139886 |title=Inverness Caledonian Thistle sign Elgin's Shane Sutherland on pre-contact |website=BBC Sport |date=16 January 2020 |access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chalk |first=Paul |date=9 June 2023 |title=Caley Thistle reject Shane Sutherland's claim he was released via email |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/inverness-caledonian-thistle/5825005/caley-jags-say-shane-sutherland-was-wrong-to-say-he-was-released-via-email/ |access-date=17 December 2023 |website=Press and Journal |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McDougall |first=Mark |date=9 June 2023 |title=Shane Sutherland in explosive Inverness CT blast after being released via email |url=https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-championship/shane-sutherland-explosive-inverness-caledonian-27087680 |access-date=17 December 2023 |website=Football Scotland |language=en}}</ref>
He returned to football in 2024 signing for Highland League side Brora Rangers, signing a three-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/sport/former-ict-attacker-signs-for-new-club-after-two-year-injury-353334/|title=Highland League outfit Brora Rangers announce signing of former Inverness Caley Thistle, Elgin City and Peterhead attacker Shane Sutherland|date=16 June 2024|website=The Inverness Courier}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 23 October 2021}}<ref name = "SB">{{soccerbase|53243}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Inverness Caledonian Thistle |2009–10<ref name="SS09">{{soccerbase season|53243|2009|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |Scottish First Division |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2010–11<ref name="SS10">{{soccerbase season|53243|2010|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |rowspan="3"|Scottish Premier League |29||2||2||0||1||0||0||0||32||2 |- |2011–12<ref name="SS11">{{soccerbase season|53243|2011|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |27||1||1||0||1||0||0||0||29||1 |- |2012–13<ref name="SS12">{{soccerbase season|53243|2012|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |21||0||1||0||3||0||0||0||25||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !77!!3!!4!!0!!5!!0!!0!!0!!86!!3 |- |Elgin City (loan) |2009–10<ref name="SS09"/> |Scottish Third Division |17||5||0||0||0||0||0||0||17||5 |- |rowspan="3"|Elgin City |2013–14<ref name="SS13">{{soccerbase season|53243|2013|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|Scottish League Two |36||14||2||0||1||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC">Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup</ref>||1||40||15 |- |2014–15<ref name="SS14">{{soccerbase season|53243|2014|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |34||9||4||3||1||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC"/>||0||40||12 |- !colspan="2"|Total !70!!23!!6!!3!!2!!0!!2!!1!!80!!27 |- |Peterhead |2015–16<ref name="SS15">{{soccerbase season|53243|2015|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |Scottish League One |35||13||1||0||1||0||6<ref group=lower-alpha>Four appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs</ref>||0||43||13 |- | rowspan="4" |Elgin City |2016–17<ref name="SS16">{{soccerbase season|53243|2016|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |rowspan="3"|Scottish League Two |24||18||3||5||4||0||2<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC"/>||1||33||24 |- |2017–18<ref name="SS17">{{soccerbase season|53243|2017|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |9||5||0||0||0||0||0||0||9||5 |- |2018–19<ref name="SS18">{{soccerbase season|53243|2018|accessdate=28 October 2017}}</ref> |21||11||3||0||4||0||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC"/>||0||29||11 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !54!!34!!6!!5!!8!!0!!3!!1!!71!!40 |- |Peterhead |2018–19<ref name="SS18"/> |Scottish League Two |13||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||13||2 |- |Elgin City |2019–20<ref name="SS19">{{soccerbase season|53243|2019|accessdate=9 November 2021}}</ref> |Scottish League Two |26||16||2||1||4||4||5<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC"/>||5||37||26 |- | rowspan="3" |Inverness Caledonian Thistle |2020–21<ref name="SS20">{{soccerbase season|53243|2020|accessdate=9 November 2021}}</ref> | rowspan="2" |Scottish Championship |24||3||3||1||3||2||0||0||30||6 |- |2021–22<ref name="SS21">{{soccerbase season|53243|2021|accessdate=9 November 2021}}</ref> |9||2||0||0||4||1||1<ref group=lower-alpha name="SCC"/>||0||14||3 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !33!!5!!3!!1!!7!!3!!1!!0!!44!!9 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !325!!101!!22!!10!!27!!6!!17!!7!!391!!125 |}
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==Honours== ===Individual=== * PFA Scotland League Two Team of the Year (1): 2014–15<ref>{{cite web|title=PFA Scotland Teams of the Year|url=http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/pfa-scotland-teams-of-the-year/|website=spfl.co.uk|publisher=Scottish Professional Football League|date=1 May 2015|access-date=19 November 2016|archive-date=18 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100706/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/pfa-scotland-teams-of-the-year|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Scottish League One Player of the Month (1): January 2016<ref name="Sutherland_Awards">{{cite web|title=SPFL Awards|url=http://spfl.co.uk/awards/|website=spfl.co.uk|publisher=Scottish Professional Football League|access-date=19 November 2016|archive-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026090653/http://spfl.co.uk/awards/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Scottish League Two Player of the Month (1): October 2016<ref name="Sutherland_Awards"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerbase}}
{{2014–15 PFA Scotland Scottish League Two Team of the Year}} {{2016–17 PFA Scotland Scottish League Two Team of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutherland, Shane}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish men's footballers Category:Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Category:Elgin City F.C. players Category:Peterhead F.C. players Category:Scottish Football League players Category:Scottish Premier League players Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Footballers from Highland (council area) Category:Scottish Professional Football League players Category:People from Wick, Caithness Category:Brora Rangers F.C. players Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen