# Shane Sutherland

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.
He was released by Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the end of the 2012–13 season, and signed for Elgin City in July 2013. After two season with Elgin, Sutherland moved to Scottish League One side Peterhead in June 2015, signing a one-year contract. At the end of his contract Sutherland returned to Borough Briggs for his third spell with Elgin. In January 2019 he returned to Peterhead.
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.
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.
He returned to football in 2024 signing for Highland League side Brora Rangers, signing a three-year contract.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 23 October 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2009–10 | Scottish First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2010–11 | Scottish Premier League | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2011–12 | Scottish Premier League | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2012–13 | Scottish Premier League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Total | Total | 77 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 3 |
| Elgin City (loan) | 2009–10 | Scottish Third Division | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| Elgin City | 2013–14 | Scottish League Two | 36 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 15 |
| Elgin City | 2014–15 | Scottish League Two | 34 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 12 |
| Elgin City | Total | Total | 70 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 80 | 27 |
| Peterhead | 2015–16 | Scottish League One | 35 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 13 |
| Elgin City | 2016–17 | Scottish League Two | 24 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 24 |
| Elgin City | 2017–18 | Scottish League Two | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| Elgin City | 2018–19 | Scottish League Two | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 11 |
| Elgin City | Total | Total | 54 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 71 | 40 |
| Peterhead | 2018–19 | Scottish League Two | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Elgin City | 2019–20 | Scottish League Two | 26 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 26 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2020–21 | Scottish Championship | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2021–22 | Scottish Championship | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Total | Total | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 9 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 325 | 101 | 22 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 391 | 125 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
* ↑ Four appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs

## Honours
### Individual

* PFA Scotland League Two Team of the Year (1): 2014–15
* Scottish League One Player of the Month (1): January 2016
* Scottish League Two Player of the Month (1): October 2016