Shane Sutherland (born 23 October 1990) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a striker for

Brora Rangers Brora Rangers Football Club are a Scottish football club from the village of Brora, Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland. They play in the , of which they have been champions five times, having won their first title in 2013–1 ...

. Sutherland has previously played for

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, Inverness CT or just Inverness, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team competes in , the third tier of the Scottish Professional Footba ...

, Elgin City and

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Career

Sutherland made his senior début for Elgin City in the Third Division on 23 January 2010, while on loan from

. 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

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side

in June 2015, signing a one-year contract. At the end of his contract Sutherland returned to

Borough Briggs Borough Briggs is a football ground in Elgin, Moray, Scotland. This venue is the home ground of Elgin City who currently play in Scottish League Two. Borough Briggs opened on 20 August 1921 when Inverness Citadel were the visitors in a Highland ...

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

, signing a three-year contract.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual

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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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutherland, Shane 1990 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Elgin City F.C. players Peterhead F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Premier League players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Highland (council area) Scottish Professional Football League players People from Wick, Caithness Brora Rangers F.C. players 21st-century Scottish sportsmen