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

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team currently competes in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional F ...

. Sutherland has also previously played for

Elgin City Elgin City Football Club (also known as City or The Black and Whites) is a professional senior football club based in Elgin, Moray. Elgin was founded in 1893 and originally played their football in the Highland Football League. The club was g ...

and

Peterhead Peterhead (; gd, Ceann Phàdraig, sco, Peterheid ) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census ...

Career

Sutherland made his senior début for

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

in July 2013. After two season with Elgin, Sutherland moved to

Scottish League One The Scottish League One, known as cinch League One for sponsorship reasons, is the third tier of the Scottish Professional Football League, the league competition for men's professional football clubs in Scotland. The Scottish League One was ...

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 and is the most northerly football league stadium in Great Britain. This venue is the home ground of Elgin City who currently play in the Scottish League Two. Borough Briggs opened ...

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.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual

PFA Scotland The Professional Footballers' Association Scotland (PFA Scotland) is the association for professional footballers in Scotland. It was known as the Scottish Professional Footballers' Association (SPFA), but that organisation was dissolved and repl ...

League Two The English Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Sky Bet League Two for sponsorship purposes, and known as the Football League Two from 2004 until 2016) is the third and lowest division of the English Football Le ...

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 footballers Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players Elgin City F.C. players Peterhead F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Premier League players Association football forwards Sportspeople from Highland (council area) Scottish Professional Football League players