Lawrence Shankland

Lawrence Shankland
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-08-10) 10 August 1995
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Ayr United
Number 17
Youth career
Queen's Park
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Queen's Park 34 (11)
2013–2017 Aberdeen 17 (0)
2014 → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 13 (7)
2015–2016 → St Mirren (loan) 31 (10)
2016–2017 → St Mirren (loan) 17 (0)
2017 → Greenock Morton (loan) 16 (4)
2017– Ayr United 38 (35)
National team‡
2015 Scotland U21 2 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:08, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Lawrence Shankland (born 10 August 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ayr United.

He previously had loan spells with Dunfermline Athletic, St Mirren and Greenock Morton whilst contracted to Aberdeen.

Club career

Queen's Park

Shankland was born in Glasgow and attended Bannerman High School in Baillieston. He progressed through the Queen's Park youth system and was their top goalscorer in the 2012–13 season, having moved to the senior squad straight from the under-17 team.[1] Shankland signed for Aberdeen at the end of the season.[2][3] He was one of three Queen's Park players to move to top flight Scottish clubs at that time, as Andy Robertson and Aidan Connolly signed for Dundee United[2] (Blair Spittal also made the move to Dundee United a year later).

Aberdeen

Shankland was initially placed in the Aberdeen under-20 squad, as he adjusted to full-time professional training.[3] Shankland made his debut appearance for Aberdeen in September 2014, in a 3–2 victory against Inverness CT.[4] After impressing in the Under 20s, scoring plenty of goals, and making first team appearances as a substitute, Shankland signed a new contract which ran until summer 2017,[5] however he was loaned to lower-division clubs for the vast majority of its duration. At the end of the 2016–17 season, Aberdeen confirmed that Shankland would be leaving the club.[6]

Dunfermline loan

He moved to Dunfermline Athletic on loan for the latter part of the 2013–14 season.[7] The 18-year-old striker scored seven league goals during his short spell in Fife, however injury prevented him taking part in the Pars' end-of-season promotion play-off with local rivals Cowdenbeath which ended in defeat.[8]

St Mirren and Morton loans

He was loaned to St Mirren in August 2015 for the rest of the 2015–16 season.[9] Shankland scored his first goal for the Buddies in a 2–1 home defeat to Raith Rovers on 18 September 2015.[10] Shankland scored 10 goals in 32 appearances during his loan spell, and returned to Aberdeen at the end of the season.[11]

In July 2016 it was confirmed that Shankland had returned to Paisley, once again joining St Mirren on a season-long loan.[12] However, his loan deal with St Mirren was cut short and on 11 January 2017, Shankland moved on loan to their rivals, fellow Scottish Championship side Greenock Morton.[13] After helping the club to a 4th-place finish, his final appearance for Morton was in the Scottish Premiership playoff defeat to Dundee United.[14]

Ayr United

In September 2017, free agent Shankland signed a short-term contract to play for Scottish League One club Ayr United until the following January.[15] On 24 March 2018 he scored a hat-trick against former club Queen's Park.[16] Ayr won the league by one point, and after finishing with 29 goals, Shankland was named as the division's PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year.[17]

He started the 2018–19 season with a hat-trick against former club Morton in the League Cup.[18] On 28 July, he scored a "stunning goal" from 45 yards as Ayr defeated Partick Thistle to qualify for the knockout stage of the competition.[19] With a goal against Dunfermline on 25 August 2018, Shankland moved to 41 goals in 42 games for the Honest Men.[20]

International career

Shankland represented Scotland under-18s in Victory Shield matches against the other home nations in 2012.[21] He was first selected for the Scotland national under-21 football team in March 2015; he made his debut away to Hungary, scoring two late goals in a 2–1 victory. He made three other under 21 appearances also in 2015 producing one draw and two defeats.[22]

Career statistics

As of 27 August 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition (all refer to Scottish divisions)
Club Season League Scottish Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Queen's Park 2011–12[23] Third Division 1000000010
2012–13[24] Third Division 331100313[lower-alpha 1]23914
Total 34110031324014
Aberdeen 2013–14[25] Premiership 000000—00
2014–15[26] Premiership 170000000170
2015–16[27] Premiership 0000000000
2016–17[28] Premiership 0000000000
Total 170000000170
Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 2013–14[25] League One 137100000147
St Mirren (loan) 2015–16[27] Championship 31101000003210
2016–17[28] Championship 17012313[lower-alpha 2]1244
Greenock Morton (loan) 2016–17[28] Championship 16400002[lower-alpha 3]0184
Ayr United 2017–18[29] League One 30263300003329
2018–19[30] Championship 890069101518
Total 38353369104847
Career total 166676512119319183
  1. ↑ One appearance and a goal in the Scottish Challenge Cup; two appearances and a goal in the Second Division play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in the Premiership play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "Shankland given opportunity at Aberdeen". www.spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 Crawford, Kenny (5 July 2013). "Young Queen's Park trio make rare jump to SPL from Third Division". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Aberdeen sign former Rangers winger Gregg Wylde". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "FT: Aberdeen 3 Inverness CT 2". www.afc.co.uk. Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Aberdeen: Adam Rooney & Niall McGinn sign new deals". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Aberdeen: Ash Taylor & Lawrence Shankland join players leaving Pittodrie". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Aberdeen's Lawrence Shankland joins Dunfermline on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Cowdenbeath V Dunfermline at Central Park – Match Preview". CowdenbeathMad. FootyMad. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Loan Signing: Lawrence Shankland". www.saintmirren.net. St Mirren F.C. 26 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "St Mirren 1–2 Raith Rovers match report". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Squad Update". St Mirren Official website. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Loan Signing: Lawrence Shankland". St Mirren FC. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  13. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (11 January 2017). "Aberdeen striker Lawrence Shankland joins on loan". Greenock Morton FC. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Dundee United 3–0 Greenock Morton". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "Ayr United sign former Aberdeen striker Lawrence Shankland as Ian McCall bids to boost side's League One title bid". Daily Record. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  16. ↑ "Scottish League One: Ayr strengthen grip on top spot, Forfar boost hopes". BBC Sport. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  17. ↑ "Scott Brown: Celtic captain voted PFA Scotland player of the year 2017/18". BBC Sport. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  18. ↑ https://twitter.com/AyrUnitedFC/status/1018155948362358784?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
  19. ↑ "League Cup: Partick Thistle 0-2 Ayr United, Morton 5-0 Albion Rovers". BBC Sport. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  20. ↑ "Ayr United 4-1 Dunfermline Athletic". BBC Sport. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  21. ↑ "Scotland Under 18s 2012 Photo Gallery". Scottish FA. The Scottish Schools' Football Association 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  22. ↑ "Lawrence Shankland". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  23. ↑ 2011 at Soccerbase
  24. ↑ 2012 at Soccerbase
  25. 1 2 2013 at Soccerbase
  26. ↑ 2014 at Soccerbase
  27. 1 2 2015 at Soccerbase
  28. 1 2 3 2016 at Soccerbase
  29. ↑ 2017 at Soccerbase
  30. ↑ 2018 at Soccerbase
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