Lawrence Shankland

Lawrence Shankland
Shankland with Scotland in 2019
Personal information
Full name Lawrence Shankland[1]
Date of birth (1995-08-10) 10 August 1995 (age 28)[2]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Heart of Midlothian
Number 9
Youth career
2009–2012 Queen's Park
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Queen's Park 34 (11)
2013–2017 Aberdeen 17 (0)
2014Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 13 (7)
2015–2016St Mirren (loan) 31 (10)
2016–2017St Mirren (loan) 17 (0)
2017Greenock Morton (loan) 16 (4)
2017–2019 Ayr United 61 (50)
2019–2021 Dundee United 59 (32)
2021–2022 Beerschot 26 (5)
2022– Heart of Midlothian 74 (48)
International career
2015 Scotland U21 4 (2)
2019– Scotland 14 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2024

Lawrence Shankland (born 10 August 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian and the Scotland national team.

Shankland began his career at Queen's Park before moving to Aberdeen in 2013. He played on loan with Dunfermline Athletic, St Mirren and Greenock Morton before joining Ayr United in 2017. He signed for Dundee United in 2019 and made his debut for Scotland later that year. In 2021 Shankland moved to Belgian club Beerschot, but returned to Scotland after one year, signing with Hearts.

  1. ^ A Record of Post-war Scottish League Players 1946/47 to 2017/18. 7. John Litster and Scottish Football Historian magazine. 2018.
  2. ^ "Erling Lawrance Shankland Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Soccerway was invoked but never defined (see the help page).