Graeme Shinnie

Graeme Shinnie
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-08-04) 4 August 1991
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Full back
Club information
Current team
 Aberdeen
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2009–2015 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 156 (6)
2010 → Forres Mechanics (loan)
2015– Aberdeen 35 (1)
National team‡
2012 Scotland U21 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:57, 30 April 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:52, 25 April 2012

Graeme Shinnie (born 4 August 1991) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Aberdeen, as a left back. He has previously played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle and during his time there had a loan spell at Forres Mechanics.

Career

Early career

Shinnie started his career playing for a boy's club in Aberdeen, alongside brother Andrew.[1]

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

He joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle in July 2009, at the age of 17.[2] He made his senior debut for them in the Scottish League Cup on 1 August 2009, before making his League debut on 26 September 2009.[3]

Shinnie went on loan to Forres Mechanics in the Scottish Highland Football League in February 2010.[2][4] His loan spell with Forres Mechanics was extended until the end of the season.[5]

Shinnie was offered a contract extension by Inverness on 30 November 2010,[6] agreeing a 3-year deal on 13 December 2010.[7] Shinnie suffered an intestinal problem that stopped him from playing between January and August 2011.[8]

In the 2011–12 season, Graeme's brother, Andrew joined Inverness on a free transfer from Rangers.[9] Shinnie scored his first goal of his Inverness career on 27 August 2011 in a 2–1 win over Kilmarnock and after the match, manager Terry Butcher expressed delighted for Shinnie on his first goal.[10] Following a 3–1 loss against Dundee United on 17 September 2011, captain Richie Foran spoken out about Shinnie, stating he was worthy of pass marks.[11] After two-months spell out for the side, Shinnie made his return in a 2–1 loss against Rangers on 17 December 2011. Despite the performance, Butcher would praise the returning of Shinnie and Lee Cox.[12]

In December 2012, Shinnie signed a new contract extension, keeping him until 2015,[13] having vowed to remain at the club.[14]

In the final of the Scottish League Cup, Shinnie played throughout the match until it went to a penalty shoot-out, in which Aberdeen won the Scottish League Cup.[15]

In April 2014 he was selected to the 2013–14 Premiership PFA Scotland Team of the Year.[16]

In April 2015, Shinnie helped Inverness to reach the 2015 Scottish Cup Final.[17] Inverness went on to win the trophy, beating Falkirk 2–1 on 30 May 2015, with Shinnie lifting the trophy as captain in his last game for the club.[18][19]

Aberdeen

In January 2015 it was announced that Shinnie had signed a three-year contract with Aberdeen, despite interest from Football League Championship clubs, and would join the club when the summer transfer window opened in June 2015.[20] He made his competitive debut for Aberdeen on 2 July 2015, against FK Shkëndija in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.[21] He scored his first goal for Aberdeen on 9 August 2015, in a 2-0 win against Kilmarnock in a Scottish Premiership league game.[22]

International career

Shinnie made his debut for the Scotland national under-21 football team in April 2012.[23] On 29 September 2015 Shinnie was called up to the senior squad by Gordon Strachan for games against Poland and Gibraltar.[24]

Personal life

Shinnie is the younger brother of fellow footballer Andrew Shinnie, who joined him at Inverness in 2011.[8]

Career statistics

As of 30 April 2016[3]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2009–10 1000101030
2010–11 190202000230
2011–12 261301000301
2012–13 370304100441
2013–14 363404000443
2014–15 372610000433
Total 1566181121101878
Aberdeen 2015–16 351101060431
Career total 1917191131702309

Honours

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

References

  1. ↑ "League Cup Final: Inverness star Graeme Shinnie out to make Aberdeen pay for snubbing him as a kid". Daily Record. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Profile". Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 Graeme Shinnie career statistics at Soccerbase
  4. ↑ "Home form keeps title hopes alive". Inverness Courier. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Winger loan deal blocked". Inverness Courier. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Nick Ross and Graeme Shinnie offered Inverness deals". BBC Sport. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "Graeme Shinnie extends contract with Caley Thistle". BBC Sport. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  8. 1 2 "Terry Butcher praises comeback by Graeme Shinnie". BBC Sport (BBC). 20 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "Andrew Shinnie and Josh Meekings to join Inverness". BBC Sport. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Terry Butcher delighted for Inverness goal hero Graeme Shinnie after illness almost cut short is career". Daily Record. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "Inverness CT skipper Richie Foran: Graeme was a Shinnie example to us all". Daily Record. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "Butcher praises young duo". Inverness Courier. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Graeme Shinnie & Josh Meekings sign new Inverness deals". BBC Sport. 24 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  14. ↑ "Inverness ace Graeme Shinnie vows to sign new deal after club stood by him during injury hell". Daily Record. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  15. ↑ "Aberdeen 0 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle". BBC Sport. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  16. ↑ "Celtic and Dundee United trios in SPFL Premiership team of year". BBC Sport. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  17. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32373835
  18. 1 2 Lamont, Alasdair (30 May 2015). "Inverness CT 2–1 Falkirk". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  19. ↑ Lamont, Alasdair (31 May 2015). "Graeme Shinnie signs off from Inverness in 'the best way'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  20. ↑ "Shinnie deal". www.afc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  21. ↑ Spence, Jim (2 July 2015). "Shkendija 1-1 Aberdeen". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  22. ↑ Davie, Scott (9 August 2015). "Aberdeen 2-0 Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "Scotland U21 1–4 Italy U21". BBC Sport (BBC). 25 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  24. ↑ "Scotland: Shinnie & Rhodes called up for Euro 2016 qualifiers". BBC. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
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