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Alisdair Sutherland

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alisdair Sutherland

| image =

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| caption =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|9|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Brora, Scotland

| height =

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Brora Rangers

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Inverness Caledonian Thistle

| years1 = 2014–2017

| clubs1 = Inverness Caledonian Thistle

| caps1 = 8

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2016

| clubs2 = → Brora Rangers (loan)

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2017–2019

| clubs3 = Elgin City

| caps3 = 42

| goals3 = 0

| club-update = 01:10, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

| clubs4 = → Rothes (loan)

| clubs5 = Rothes

| years4 = 2018

| years5 = 2019–2021

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 4

| caps5 = 22

| goals5 = 9

| clubs6 = Brora Rangers

| years6 = 2021–

| caps6 = 0

| goals6 = 0

}}

Alisdair "Ali" Sutherland (born 19 September 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{Scottish football updater|BroraRan}} club Brora Rangers.

Career

Born in Brora, Sutherland began his career at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, making his senior debut in January 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Nothing-Ironic-about-Sutherlands-ICT-rise-18022015.htm|title=Nothing Ironic about Sutherland's ICT rise|date=21 February 2015|accessdate=27 July 2016|author=Jamie Durent|publisher=Inverness Courier|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011085301/http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/Sport/Football/Nothing-Ironic-about-Sutherlands-ICT-rise-18022015.htm|archive-date=11 October 2016|url-status=dead}} He spent time on loan at Highland League club Brora Rangers during the second half of the 2015–16 season,{{cite web|url=http://brorarangers.football/2016/01/30/ali-sutherland-loan.html|title=Ali joins on loan from ICT|date=30 January 2016|accessdate=30 January 2016|publisher=Brora Rangers F.C.}}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and signed his first professional contract with Inverness Caledonian Thistle at the end of that season.{{cite web|url=http://ictfc.com/news/team-news/1757-fan-update-player-contracts|title=Fan Update : Player Contracts|date=17 May 2016|accessdate=27 July 2016|publisher=Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816154540/http://ictfc.com/news/team-news/1757-fan-update-player-contracts|archive-date=16 August 2016|url-status=dead}}

After being released by Caley Thistle in January 2017, Sutherland signed for Scottish League Two side Elgin City on a deal until the end of the 2016–17 season,{{cite web |url=http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/Sport/Football/Elgin-sign-ex-Caley-Jags-youngster-01022017.htm |title=Elgin sign ex-Caley Jags youngster |work=The Northern Scot |date=1 February 2017 |accessdate=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203090152/http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/Sport/Football/Elgin-sign-ex-Caley-Jags-youngster-01022017.htm |archive-date=3 February 2017 |url-status=dead }} subsequently signing a new contract in June 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.elgincity.net/?p=6986 |title=Signing news |publisher=Elgin City FC |date=27 June 2017 |accessdate=27 June 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

After a loan spell with the club, Sutherland signed a deal with Highland League side Rothes.{{Cite web|last=Skinner|first=Andy|date=4 June 2019|title=Winger Sutherland rejoins Rothes after leaving Elgin|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/highland-league/1763594/winger-sutherland-rejoins-rothes-after-leaving-elgin/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2 November 2020|website=pressandjournal.co.uk}} Sutherland helped the Speysiders finish 3rd in the league and win the Highland League Cup, the club's first silverware in 41 years.{{Cite web|last=Clark|first=Jonathan|date=31 October 2020|title=Rothes 2 Buckie Thistle 1: Dramatic last-gasp winner seals Speysiders' maiden Highland League Cup success|url=https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/sport/rothes-beat-buckie-thistle-to-win-maiden-highland-league-cup-217009/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 November 2020|website=northern-scot.co.uk}}

In March 2021, Sutherland returned to his hometown club Brora Rangers on a three-year deal.{{Cite web|last=Henderson|first=Andrew|date=31 March 2021|title=Ali Sutherland leaves Rothes for Highland League champions Brora Rangers|url=https://www.northern-times.co.uk/sport/ali-sutherland-returns-home-with-brora-rangers-233469/|access-date=13 July 2021|website=northern-times.co.uk}}

Career statistics

{{updated|10 July 2021}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|Inverness Caledonian Thistle

|2014–15{{soccerbase season|71261|2014|accessdate=27 July 2016}}

| rowspan="3" |Scottish Premiership

|2

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2015–16{{soccerbase season|71261|2015|accessdate=27 July 2016}}

|5

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2016–17{{soccerbase season|71261|2016|accessdate=27 July 2016}}

|1

000100020
colspan="2"|Total

!8

0002000100
rowspan="4" |Elgin City

|2016–17

| rowspan="3" |Scottish League Two

|13

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2017–18{{soccerbase season|71261|2017|accessdate=27 July 2016}}

|20

0214020281
2018–19{{soccerbase season|71261|2018|accessdate=1 November 2020}}

|9

0001010110
colspan="2" |Total

!42

0215030521
Rothes (loan)

|2018–19{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Matches for Alisdair Sutherland - 2018/19|url=https://www.rothesfc.co.uk/content.php?pg=matchesplayed&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=rescomp&pd=1022&fsea=32&fdfa=1&fply=245|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2 November 2020|website=rothesfc.co.uk}}

|Highland League

|12

4200010154
rowspan="3" |Rothes

|2019–20{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Matches for Alisdair Sutherland - 2019/20|url=https://www.rothesfc.co.uk/content.php?pg=matchesplayed&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=rescomp&pd=1022&fsea=33&fdfa=1&fply=245|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2 November 2020|website=rothesfc.co.uk}}

| rowspan="2" |Highland League

|22

92200322713
2020–21{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Matches for Alisdair Sutherland - 2020/21|url=https://www.rothesfc.co.uk/content.php?pg=matchesplayed&fdfaShowAll=true&frt=rescomp&pd=1022&fsea=34&fdfa=1&fply=245|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2 November 2020|website=rothesfc.co.uk}}

|0

000002121
colspan="2" |Total

!22

92200532914
rowspan="3" |Brora Rangers

|2020–21

| rowspan="2" |Highland League

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|2

|0

|2

|0

2021–22

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!0

!0

!0

!0

!1

!0

!2

!0

!3

!0

colspan="3" |Career total

!84

13638011310919

Honours

Rothes

References

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Category:1996 births

Category:Living people

Category:Scottish men's footballers

Category:Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players

Category:Brora Rangers F.C. players

Category:Elgin City F.C. players

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Scottish Professional Football League players

Category:Rothes F.C. players

Category:Highland Football League players

Category:People from Brora

Category:21st-century Scottish sportsmen