Lawrence Shankland

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; he also worked part-time as a tool setter in a local plumbing supplies company, a position arranged by the amateur club to help their young players earn a wage. He scored his first senior goal on 4 August 2012, aged 16, in a Scottish League Cup tie against Airdrieonians. Shankland signed for Aberdeen at the end of the season. 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. 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. He made his debut appearance for Aberdeen in September 2014, in a 3–2 victory against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. After impressing in the under-20s, scoring plenty of goals, and making first team appearances as a substitute, Shankland signed a new contract to run until summer 2017; 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.

Dunfermline loan

Shankland moved to Dunfermline Athletic on loan for…

Shankland represented Scotland under-18s in Victory Shield matches against the other home nations in 2012. 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. On 1 October 2019, Scotland manager Steve Clarke called up Shankland to the senior squad for the first time. He won his first cap when he came on as a second-half substitute in the side's 4–0 defeat by Russia on 10 October (playing alongside national team captain Andy Robertson for the first time since their time at Queen's Park in the fourth tier of Scottish football, nearly seven years earlier) and three days later made his first start and scored his first goal, the fourth in a 6–0 victory over San Marino at Hampden Park. Shankland was recalled to the squad in March 2023, as an injury replacement for Ché Adams. He scored his second international goal on 16 November 2023, a late equaliser in a UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying match against Georgia. Shankland had again been a late addition to the squad as an injury replacement for Adams. On 23 March 2024, Shankland was named in Scotland's starting XI for the first time since 2019 in a UEFA Euro 2024 warm-up match against the Netherlands. On 7 June 2024, he was named in Scotland's 26-man squad for Euro 2024. He played the final eight minutes of the 5–1 loss to hosts Germany in…

Club

As of match played 5 September 2026

International

As of match played 24 June 2026

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

Ayr United

Scottish League One: 2017–18 Dundee United

Scottish Championship: 2019–20 Individual

PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year: 2023–24 Scottish Premiership top scorer: 2023–24 PFA Scotland Team of the Year (Premiership): 2023–24, 2025–26 SFWA Footballer of the Year: 2023–24 PFA Scotland Players' Player of the Year (League One): 2017–18 Scottish Premiership Player of the Month: November 2023, December 2023, September 2025 Scottish Championship Player of the Month: August 2018, August 2019 Scottish League One Player of the Month: November 2017, March 2018