Taylor Sutherland

Taylor Sutherland

Personal information
Date of birth	(2005-12-12) 12 December 2005 (age 18)
Place of birth	Cowdenbeath, Scotland[1]
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Dunfermline Athletic
Number	24
Youth career
2015–2021	Fife Elite Football Academy
2021–2022	Dunfermline Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–	Dunfermline Athletic	9	(0)
2023	→ Bonnyrigg Rose (loan)	10	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 September 2024

Taylor Sutherland (born 12 December 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as forward for Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic.

Career

Coming from Cowdenbeath, Sutherland started his football with Cowdenbeath and then the Fife Football Performance Academy. He was with Fife Elite from the age of ten and progressed through the age groups until joining Dunfermline Athletic in 2021.^[1] On 21 December 2022, just nine days after his seventeenth birthday, he signed his first full-time contract with Dunfermline.^[1] Sutherland made his first team debut when he started the Scottish Challenge Cup tie against Celtic B on 15 November 2022, scoring his first goal within the first three minutes of the match.^[1][3]

Sutherland joined League Two side Bonnyrigg Rose on a short-term loan on 29 September 2023.^[4] He made ten appearances and scored two goals for the side before returning to Dunfermline in January 2024.^[1]

On 13 March 2024, Sutherland signed a contract extension with Dunfermline, keeping him at the club for an additional two years.^[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 21 September 2024^[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dunfermline Athletic	2022–23	Scottish League One	0	0	1	0	0	0	2[a]	1	3	1
	2023–24	Scottish Championship	6	0	0	0	3	1	1[a]	0	10	1
	2024–25	Scottish Championship	3	0	0	0	4	2	1[a]	0	8	2
	Total		9	0	1	0	7	3	4	1	21	4
Bonnyrigg Rose (loan)	2023–324	Scottish League Two	10	2	1	0	–		–		11	2
Career total			19	2	2	0	7	3	4	1	32	6

1. Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup

References

1. "Taylor Sutherland". Dunfermine Athletic. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
2. "Taylor Sutherland". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
3. "Dunfermline: Taylor Sutherland nets on debut as Pars beat Celtic B". Dunfermline Press. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
4. "Taylor Sutherland joins Bonnyrigg". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
5. "Dunfermline: Andrew Tod, Taylor Sutherland and Sam Young in new deals". Dunfermline Press. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.