Lawrence Shankland, born on 10 August 1995 in Scotland, is a forward primarily serving as a striker for Hearts. At 6ft (1.85m) tall and weighing in at 12st 1lb (77kg), he currently wears the number 9 jersey. He has also had the privilege of representing the Scotland national team on multiple occasions. His current market value is roughly £3m, as reported by Transfermarkt and his contract with Hearts is set to expire on 31 May 2025, with 7 months remaining.
Shankland started his professional football journey in July 2012 with the Championship squad, Queen's Park. In his debut 2012 - 2013 season, he impressively made 33 first team appearances and scored 10 goals in league matches.
In July 2013, Shankland moved from Queen's Park to the Premiership team, Aberdeen, for an undisclosed fee. He made a notable 17 appearances in his 2014 - 2015 season there.
January 2014 saw Shankland transfer to Dunfermline Athletic in the Championship on loan, where in the same season he scored an impressive seven goals from 13 first team appearances.
In May 2014, Shankland finished his loan with Dunfermline Athletic and returned to Aberdeen, making a further 17 first team appearances in the following season. He was subsequently loaned again, in August 2015, to St Mirren in the Premiership where he scored ten goals from his 31 appearances in the 2015 - 2016 season.
Shankland briefly transferred to Greenock Morton in the Championship on loan in January 2017 and managed to net four goals from 16 appearances.
September 2017 saw Shankland move again, this time to Ayr United, in the Championship tier, where he scored a noteworthy 16 goals from just 18 appearances in the 2017 - 2018 season.
Following his successful stint with Ayr United, Shankland transferred to Dundee United in the Premiership in July 2019 where he scored eight goals from 32 appearances in the season of 2020 - 2021
Shankland then moved to Belgian Pro League team Beerschot in August 2021, for a fee of around £1.1m. Here, he managed to rack up five goals from 26 appearances in the 2021 - 2022 season.
In July 2022, Shankland then transferred back to Scotland, this time to Hearts in the Premiership for an undisclosed fee. His time at Hearts has been particularly fruitful, scoring 24 goals in both the 2022 - 2023 and 2023 - 2024 seasons from 37 appearances each season. In the current 2024 - 2025 season at Hearts, he has scored a single goal from 14 appearances so far.
Beyond his league games, Shankland has participated in various other competitions for Hearts and Scotland. His exploits include scoring two goals in three starts for the Scottish Cup 2023 - 2024 season for Hearts. He has also represented Scotland in the Euro 2024 and Euro Qualifiers 2022 - 2024, managing one goal in the latter. He also featured in the Europa League Qualifiers 2024 - 2025 for Hearts and the Nations League 2024 - 2025 for Scotland.
