Lawrence Shankland, born on 10 August 1995 (age 30), is a Scotland striker now with Rangers. His market value is around £2.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
His early career took him through the usual Scottish route of promise, loans and hard evidence. After coming through at Queen’s Park and moving to Aberdeen, loan spells helped put senior football into his legs rather than leaving him as another young forward discussed more than used. Those years mattered: they gave him the platform to become a proper centre-forward rather than a prospect with a file full of caveats.
He later found the more productive rhythm of his career away from Aberdeen, with his best league season coming at Hearts in 2022–23, when he scored 24 goals in 37 appearances. That spell confirmed him as one of the more reliable Scottish strikers of his period – not especially subtle, but effective enough to keep centre-halves honest and score regularly in a league that does not hand out easy goals.
Shankland remains a regular first-team presence for Rangers in 2025–26. He has made 29 league appearances and scored 16 league goals, with another goal in one Scottish Cup appearance, taking him to 17 goals in 30 matches across all competitions. Celtic supporters will not need the point laboured: that is a useful return, even if the badge makes admiration an avoidable habit.
He has also been involved with Scotland this season, making two World Cup appearances and two in European World Cup qualifying, with one goal. At club level, his career has settled into a clear pattern: a striker shaped by loans, sharpened by regular football, and still prominent in the Rangers side.
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