Lawrence Shankland, born on 10 August 1995 (age 31), is a Scotland striker now with Rangers. His market value is around £2.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
He started out at Queen’s Park before moving to Aberdeen, where loan spells became an important part of his education. Time away from Pittodrie, including spells at St Mirren and Morton, gave him the regular senior football that young strikers tend to need more than they need polite assurances about potential.
Shankland’s career properly gathered pace after that. At Ayr United and Dundee United he became a reliable scorer rather than just a promising forward, and a move abroad to Beerschot added another turn before he returned to Scottish football with Hearts.
His most productive league season came at Hearts in 2022-23, when he scored 24 goals in 37 appearances. That was the spell which firmed up his standing as one of the more dependable Scottish centre-forwards of his generation, even if dependable is doing quite a lot of work in modern Scottish football.
He is now at Rangers. In 2026-27 he has made seven appearances across all competitions, scoring in the Scottish Cup and in a Europa League qualifier. He has also been involved with Scotland this season, including World Cup qualifying duty, where he has scored once.
Shankland’s career has been built steadily rather than spectacularly: early loans, goals in the lower leagues, a strong Hearts spell, international involvement, and now a place at Ibrox.
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