Taylor Sutherland
Scottish association football player
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Taylor Sutherland (born 12 December 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as forward for Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic, currently on loan at Clyde.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 December 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Cowdenbeath, Scotland[1] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Clyde (loan) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2021 | Fife Elite Football Academy | ||
| 2021–2022 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Dunfermline Athletic | 18 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Bonnyrigg Rose (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2025– | → Clyde (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 June 2025 | |||
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] After appearing for the Pars in the League Cup group stage and the Challenge Cup, Sutherland's match time in the Championship was limited to 12 appearances off the bench. In January 2025 he joined Clyde on loan until the end of the season with the aim of starting games regularly.[6]
Career statistics
- As of match played 02 February 2025[2]
| 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 | 3[a] | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023–24 | Scottish Championship | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2[a] | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| Dunfermline Total | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 4 | ||
| Bonnyrigg Rose (loan) | 2023–24 | Scottish League Two | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 2 | ||
| Clyde (loan) | 2024–25 | Scottish League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 6 | ||
- Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup