Shaun Fraser

Shaun Fraser (born 6 March 1988) is a Scottish professional footballer for Pollok in the West of Scotland Super League Premier Division.[1][2]

Shaun Fraser
Personal information
Full name Shaun Fraser
Date of birth (1988-03-06) 6 March 1988
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Pollok
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Partick Thistle 14 (2)
2011 → Stenhousemuir (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2014 Irvine Meadow XI – (–)
2014–2015 Queen's Park 31 (7)
2015–2016 Irvine Meadow XI – (1)
2016-2018 Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
2018- Pollok 79 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 August 2011

Career

Partick Thistle

A member of Thistle's under 19 squad that won the SFL Youth Cup in May 2010,[3] Fraser was given his first professional contract until May 2013.[4] On 11 January 2011 he made his first team debut in the Scottish Cup as a substitute against Falkirk at the Falkirk Stadium.[5] On 15 January he scored his first goal for the club against Stirling Albion.[6] In all he made 17 appearances scoring twice before being loaned out to Stenhousemuir at the start of the next season.[7]

On 19 August 2011 Fraser joined Stenhousemuir on loan until January 2012.[8] Making his debut the following day as a substitute against Forfar Athletic.[9]

Junior career

Fraser left Partick Thistle in 2012. He had two spells at West of Scotland Super League Premier Division side Irvine Meadow XI, his first spell at the North Ayrshire club was during 2013/14 which came before a season at Queen's Park of Scottish League Two.[10][11]

Pollok

Fraser joined Pollok on an initial one-year deal from Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in 2018,[12] making a goalscoring debut in September of that year in a 2–1 home defeat to Auchinleck Talbot.[13] At the end of the 2019–20 season, curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was named Members' Player of the Year and Players' Player of the year, having finished the season as the club's top scorer.[14] At the end of the 2021–22 season, Fraser signed a one-year extension with the club, and played a key role in the club's run to the third round of the Scottish Cup. He started the matches against Huntly, Annan Athletic and Ayr United, opening the scoring against Annan with a looping header in front of the BBC cameras.[15]

References
  1. "Goalscorers 2015/16". Irvine Meadow XI FC. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. "Playing Squad 2015/16". Irvine Meadow XI FC. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. "Thistle Lift Youth Cup". Partick Thistle F.C. 8 May 2010. Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. "Shaun Fraser Partick Profile". Partick Thistle. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  5. "FALKIRK VS. PARTICK THISTLE 2 – 2". Soccerway. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  6. "Partick Thistle 6 Stirling Albion 1". Stirling Albion. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  7. "Two Player Signings". Stenhousemuir F.C. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  8. "Shaun Fraser Heads Out". Partick Thistle F.C. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  9. "Forfar Athletic 2–3 Stennhousemuir". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  10. "S. Fraser on Soccerway". Soccerway. Soccerway. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  11. "Shaun Fraser wants to turn promotion heartbreak into cup success at Irvine Meadow". Trinity Mirror. Daily Record Scotland. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  12. "Shaun Fraser". Pollok FC.
  13. "Pollok 1 - 2 Auchinleck Talbot". Pollok FC.
  14. "Player of the Year 2019-20". Pollok FC.
  15. "Pollok 4-3 Annan". The Guardian.
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