Aberdeen’s Graeme Shinnie on living with Crohn’s disease, the football player shares his personal experience of being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at a young age and how it nearly ended his career. He describes the initial diagnosis as a difficult time, when he was hospitalized for several weeks and underwent a major operation to remove part of his bowel and drain abscesses.

Despite the challenges, Shinnie’s manager Terry Butcher provided him with support and encouragement to return to the game once he had recovered. Throughout his career, Shinnie has remained consistent in his form and continues to be the captain of Aberdeen Football Club.

In the video, he also emphasizes the importance of understanding one’s body and diet in managing Crohn’s disease and encourages viewers to embrace their illness and believe that they can still lead fulfilling lives.

Graeme Shinnie

This season he played in total 30 times for 2550 minutes for Premiership.

Graeme Shinnie didn’t score any goal for Aberdeen. He procured two assists. He received 8 yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 9th in Premiership. In the last match Aberdeen won 1-0 against Motherwell. The next match in Premiership will be against Ross County.

Aberdeen performance and stats

Aberdeen is currently 9th in the Premiership with 30 points.

In the last 30 games, it has won 7 times, drawn 9 times, and lost 14 times. In its last match, Aberdeen won 0-1 against Motherwell.​​

It has a negative goal difference after scoring 33 goals and conceding 48.​

Aberdeen will play the next match in Premiership against Ross County on Saturday 30th of March in Aberdeen.​