Kevin Doyle
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| Kevin Doyle | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Kevin Edward Doyle | |
| Date of birth | 18 September 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Adamstown, Ireland | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Number | 29 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2009 2009– |
St Patrick's Athletic Cork City Reading Wolverhampton Wanderers |
10 (0) 75 (25) 154 (55) 0 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002–2005 2006– |
Republic of Ireland U21 Republic of Ireland |
11 (6) 26 (6) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Kevin Edward Doyle (born 18 September 1983 in Adamstown, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
Doyle started his football career playing for Adamstown and his county, Wexford - playing for future eircom League manager Mick Wallace - before moving to his first professional club St Patrick's Athletic in September 2001. Doyle initially played for the club's under 18 side but within months had made his League of Ireland debut. He then had a successful spell with Cork City which he joined in February 2003. Doyle scored 25 goals for Cork City where he began playing on the right-wing but soon reverted to his natural position of striker. He also scored two goals from six appearances in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.[1] [2].
[edit] Reading
On 7 June 2005, Doyle signed for Reading on a two year deal from Cork City[1] for €117,000[2] (about £78,000).[3] Despite having left Cork City, Doyle received a championship medal when they won the Eircom League Premier Division in November 2005. Originally, he was signed as a back-up, but an injury to Dave Kitson gave him an opportunity in the first team which he retained thanks to a number of important goals (including one in the very match he replaced Kitson). He became an intrinsic part of Reading's Championship-winning 2005–06 squad, and according to the Actim Index was one of the top players in the Championship[4]. He was named the official Reading FC player of the season for 2005-06.[5] In April 2006, he was also named as Championship Fans' Player Of The Year[6] and one of the Championship Team of the Year[7] by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA).
[edit] Life in the Premier League and beyond
Doyle played an important role for Reading in the 2006–07 Premier League season. His first Premiership goal came in the Royals' 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa, Doyle heading Reading in to a third minute lead. Doyle began to show a great threat in the air, during the year 2007 he scored the most headers than any other player in England's leagues. Reading were relegated in the 2007-08 season however they managed to hold onto many of their top players (including Doyle).
Doyle remained at Reading to try and help them bounce back to the top flight in the 2008-09 season. The club failed to achieve this after finishing 4th and losing in the play-offs to Burnley.
He joined newly-promoted Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee, reported to be a club record £6.5 million, in a four-year deal on 30 June 2009.[8][9]
[edit] International career
Doyle has played for the Republic of Ireland U21 team, making his debut on 2 February 2004 against Portugal. With 11 caps, and scoring five goals, he was also a member of the Irish FIFA World Youth Championship squad in 2003.[10]
He was called up to the senior Republic of Ireland squad in October 2005,[11] making his full international debut against Sweden at Lansdowne Road on 1 March 2006.[12] His first start in a competitive international was against Germany on 2 September 2006 in a Euro 2008 qualifier.[13] With this appearance, his family also won a €100 bet at 100/1 they had placed two years earlier on Doyle playing competitively for Ireland.[14]
Doyle scored his first goal for Ireland against San Marino in November 2006.[15] He was then named the official Football Association of Ireland Young Player of 2006 on 4 February 2007, also receiving a nomination for the senior award.[16]
His second goal came in a 1-0 victory over Slovakia at Croke Park in March 2007.[17] He also scored against Ecuador on 23 May 2007 securing a valiant 1-1 draw against the South Americans,[18] and he scored his best goal for Ireland, with a long range left foot shot into the top corner to the keeper's right, in a 2-2 draw against Slovakia on 9 September 2007 in the 2008 European Championships qualifying game in Bratislava.[19] His fifth international goal and fourth in the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign came away to Wales as Ireland drew 2-2. He was also the scorer of Ireland's first goal in a 2-1 win over Georgia, the World Cup 2010 Qualifying opener.
He has been nominated as the Football Association of Ireland Player of the Year for 2007,[20][21] as well as for Goal of the Year for his goal against Slovakia in September 2007.[20]
[edit] Career statistics
| Club | Season |  League |
FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Wolves | 2009-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wolves Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reading | 2008-09 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 18 |
| 2007-08 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 6 | |
| 2006-07 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 13 | |
| 2005-06 | 45 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 19 | |
| Reading Total | 152 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 56 | |
| Career Total | 152 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 56 | |
| Last updated 18 April 2009 (Statistics for career in English leagues only). | |||||||||||
[edit] Honours
- League of Ireland: 1
- Cork City - 2005
- Football League Championship: 2
- Reading - 2006
[edit] References
- ^ "Reading complete double Cork deal". BBC Sport. 2005-06-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/reading/4614667.stm. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
- ^ "Own Goal - The Slow Death of Irish Soccer". The Dubliner. October 2006. http://thedubliner.typepad.com/the_dubliner_magazine/2007/04/own_goal.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
- ^ "Bargain buy set to hit the heights". The Guardian. 2006-08-16. http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1851437,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
- ^ "Coca-Cola Championship Top 10 players". PA Sport. 2006-05-04. http://www.pa-sport.com/en/products/actim_championship.html. Retrieved on 2006-05-16.
- ^ "Doyle wins player of the season after his superb first campaign for the Royals". readingfc.co.uk. 2006-05-02. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~823740,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
- ^ "Rooney's top dog in the Prem - and there are divisional awards for Doyle, Flahavan and Hawley too". Professional Footballers' Association. 2006-04-26. http://www.givemefootball.com/display.cfm?article=8228&type=1. Retrieved on 2006-05-16.
- ^ "The PFA Team of the Year: Coca-Cola Championship". Professional Footballers' Association. 2006-04-23. http://www.givemefootball.com/display.cfm?article=8213&type=1. Retrieved on 2006-05-16.
- ^ "Wolves make Doyle record signing". BBC Sport. 2009-06-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/8125952.stm.
- ^ "Doyle - No Wolves doubts". Sky Sports. 2009-06-30. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11699_5407638,00.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-30.
- ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship 2003 - Ireland Squad". FIFA. 2006-04-23. http://www.fifa.com/en/comp/teamsquad/0,3694,WYC-2003-3-IRL-6537,00.html. Retrieved on 2006-05-16.
- ^ "Doyle called up to Republic squad". BBC Sport. 2005-09-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4287096.stm. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
- ^ "Rep of Ireland 3-0 Sweden". BBC Sport. 2006-03-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4764816.stm. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
- ^ "Germany 1-0 Republic of Ireland". BBC Sport. 2006-09-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/5308528.stm. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
- ^ "Father to collect on Doyle bet". The Times. 2006-09-02. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/euro_2008/article626027.ece. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
- ^ "Rep of Ireland 5-0 San Marino". BBC Sport. 2006-11-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6147468.stm. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
- ^ "Doyle receives top Irish young player award". readingfc.co.uk. 2007-02-05. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~976002,00.html. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland 1-0 Slovakia". BBC Sport. 2007-03-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6504763.stm. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
- ^ "Ecuador 1-1 Ireland". ESPNsoccernet. 2007-05-23. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=433135&cc=5901. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
- ^ "Slovakia 2-2 Rep of Ireland". BBC Sport. 2007-09-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6985512.stm. Retrieved on 2007-09-09.
- ^ a b "FAI and eircom announce nominations for eircom International Awards". Football Association of Ireland. 2007-12-20. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2738. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ "Duo up for player of the year". readingfc.co.uk. 2007-12-20. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1195721,00.html. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
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