Kevin Doyle

Kevin Doyle
Doyle playing for the Colorado Rapids in 2017
Personal information
Full name Kevin Edward Doyle[1]
Date of birth (1983-09-18) 18 September 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Adamstown, County Wexford, Ireland
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Wexford
2002 St Patrick's Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 St Patrick's Athletic 13 (0)
2003–2005 Cork City 76 (25)
2005–2009 Reading 157 (55)
2009–2015 Wolverhampton Wanderers 164 (30)
2014Queens Park Rangers (loan) 9 (2)
2014–2015Crystal Palace (loan) 3 (0)
2015–2017 Colorado Rapids 75 (17)
Total 490 (128)
International career
2003 Republic of Ireland U20 5 (1)
2002–2005 Republic of Ireland U21 11 (7)
2006–2017 Republic of Ireland 62 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Edward Doyle (born 18 September 1983) is a former Irish professional footballer who played as a forward.

He played for Wexford F.C. (formerly Wexford Youths), St Patrick's Athletic, and Cork City in his homeland before he moved to English side Reading. He was part of Reading's record-breaking promotion to the Premier League in 2006. In June 2009, he moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers for a then-club record £6.5 million and finished his career in the United States with the Colorado Rapids.

Doyle made his debut for the Republic of Ireland national team in 2006. He scored fourteen goals in 62 appearances for Ireland and represented the country at UEFA Euro 2012.

In February 2018, Doyle took a job with the Wexford GAA Under-20s football team as an advisor to the team.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. ^ Gault, Matthew (14 February 2018). "Kevin Doyle joins Wexford U20 football back-room team in 'advisory role'". JOE.ie. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. ^ Browne, PJ (15 February 2018). "Kevin Doyle Explains How He Got Role With Wexford GAA". Balls.ie. Retrieved 3 July 2021.