 Lafferty playing for Northern Ireland in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kyle Joseph George Lafferty[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1987[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Enniskillen, Northern Ireland[2] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Johnstone Burgh | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Burnley | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Burnley | 83 | (10) |
| 2006 | → Darlington (loan) | 9 | (3) |
| 2008–2012 | Rangers | 104 | (31) |
| 2012–2013 | Sion | 25 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Palermo | 34 | (11) |
| 2014–2017 | Norwich City | 31 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Heart of Midlothian | 37 | (13) |
| 2018–2019 | Rangers | 21 | (4) |
| 2019 | Sarpsborg 08 | 9 | (1) |
| 2020 | Sunderland | 5 | (2) |
| 2020 | Reggina | 9 | (1) |
| 2021 | Kilmarnock | 9 | (8) |
| 2021 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Kilmarnock | 26 | (9) |
| 2023 | Linfield | 8 | (0) |
| 2023– | Johnstone Burgh | 14 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Northern Ireland U17 | 5 | (5) | |
| Northern Ireland U19 | 6 | (4) | |
| 2006 | Northern Ireland U21 | 2 | (4) |
| 2006–2022 | Northern Ireland | 89 | (20) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:38, 29 July 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:50, 16 February 2022 (UTC) | |||
Kyle Joseph George Lafferty (born 16 September 1987) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for West of Scotland Football League First Division side Johnstone Burgh.
Lafferty began his professional career with English side Burnley, where he made 89 appearances. He signed for Rangers in 2008 for £3.25 million and won three Scottish Premier League titles, the Scottish Cup once and the Scottish League Cup twice with the club. In 2012 Lafferty chose not to transfer over to the new company, moving to Switzerland's FC Sion. He signed for Serie B club Palermo in 2013 and led them to promotion as champions in his only season before joining Norwich City. He spent time on loan with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor and back in England with Birmingham City. After just over a year back in Scotland with Heart of Midlothian, Lafferty re-signed for Rangers in August 2018, and he has since had short spells with Sarpsborg 08, Sunderland, Reggina, Kilmarnock and Anorthosis Famagusta. In January 2022, he returned to Kilmarnock, joining the club for the second time. He would then return to his native Northern Ireland to play for Linfield for a short while, before dropping down to the Scottish seventh tier to play for Johnstone Burgh.
He made his first international appearance for Northern Ireland in 2006 and has more than 80 caps, representing the team at UEFA Euro 2016. With 20 goals he is the team's second highest scorer of all time, behind former strike partner David Healy on 36.
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