Ronnie Coyle

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Ronnie Coyle
Full name	Ronald Coyle
Date of birth	August 4, 1964 (1964-08-04) (age 43)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender (Retired)
Youth clubs
	Celtic
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984–1987 1986 1987 1987–1988 1988–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999	Celtic → Clyde (loan) Middlesbrough Rochdale Raith Rovers Ayr United Albion Rovers East Fife Queen's Park Career	002 0(0) 008 0(0) 003 0(0) 024 0(1) 253 0(9) 034 0(0) 012 0(0) 026 0(0) 000 0(0) 362 (10)
National team
	Scotland youth
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ronnie Coyle (born 4 August 1964) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender.

1 Career
2 Honours
- 2.1 Raith Rovers
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

Coyle began his professional career as a youngster with Celtic. After just two appearances and a loan period with Clyde, Coyle had a brief spell with Middlesbrough before moving to Rochdale. After a year with The Dale, Coyle moved to Kirkcaldy with Raith Rovers in 1988. In his eight years with Rovers, Coyle won two First Division titles and a League Cup, also playing in Raith's only season in Europe. After helping Rovers secure a mid-table finish in the Premier Division, Coyle moved on to Ayr United, where he spent a season before similar spells with Albion Rovers and East Fife. Coyle finished his career with Queen's Park.

Coyle - who moved out of football and now works in sales and marketing in his hometown Glasgow - was part of a number of former Raith players who lent his weight to the 'Reclaim the Rovers' campaign, taking part in a fundraising walk in the summer of 2005.^[1]