| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liam Boyce | ||
| Date of birth | 8 April 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Free agent | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008–2010 | Cliftonville | 52 | (18) |
| 2010–2011 | Werder Bremen II | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008-2009 | Northern Ireland U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2009- | Northern Ireland U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011- | Northern Ireland | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:55, 31 August 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Liam Boyce (born 8 April 1991) is a professional footballer from Northern Ireland who plays as a striker and is currently without a club.
Boyce began his career at Cliftonville, scoring 19 goals in his debut season.[1] He won the IFA Premiership Player of the Month Award for April 2010,[2] and was named the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Year for the 2009-10 season.[1] Boyce is from the Lower Falls in Belfast. He played for Immaculata for most of his youth years. He attended St Marys Grammar School, located on the Glen Road in Belfast. He spent all his secondary school years there and then went on to study A Levels.
As his ability and skills in his football career progressed he got noticed by Cliftonville, and they signed him. For his first year there he was playing in the reserves but in the 2009–10 season, Boyce became a first team regular.
Boyce went on trial with Scottish club Celtic in July 2010,[1] and began discussions in mid-August 2010 about a move to German club SpVgg Greuther Fürth.[3] However, the move collapsed a few days later.[4] Boyce eventually signed for another German club, Werder Bremen, on 31 August 2010.[5]
Boyce was selected to play for the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team.
On 31 January 2011, Liam Boyce received his first senior call-up to the Northern Ireland squad to appear in the Nations Cup.[6] He earned his call-up after his move to German club Werder Bremen in September 2010.
Boyce had been scoring regularly for the Bremen outfit's under-23 side which effectively is the club's reserve team. On 9 February 2011, Boyce made his debut against Scotland in which he came on as a 72nd-minute substitute for Niall McGinn. He has received his second call-up for Northern Ireland's Group C clash with Serbia in Belgrade on 25 March 2011.