Martin Boyle
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Boyle | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Dundee | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009–2012 | Montrose | 62 | (26) |
| 2012– | Dundee | 9 | (0) |
| 2013 | Montrose (loan) | 5 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Scotland U16 | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Martin Boyle (born 25 April 1993)[1] is a Scottish footballer who plays for Scottish Championship side Dundee, as a striker
Club career
Boyle started his senior career with Montrose. He made his first senior appearance in a 2009–10 Scottish Cup tie against Hibernian, aged 16.[2] In season 2009/10, he played for Scotland Schoolboys against Republic of Ireland, Wales, Ireland and England. Boyle scored the Scotland goal in a 4–1 defeat against England at Carlisle. Martin was top scorer for the Montrose Under 17 team in season 2009/10 and also finished 20010/11 as top scorer in the Under 19 side. He once scored six times in an Under 19 fixture against Airdrie United in 2010.
Boyle signed a senior contract in August 2010 and scored his first goal for the first team in a victory over Clyde soon after.[3] He followed that up by scoring the winner against Arbroath in the Scottish Cup and ended the season with four goals. Boyle signed a new deal in 2011 and went on to win a starting role the following season.
Boyle made 9 starts and 16 further substitute appearances in his first season, scoring 3 goals. In the 2011–12 season, he made 41 appearances in all competitions, scoring 22 goals, which he was not only the club's top scorer. On the final game of the season, Boyle scored his first hat-trick of his professional career, in a 5–0 win over Clyde.[4] He received an award for scoring most goals in the Scottish Football League.[5][6] Boyle trained with Aberdeen,[2] but returned for pre-season training with Montrose, playing in their 2–0 defeat to Stenhousemuir on 7 July.[7] Boyle made four appearance (one in the league and three in the cup, playing two in Challenge Cup and one in the Scottish League Cup) in the new season.
Boyle signed for Scottish Premier League club Dundee in August 2012.[2] Boyle then made his debut, coming on as a substitute for Jim McAlister in the Dundee derby, which Dundee lost 3–0 on 19 August 2012. However, Boyle only made ten appearance (all in total) for the club. This is mostly, due to Boyle on the bench, being unused.
In January 2013, Boyle was linked with a move to Alloa Athletic on loan, but the move was cancelled over the rules, which was introduced by the SFA, allow players to sign for three clubs in one season, having played for Dundee and Montrose this season.[8] Instead, Boyle signed for his former club Montrose on loan for the rest of the season.[9] He made his debut for the club, in a 1–1 draw against Rangers. The next game on 2 February 2013, Boyle scored his first goal for the club, since returning, in a 4–1 win over East Stirlingshire and a week after, Boyle since went on the goalscoring form. On 23 February 2013, Boyle scored four goals, in a 5–1 win over Annan Athletic.[10] Because of his goalscoring form, Boyle was awarded February's IRN-BRU SFL Young Player of the Month.[11]
Awards
2011–12 SFL Top Scorer[5]
References
- ↑ "Martin Boyle". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dundee: Martin Boyle signs from Montrose". BBC Sport (BBC). 16 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ↑ "Martin Boyle". Montrose Official Page.
- ↑ "Montrose 5 – 0 Clyde : Saturday, 5th May 2012". Scottish Football League. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "THE IRN-BRU SFL PHENOMENAL AWARDS SUMMARY". Scottish Football League. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ MacDonald, Kenny (7 May 2012). "Celtic, Killie want our Ginger Boot". The Scottish Sun (News International). Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ↑ "Stenhousemuir v Montrose 07/07/12". Montrose Official Page. 7 July 2012.
- ↑ "Martin Boyle's Wasps move stung by SFL". The Courier. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "Back in Old Firm routine". The Scottish Sun. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "SFL3 round-up: Queen's Park maintain their play-off push with first victory at Peterhead". Daily Record. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ↑ "IRN-BRU Phenomenal Young Player of the Month". Scottish Football League. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
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