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Kyle Lafferty

Northern Irish association footballer

Kyle Lafferty (born September 16, 1987, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a striker for West of Scotland Football League First Division side Johnstone Burgh.

Kyle Lafferty
Lafferty playing for Northern Ireland in 2012
Personal information
Full name Kyle Joseph George Lafferty[1]
Date of birth (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 (age 37)[2]
Place of birth Enniskillen, Northern Ireland[2]
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Club 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 2 (2)
National team‡
Northern Ireland U17 5 (5)
Northern Ireland U19 6 (4)
2006 Northern Ireland U21 2 (4)
2006–2022 Northern Ireland 89 (20)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:38, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:50, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

He is a three-time champion of Scotland, Scottish Cup winner and twice winner of the Scottish League Cup.

Biography

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Kyle Lafferty was born on September 16, 1987, in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

He started his football career in 2005 with the Burnley F.C.

In January 2006, he was loaned by Darlington for a year without the right to purchase.

On June 19, 2008 Lafferty signed a 5-year contract with the Rangers Football Club in Glasgow.[3][4][5]

On May 15, 2011, Kyle Lafferty scored a hat-trick again, but this time in the match against Kilmarnock, which ended with a score of 5-1.[6]

On June 30, he signed a 3-year contract with the Swiss club Sion.[7]

In 2013, Lafferty signed a three-year contract with Palermo.[8]

On August 22, 2018, he returned to the Rangers where he played to 2019.

In 2019, Kyle Lafferty signed a contract with the Norwegian club Sarpsborg 08.

On January 10, 2020, the footballer signed a six-month contract with Sunderland.

Personal life

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Lafferty is married to former Miss Scotland title holder Nicola Mimna and the couple has a son.[9]

Career statistics

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Club statistics

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As of match played 2 August 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Burnley 2005–06[10] Championship 11 1 — 1 0 — 12 1
2006–07[11] Championship 35 4 1 0 1 0 — 37 4
2007–08[12] Championship 37 5 1 0 2 0 — 40 5
Total 83 10 2 0 4 0 0 0 89 10
Darlington (loan) 2005–06[10] League Two 9 3 — — — 9 3
Rangers 2008–09[13][14] Scottish Premier League 25 6 3 2 3 1 1[a] 0 32 9
2009–10[15] Scottish Premier League 28 7 5 0 2 0 4[a] 0 39 7
2010–11[16] Scottish Premier League 31 11 2 1 3 3 8[b] 0 44 15
2011–12[17][18] Scottish Premier League 20 7 0 0 1 0 2[c] 0 23 7
Total 104 31 10 3 9 4 15 0 138 38
Sion 2012–13[19][20] Swiss Super League 25 5 3 3 — — 28 8
Palermo 2013–14[19] Serie B 34 11 2 1 — — 36 12
Norwich City 2014–15[21] Championship 18 1 1 0 1 0 — 20 1
2015–16[22] Premier League 1 0 1 0 1 1 — 3 1
2016–17[23] Championship 12 1 2 0 2 1 — 16 2
Total 31 2 4 0 4 2 0 0 39 4
Çaykur Rizespor (loan) 2014–15[1][19] Süper Lig 14 2 1 0 — — 15 2
Birmingham City (loan) 2015–16[22] Championship 6 1 — — — 6 1
Heart of Midlothian 2017–18[24] Scottish Premiership 35 12 2 3 4 4 — 41 19
2018–19[25] Scottish Premiership 2 1 0 0 5 0 — 7 1
Total 37 13 2 3 9 4 0 0 48 20
Rangers 2018–19[26] Scottish Premiership 21 4 0 0 0 0 5[c] 1 26 5
Sarpsborg 08 2019 Eliteserien 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Sunderland 2019–20[27] League One 11 2 — — — 11 2
Reggina 2020–21[19] Serie B 9 1 2 0 — — 11 1
Kilmarnock 2020–21[19] Scottish Premiership 9 8 2 4 — 2[d] 1 13 13
Anorthosis Famagusta 2021–22[19] Cypriot First Division 5 0 0 0 — 6[e] 1 11 1
Kilmarnock 2021–22[19] Scottish Championship 14 8 1 0 — 0 0 15 8
2022–23[19] Scottish Premiership 12 1 1 0 4 2 — 17 5
Total 26 9 2 0 4 2 0 0 32 13
Linfield 2022–23[19] NIFL Premiership 8 0 — 0 0 — 8 0
Johnstone Burgh 2023-24 West of Scotland League First Division 2 2 0 0 0 0 — 2 2
Career total 443 107 30 14 30 12 23 3 531 138
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Cypriot Super Cup, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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Statistics

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As of match played 12 June 2022[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Northern Ireland 2006 7 1
2007 7 2
2008 5 3
2009 4 1
2010 5 1
2011 2 0
2012 5 1
2013 1 0
2014 5 3
2015 6 4
2016 12 4
2017 8 0
2018 3 0
2019 5 0
2020 4 0
2021 6 0
2022 4 0
Total 89 20

Goals

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As of match played 5 September 2021
Northern Ireland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lafferty goal[19]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 August 2006 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 3   Finland 2–0 2–1 Friendly
2 22 August 2007 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 11   Liechtenstein 3–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3 17 October 2007 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden 13   Sweden 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
4 26 March 2008 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 16   Georgia 1–0 4–1 Friendly
5 3–0
6 15 October 2008 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 18   San Marino 3–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 5 September 2009 Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland 22   Poland 1–0 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 12 October 2010 Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands 28   Faroe Islands 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
9 15 August 2012 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 31   Finland 2–0 3–3 Friendly
10 7 September 2014 Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary 38   Hungary 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
11 11 October 2014 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 39   Faroe Islands 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
12 14 October 2014 Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece 40   Greece 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
13 29 March 2015 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 42   Finland 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
14 2–0
15 4 September 2015 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 44   Faroe Islands 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
16 7 September 2015 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 45   Hungary 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
17 27 May 2016 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 50   Belarus 1–0 3–0 Friendly
18 8 October 2016 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 53   San Marino 2–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
19 4–0
20 11 November 2016 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 54   Azerbaijan 1–0 4–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Rangers

Palermo

Kilmarnock

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kyle Joseph George Lafferty". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Profile of Kyle Lafferty". Irish Football Association. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rangers swoop again for striker Lafferty - CNN.com". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  4. ↑ "Lafferty completes Rangers move". 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  5. ↑ "FBK Kaunas 2-1 Rangers (agg 2-1)". 2008-08-05. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  6. ↑ "Kilmarnock 1-5 Rangers". 2011-05-15. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  7. ↑ "Le buteur des Rangers Kyle Lafferty rejoint le FC Sion". Archived from the original on 2013-09-06. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  8. ↑ "ACQUISTATO LAFFERTY DAL SION". Archived from the original on 2013-08-28. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  9. ↑ Taylor, David (2012-06-01). "Rangers star Kyle Lafferty marries stunning ex-Miss Scotland". Daily Record. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "Rangers FC: History: UEFA Champions League 2008/09". UEFA. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  18. ↑ "Rangers FC: History: UEFA Europa League 2011/12". UEFA. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  19. ↑ 19.00 19.01 19.02 19.03 19.04 19.05 19.06 19.07 19.08 19.09 19.10 19.11 "K. Lafferty". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  20. ↑ "Hergiswil vs. Sion 0–3". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Kyle Lafferty in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 "Rangers". Scottish Football League. July 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 "Ipswich Town all time records". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2007.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (4 August 2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011–12. Headline. pp. 758–759. ISBN 978-0755362325.
  31. ↑ McClymont, Scott (22 April 2022). "Killie win Championship title and promotion to Premiership". Kilmarnock FC. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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