Kurtis Byrne

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Kurtis Byrne
Byrne with Bohemian in 2016
Personal information
Full name Kurtis Byrne
Date of birth (1990-04-09) 9 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Bluebell United
Youth career
2006–2007 Norwich City
2007–2009 Hibernian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Hibernian 7 (0)
2010 → Stirling Albion (loan) 3 (0)
2010 → East Fife (loan) 14 (7)
2011 → Alloa Athletic (loan) 6 (0)
2011–2012 Ross County 13 (2)
2012 → Brechin City (loan) 10 (2)
2013–2015 Dundalk 75 (14)
2016 Bohemians 32 (10)
2017 St Patrick's Athletic 30 (10)
2018 Linfield 17 (6)
2018–2020 The New Saints 51 (17)
2020 Waterford 13 (1)
2021 Athlone Town 26 (6)
2022 Bray Wanderers 18 (5)
2022– Bluebell United
International career
Republic of Ireland U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:28, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Kurtis Byrne (born 9 April 1990) is an Irish professional

Paul Byrne.[2]

Career

Hibernian

Byrne was a member of the

Youth Cup Final.[2][3] Byrne was one of seven players in that side who were given professional contracts by Hibs following their success.[4]

Byrne made his professional debut on 26 August 2009 in the Scottish League Cup against Brechin City,[5] and made his league debut the following Sunday against Celtic.

Stirling Albion (loan)

Byrne was loaned to Stirling Albion for a month in February 2010.[6]

East Fife (loan)

Byrne was then loaned to East Fife for the first half of the 2010–11 season.[7] Byrne scored a hat-trick for East Fife in his fourth appearance for the club, a 6–0 win against Dumbarton.[8]

After Hibs suffered from a striker shortage due to the sale of

John Hughes commented that Byrne was not yet ready to play regularly in the SPL, and needed to "learn his trade" in lower division football.[9]

Alloa Athletic (loan)

Byrne was loaned to

released at the end of the season.[11]

Ross County

Byrne then signed for Ross County on a one-year contract.[12] He helped the club win the 2011–12 Scottish First Division and promotion to the SPL.

Brechin City (loan)

Byrne was loaned to Brechin City in September 2012,[13] and was then released by Ross County in December 2012.[14]

Dundalk

Byrne signed for Dundalk in January 2013.[15]

Bohemians

Byrne signed for Bohemians in November 2015, the club his father spent most of his career at.

St Patrick's Athletic

He signed for another of his father's old clubs, St Patrick's Athletic on 9 January 2017. [16]

Linfield

He then signed for NIFL Premiership side Linfield.[17]

The New Saints

In June 2018 he joined

Welsh Premier League citing a desire to return to full-time football.[18]

Waterford

Following the conclusion of the 2019-20

Welsh Premier League, Kurtis returned to the League of Ireland and signed with Premier Division club Waterford.[19]

Retirement

After a season at Athlone Town in 2021 and Bray Wanderers in 2022, Byrne announced his retirement from professional football in September 2022.[20]

Honours

Stirling Albion
Ross County
Dundalk
Bohemians
The New Saints

Career statistics

As of 8 December 2022[21]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup[a]
League Cup[b]
 Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hibernian 2009–10 Scottish Premiership 4 0 0 0 1 0 — — 5 0
Stirling Albion (loan) 2009–10 Scottish League One 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 0[c] 0 3 0
East Fife (loan) 2010–11 14 7 0 0 1 0 — 2[c] 0 17 7
Hibernian 2010–11 Scottish Premiership 3 0 0 0 0 0 0[d] 0 — 3 0
Hibernian Total 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 8 0
Alloa Athletic (loan) 2010–11 Scottish League One 6 0 0 0 0 0 — 0[c] 0 6 0
Ross County 2011–12 Scottish Championship 13 2 4 2 3 0 — 1[c] 0 21 4
2012–13 Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Ross County Total 13 2 4 2 4 0 — 1 0 22 4
Brechin City 2012–13 Scottish League One 10 2 3 1 0 0 — 0[c] 0 13 3
Dundalk 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division 30 7 4 4 2 1 — 1[e] 1 37 13
2014 31 7 3 0 2 1 3[d] 2 5[f] 0 44 10
2015 14 0 2 1 3 1 2[g] 0 5[h] 2 24 4
Dundalk Total 75 14 9 5 7 3 5 2 10 2 105 27
Bohemians 2016 League of Ireland Premier Division 32 10 0 0 1 0 — 4[e] 6 37 16
St Patrick's Athletic 2017 30 10 2 0 1 0 — 3[e] 0 36 10
Linfield 2017–18 NIFL Premiership 17 6 3 0 — — 1[i] 0 21 6
The New Saints 2018–19
Welsh Premier League
 30 12 2 0 2 1 5[j] 1 1[c] 0 40 14
2019–20
 21 5 2 1 2 1 2[k] 0 1[c] 0 28 7
The New Saints Total 51 17 4 1 4 2 7 1 2 0 68 21
Waterford 2020 League of Ireland Premier Division 13 1 1 0 — — — 14 1
Athlone Town 2021 League of Ireland First Division 26 6 0 0 — — — 26 6
Bray Wanderers 2022 18 5 1 0 — — — 19 5
Career total 315 80 27 9 19 5 12 3 24 9 397 106
  1. ^ Includes Scottish Cup, FAI Cup, Irish Cup & Welsh Cup
  2. ^ Includes Scottish League Cup, League of Ireland Cup & Welsh League Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b c Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
  6. ^ 4 appearances in Setanta Sports Cup, 1 appearance in Leinster Senior Cup
  7. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  8. ^ 1 appearance in President of Ireland's Cup, 4 appearances 2 goals in Leinster Senior Cup
  9. ^ Appearances in NIFL UEFA Europa League play-offs
  10. ^ 2 appearances in UEFA Champions League & 3 appearances, 1 goal in UEFA Europa League
  11. ^ 1 appearance in UEFA Champions League & 1 appearance in UEFA Europa League

References

  1. ^ Kurtis Byrne at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b Grahame, Ewing (30 April 2009). "Scottish Youth Cup hero Kurtis Byrne may quit Hibs, warns father". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  3. ^ Hardie, David (25 April 2009). "Better late than never as Byrne is Hibees hero". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  4. ^ Hardie, David (1 May 2009). "Hibs boss makes Kurt reply over starlet Byrne". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Hibernian 3–0 Brechin". BBC Sport. 26 August 2009.
  6. ^ "News February 2010". Stirling Albion FC. Retrieved 28 August 2010.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Kurtis Byrne". East Fife FC. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  8. ^ "East Fife 6–0 Dumbarton". BBC Sport. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  9. ^ Hardie, David (18 September 2010). "Hughes to bolster Hibs attack with Under-19 stars". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  10. ^ "Duo Go Out on Loan". hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  11. ^ "Hibernian to release 10 players". BBC Sport. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  12. ^ "Ross County snap up two more". Ross-shire Journal. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  13. ^ "SPL duo head for Brechin on loan". BBC Sport. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  14. ^ "Ross County release Bateson, Byrne, Duncan and Malin". BBC Sport. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  15. ^ Murphy, Colm. "New Signing: Kurtis Byrne". dundalkfc.com. Dundalk FC. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  16. ^ "Saints Sign Barry Murphy, Alex O'Hanlon & Kurtis Byrne".
  17. ^ "Interview: David Healy – 'delighted agreement reached for Kurtis Byrne to sign for Linfield'".
  18. ^ "Byrne departs Blues for Wales". Northern Ireland Football League. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  19. ^ "Former Ireland international striker Daryl Murphy signs for hometown club Waterford after 15 years away". Extratime.ie. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  20. ^ Team, The42 (8 September 2022). "Ex-Dundalk, Bohs and Pat's forward retires from professional football at 32". The42.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ "Kurtis Byrne". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

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