Martin Boyle

Martin Boyle
Personal information
Full name Martin Hopkin Boyle
Date of birth (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Hibernian
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Montrose 65 (25)
2012–2015 Dundee 56 (4)
2013 → Montrose (loan) 14 (9)
2015 → Hibernian (loan) 17 (3)
2015– Hibernian 100 (22)
National team
2007–2008 Scotland U16 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:45, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Martin Hopkin Boyle (born 25 April 1993)[1] is a professional footballer, who plays for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. He is a right sided winger, who is also capable of playing as a forward. Boyle previously played for Montrose and Dundee.

Career

Montrose

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 2010–11 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 nine starts and sixteen further substitute appearances in his first season, scoring three 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.

Dundee

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, which prohibits 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]

Following his impressive displays at Montrose, manager John Brown confirmed that Boyle would stay at Dundee in the 2013–14 season.[12] Boyle scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Hamilton Academical, which was also Paul Hartley's first match as a Dundee manager.[13] After the match, Hartley praised Boyle's performance and was unaware that it was his first goal.[14] Dundee were promoted to the Scottish Premiership by winning the 2013–14 Scottish Championship title.

Boyle made his first Scottish Premiership appearance in the 2014–15 season, coming on as a substitute for Greg Stewart in the 62nd minute of a goalless draw with Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 13 August 2014.[15] Boyle then scored his first goal of the season in the second round of League Cup, in a 4–0 win over Raith Rovers on 26 August.[16] Despite being featured in the first team, Boyle struggled to score his first league of the season. Boyle was loaned to Hibernian for the second half of the 2014/15 season.[17] Boyle was offered a new contract by Dundee after the loan was completed,[18] but he decided to sign permanently with Hibernian.

Hibernian

Boyle moved to Hibernian in January 2015, in a loan exchange for Alex Harris.[17] He made his debut on 3 January 2015, as Hibernian drew 1–1 with Heart of Midlothian in the Edinburgh derby.[19] He scored his first goal for the club on 31 January 2015, in a 1–1 draw against Raith Rovers.[20] Boyle later scored two goals in the last two games of the season against Alloa Athletic[21] and Falkirk,[22] but he suffered a knee injury that caused him to miss the end of season play-offs.[23]

Boyle moved to Hibs on a permanent basis in June 2015, signing a two-year contract with the club.[24] Boyle was an unused substitute as Hibs won the 2016 Scottish Cup Final.[25] He scored nine goals for Hibs during the 2016–17 season, as the club won promotion to the Premiership.[26] Boyle signed a two-year contract with Hibs in June 2017.[26] After a productive start to the 2017–18 season, his contract with Hibs was extended to 2021.[27]

International

Boyle played for the Scotland under-16 team.[28] In March 2018, Boylee said that he was applying for an Australian passport.[28] He is eligible to play for the Australia national team because his father was born in Sydney.[28] Australia manager Graham Arnold had a meeting with Boyle in September 2018, with a view to selecting him in their next squad.[29] Scotland manager Alex McLeish said that he had considered Boyle for selection once, but he had missed out due to injury.[30]

Boyle was selected for the Australia squad in October 2018, but was unable to play in their match with Kuwait as he did not yet have an Australian passport.[31]

Career statistics

As of 04:45, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[32]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Montrose 2009–10 Scottish Third Division 5010——60
2010–11 Scottish Third Division 23320——253
2011–12 Scottish Third Division 3622—10103822
2012–13 Scottish Third Division 159—11211811
Total 79343021318736
Dundee 2012–13 Scottish Premier League 9010——100
2013–14 Scottish Championship 2941010—314
2014–15 Scottish Premiership 1801031—221
Total 5643041—635
Hibernian 2014–15 Scottish Championship 173———173
2015–16 Scottish Championship 256304010336
2016–17[note 1] Scottish Championship 348401041439
2017–18 Scottish Premiership 3451071—426
2018–19[note 2] Scottish Premiership 73—2050143
Total 117258014110114927
Career total 2526314020313229968

Honours

Player

Dundee
Hibernian

Individual

  • Scottish Football League top goalscorer: 2011–12[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerbase did not record two appearances made by Boyle against Brondby IF on 14 July and 21 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Soccerbase did not record appearances made by Boyle against Asteras Tripolis on 26 July and 2 August, and Molde on 9 August and 16 August 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Martin Boyle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dundee: Martin Boyle signs from Montrose". BBC Sport. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Martin Boyle". Montrose FC. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Montrose 5 – 0 Clyde : Saturday, 5th May 2012". Scottish Football League. 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  5. 1 2 "THE IRN-BRU SFL PHENOMENAL AWARDS SUMMARY". Scottish Football League. 25 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  6. ↑ MacDonald, Kenny (7 May 2012). "Celtic, Killie want our Ginger Boot". The Scottish Sun. News International. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Stenhousemuir v Montrose 07/07/12". Montrose FC. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Martin Boyle's Wasps move stung by SFL". The Courier. DC Thomson. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Back in Old Firm routine". The Scottish Sun. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "IRN-BRU Phenomenal Young Player of the Month". Scottish Football League. 15 March 2013. Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  12. ↑ "Young Dee strike duo is backed by Bomber". Evening Telegraph. DC Thomson. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "Dundee 1 – 0 Hamilton Academical". BBC Sport. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Martin Boyle's display impresses new boss Hartley". The Courier. DC Thomson. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  15. ↑ "Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–0 Dundee". BBC Sport. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Dundee 4 – 0 Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  17. 1 2 Nicolson, Eric (3 January 2015). "Dundee sign Hibs winger on loan". The Courier. DC Thomson. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Dundee boss Paul Hartley offers Martin Boyle chance to resurrect career at Dens". The Courier. DC Thomson. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  19. ↑ "HEARTS 1 HIBERNIAN 1". Hibernian F.C. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "Hibernian 1–1 Raith Rovers". BBC Sport. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  21. ↑ "Hibernian 4–1 Alloa Athletic". BBC Sport. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  22. ↑ "Falkirk 0 – 3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  23. ↑ "Knee injury rules Martin Boyle out of play-offs". Edinburgh Evening News. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  24. ↑ Crawford, Kenny (14 June 2015). "Hibernian: Martin Boyle agrees two-year deal at Easter Road". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  25. 1 2 "Scottish Cup final: Rangers 2–3 Hibernian – BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  26. 1 2 "Hibernian: New contracts for Martin Boyle and Liam Fontaine". BBC Sport. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  27. ↑ Hardie, David (7 December 2017). "Hibs winger Martin Boyle agrees contract extension". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  28. 1 2 3 "Martin Boyle: Hibernian winger considers representing Australia". BBC Sport. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  29. ↑ "Martin Boyle may choose to play for Scotland or Australia - Neil Lennon". BBC Sport. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  30. ↑ "Scotland recall Scott McKenna, Jack Hendry, Jon McLaughlin & Oli McBurnie for Israel & Portugal games". BBC Sport. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  31. ↑ Somerford, Ben (11 October 2018). "MARTIN BOYLE: ARNOLD MEETING WOOED ME". ftbl.com.au. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  32. ↑ Martin Boyle at Soccerbase
  33. ↑ McLauchlin, Brian (15 April 2017). "Hibernian 3–0 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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