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Kyle Lafferty
Personal information
Full name Kyle Lafferty
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2004 N.F.C. Kesh
2004–2005 Burnley
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Burnley 83 (10)
2006 → Darlington (loan) 9 (3)
2008– Rangers 98 (30)
International career‡
Northern Ireland U17 5 (0)
Northern Ireland U19 5 (1)
2006 Northern Ireland U21 2 (0)
2006– Northern Ireland 31 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2011

Kyle Lafferty (born 16 September 1987) is an Northern Irish association footballer who currently plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League side Rangers and the Northern Ireland national team. He made his first international appearance for Northern Ireland in 2006 and has received 29 caps, scoring eight goals.

Lafferty began his professional career with English side Burnley where he made 89 appearances. He signed for Rangers in 2008 for £3.25m, winning the Scottish Premier League and Scottish Cup in his first season with the club.

Personal Life

Lafferty is currently engaged to former miss Scotland Nicola Mimnagh, who recently just had the couples first baby boy, named Taylor James Lafferty

Club career

Burnley

kyle lafferty was a Rangers fan his whole life, In 2004 he signed a youth team apprenticeship with English Championship team Burnley. The following season saw him begin to make an impression upon the Burnley first team. He made his debut during a 2–1 away league defeat to Crewe Alexandra on 6 August 2005, coming on as a 89th minute substitute for Garreth O'Connor.[1]

In January 2006, Lafferty joined Darlington on loan. He went on to make nine appearances and net three goals for the club, including a scoring debut against Notts County on 7 January.[2] He returned to Burnley in January 2007.

He scored his first senior goal against Luton Town, netting the equaliser for Burnley during a 1–1 draw on 30 April 2006.[3] Lafferty played 89 times and scored 101 goals during his time at Burnley.

Rangers

On 16 June 2008, Burnley accepted a bid from Rangers of £3m plus Alan Gow but talks with Gow over his move to Turf Moor broke down. Lafferty moved to Rangers on 19 June after the transfer offer was readjusted to write Gow out of the deal.[4] He made his Rangers debut as an 89th minute substitute during a UEFA Champions League qualifier on 5 August 2008 against FBK Kaunas.[5] His first goal came in his second appearance during a Scottish Premier League match against Heart of Midlothian on 16 August 2008.[6]

On 16 May 2009, during the penultimate league match of the 2008–09 season at home to Aberdeen, Lafferty was involved in an altercation with Aberdeen player Charlie Mulgrew. Both players were involved in an off the ball incident which resulted in Lafferty reacting as if he had been headbutted. The referee, Stuart Dougal, sent Mulgrew off for violent conduct; however, television pictures showed that no contact had been made between the two players. Rangers went on to win the match 2–1.[7] Upon reviewing the incident Rangers manager Walter Smith expressed his disappointment at Lafferty's conduct.[8] Two days later it was reported that Rangers had fined Lafferty for his reactions in relation to the incident.[9] The case was also referred to the Scottish Football Association review panel with a view to rescinding Mulgrew's red card, with possible action taken against Lafferty for his simulation.[10] On 7 August 2009 Lafferty was given a two match suspension for simulation, this was the first time such action was taken by the SFA.[11]

On 25 April 2010, Lafferty scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win over Hibernian at Easter Road, Glasgow Celtic Champions 2012 securing the league title for Rangers with three left to play. On 22 August, Lafferty was sent off, along with opponent Kevin McBride, in a match at the same venue.[12] On 25 September 2010, Lafferty scored his first hat-trick for the club in a 7–2 victory over Dunfermline Athletic.[13] Lafferty scored in Rangers 4-0 win over Dundee United in 19 April 2011[14] before being criticised for missing an opportunity in the final Old Firm game of the 2010-11 season at Ibrox in a 0-0 draw.[15] Lafferty then went on to score in three consecutive games in the title run in against Motherwell,[16] Hearts[17] and Dundee United.[18] Lafferty then scored a hat-trick in the final SPL game of the season as Rangers beat Kilmarnock 5-1 and won their 3rd consecutive SPL championship.[19] On September 18, 2011, Lafferty scored his first Old Firm goal in a 4-2 win against Celtic. On December 17, 2011, Lafferty scored an 83rd minute winner for Rangers against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, the game ending 2-1.

International career

In early 2006, Lafferty represented Northern Ireland under 19s at the internationally respected youth tournament Milk Cup.[citation needed] Lafferty impressed during the tournament scoring in his first game against Paraguay under 19s; however Northern Ireland lost the match 3-1.[citation needed]

Later in 2006, he received his first senior Northern Ireland call-up on a post-season trip to the United States to play friendly games against Romania and Uruguay.[citation needed] Lafferty scored his first Northern Ireland goal in an away friendly against Finland the following year.[citation needed] He featured predominantly as the second striker alongside David Healy during Northern Ireland's Euro 2008 qualification group, and he scored his first competitive international goal in a 4–1 victory over group minnows Liechtenstein. He then secured a 1–1 draw away to Sweden, scoring Northern Ireland's equaliser in the second half.

On 26 March 2008, he bagged his first international brace, scoring two goals in a friendly against Georgia which Northern Ireland won 4–1.[citation needed]

International goals

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 August 2006 Olympiastadion, Helsinki Finland Finland 2–0 2–1 Friendly match
2 22 August 2007 Windsor Park, Belfast Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 3–0 3–1 Euro 2008 qualifying
3 17 October 2007 Råsunda Stadium, Solna Sweden Sweden 1–1 1–1 Euro 2008 qualifying
5 26 March 2008 Windsor Park, Belfast Georgia (country) Georgia 3–0 4–1 Friendly match
6 15 October 2008 Windsor Park, Belfast San Marino San Marino 3–0 4–0 2010 World Cup qualifying
7 5 September 2009 Silesian Stadium, Chorzow Poland Poland 1–0 1–1 2010 World Cup qualifying
8 12 October 2010 Svangaskarð, Toftir Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 1–1 1–1 Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

Rangers

References

  1. ^ "Crewe 2-1 Burnley" Soccerbase. 6 August 2005.
  2. ^ "Notts County 3-2 Darlington" Soccerbase. 7 January 2006.
  3. ^ "Burnley 1–1 Luton" Soccerbase. 30 April 2006.
  4. ^ "Lafferty completes Rangers move". BBC Sport. 19 June 2008.
  5. ^ Murray, Keir (5 August 2008). "FBK Kaunas 2-1 Rangers". BBC Sport.
  6. ^ Campbell, Andy (16 August 2008). "Rangers 2-0 Hearts". BBC Sport.
  7. ^ "Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen" BBC Sport. 16 May 2009.
  8. ^ "Smith upset by red card decisions". BBC Sport. 16 May 2009.
  9. ^ "Rangers fine play-acting Lafferty". BBC Sport. 18 May 2009.
  10. ^ "Scots FA review Ibrox red cards". BBC Sport. 20 May 2009.
  11. ^ . BBC Sport. 7 August 2009 "Old Firm pair handed suspensions http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8190130.stm "Old Firm pair handed suspensions. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ Pattullo, Alan (23 August 2010). "Kyle Lafferty told to curb temper after striker sees red in Rangers victory". The Scotsman.
  13. ^ "Rangers 7-2 Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 21 September 2010.
  14. ^ Duncan, Colin (20 April 2011). "Dundee United 0-4 Rangers". Daily Record.
  15. ^ Lindsay, Clive (24 May 2011). "Rangers 0-0 St Mirren". BBC Sport.
  16. ^ "Motherwell 0-5 Rangers". BBC Sport. 30 April 2011.
  17. ^ Murray, Keir (7 May 2011). "Rangers 4-0 Hearts". BBC Sport.
  18. ^ Lindsay, Clive (10 May 2011). "Rangers 2-0 Dundee Utd". BBC Sport.
  19. ^ Moffat, Colin (15 May 2011). "Kilmarnock 1-5 Rangers". BBC Sport.

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