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Kurtis Byrne

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Kurtis Byrne
Personal information
Byrne with Bohemian in 2016
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)
2022–2023	Bluebell United
2023-	Collinstown FC
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 former professional footballer who plays for Collinstown FC. He is the son of former Celtic and Southend United player Paul Byrne.^[2]

Career

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Hibernian

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Byrne was a member of the Hibernian under-19 side that won the league and cup double in the 2008–09 season. He scored the winning goal in both the decisive league match and 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)

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

East Fife (loan)

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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 Anthony Stokes and an injury to Darryl Duffy, manager 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)

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Byrne was loaned to Alloa Athletic on 31 March 2011 for the rest of the 2010–11 season.^[10] Hibs announced in late April that Byrne would be released at the end of the season.^[11]

Ross County

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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)

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

Dundalk

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Byrne signed for Dundalk in January 2013.^[15]

Bohemians

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

St Patrick's Athletic

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

Linfield

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

The New Saints

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In June 2018 he joined The New Saints of the Welsh Premier League citing a desire to return to full-time football.^[18]

Waterford

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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

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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

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Stirling Albion

Scottish League One (1): 2009–10

Ross County

Scottish Championship (1): 2011–12

Dundalk

Bohemians

Leinster Senior Cup (1): 2016

The New Saints

Welsh Premier League (1): 2018–19
Welsh Cup (1): 2018–19

Career statistics

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As of 8 December 2022^[21]

Club statistics
Club	Season	League			National Cup^[a]		League Cup^[b]		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	Scottish League One	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	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	League of Ireland Premier Division	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	Welsh Premier League	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	League of Ireland First Division	18	5	1	0	—		—		—		19	5
Career total			315	80	27	9	19	5	12	3	24	9	397	106

^ Includes Scottish Cup, FAI Cup, Irish Cup & Welsh Cup
^ Includes Scottish League Cup, League of Ireland Cup & Welsh League Cup
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
^ ^a ^b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ ^a ^b ^c Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
^ 4 appearances in Setanta Sports Cup, 1 appearance in Leinster Senior Cup
^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
^ 1 appearance in President of Ireland's Cup, 4 appearances 2 goals in Leinster Senior Cup
^ Appearances in NIFL UEFA Europa League play-offs
^ 2 appearances in UEFA Champions League & 3 appearances, 1 goal in UEFA Europa League
^ 1 appearance in UEFA Champions League & 1 appearance in UEFA Europa League

References

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^ Kurtis Byrne at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
^ ^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.
^ Hardie, David (25 April 2009). "Better late than never as Byrne is Hibees hero". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
^ Hardie, David (1 May 2009). "Hibs boss makes Kurt reply over starlet Byrne". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
^ "Hibernian 3–0 Brechin". BBC Sport. 26 August 2009.
^ "News February 2010". Stirling Albion FC. Retrieved 28 August 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Kurtis Byrne". East Fife FC. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
^ "East Fife 6–0 Dumbarton". BBC Sport. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
^ Hardie, David (18 September 2010). "Hughes to bolster Hibs attack with Under-19 stars". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
^ "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.
^ "Hibernian to release 10 players". BBC Sport. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
^ "Ross County snap up two more". Ross-shire Journal. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
^ "SPL duo head for Brechin on loan". BBC Sport. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^ "Ross County release Bateson, Byrne, Duncan and Malin". BBC Sport. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^ Murphy, Colm. "New Signing: Kurtis Byrne". dundalkfc.com. Dundalk FC. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
^ "Saints Sign Barry Murphy, Alex O'Hanlon & Kurtis Byrne".
^ "Interview: David Healy – 'delighted agreement reached for Kurtis Byrne to sign for Linfield'".
^ "Byrne departs Blues for Wales". Northern Ireland Football League. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ "Former Ireland international striker Daryl Murphy signs for hometown club Waterford after 15 years away". Extratime.ie. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
^ 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)
^ "Kurtis Byrne". soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.

External links

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Kurtis Byrne at Soccerbase
Ex-Canaries profile

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