Kyle Lafferty

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 38)[2]
Place of birth	Enniskillen, Northern Ireland[2]
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Team 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)
International career‡
	Northern Ireland U17	5	(5)
	Northern Ireland U19	6	(4)
2006	Northern Ireland U21	2	(4)
2006–2022	Northern Ireland	89	(20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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

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

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

Career statistics

Club statistics

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. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four in UEFA Europa League
3. 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

Statistics

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

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

Rangers

• Scottish Premier League: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11^[28][29][30]
• Scottish Cup: 2008–09^[28][29][30]
• Scottish League Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11^[28][29][30]

Palermo

• Serie B: 2013–14^[19]

Kilmarnock

• Scottish Championship: 2021–22^[31]