Kyle Lafferty

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Kyle Lafferty
Personal information
Date of birth	16 September 1987 (1987-09-16) (age 20)
Place of birth	Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Burnley
Number	17
Youth clubs
2004–2005	NFC Kesh Burnley
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005– 2006	Burnley → Darlington (loan)	83 (10) 09 0(3)
National team2
2006 2006–	Northern Ireland U-21 Northern Ireland	02 0(0) 16 0(5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 10:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kyle Lafferty (born 16 September 1987) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Burnley. He was born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, and is a Northern Ireland international. He is a past player of NFC Kesh, from Kesh in County Fermanagh.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Club 1.2 International 2 International goals 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Club

Lafferty began his career with NFC Kesh, playing in the Fermanagh & Western Leagues. At 16 he signed a Youth Team Apprenticeship with English Championship team Burnley. He progressed though the youth ranks and reserves and, in the 2005–06 season was loaned to Darlington where he scored three goals in nine appearances. During that season he made his Burnley first XI debut against Reading and scored his first senior goal against Luton Town.

[edit] International

During 2006, he received his first senior Northern Ireland call-up on a post-season trip to the USA to play friendly games against Romania and Uruguay. Lafferty scored his first Northern Ireland goal in an away friendly against Finland the following year.

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.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2006-08-16	Helsinki, Finland	Finland	2–0	2–1	Friendly game
2	2007-08-22	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Liechtenstein	3–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2008 Qual.
3	2007-10-17	Solna, Sweden	Sweden	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2008 Qual.
4	2008-03-26	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Georgia	1–0	4–1	Friendly game
5	2008-03-26	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Georgia	3–0	4–1	Friendly game

[edit] References

Squad profiles - Senior: Kyle Lafferty. Irish Football Association. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.

[edit] External links

• Kyle Lafferty career stats at Soccerbase
• Kyle Lafferty profile at burnleyfootballclub.com
• Kyle Lafferty profile at darlington-fc.co.uk
• Fermanagh Northern Ireland Supporters Club

v • d • e Burnley F.C. – current squad 1 Király • 2 Alexander • 4 Duff • 5 Carlisle • 6 Caldwell • 8 Guðjónsson • 9 Akinbiyi • 11 Elliott • 12 Jensen • 14 Jones • 16 McCann • 17 Lafferty • 18 Mahon • 19 Rodriguez • 20 Blake • 22 Berisha • 23 Jordan • 25 Kay • 26 Unsworth • 28 MacDonald • Manager: Coyle

Persondata
NAME	Lafferty, Kyle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1987-09-16
PLACE OF BIRTH	Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH