Kevin Doyle

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Kevin Doyle
Personal information
Full name	Kevin Edward Doyle
Date of birth	September 18, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Adamstown, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	9
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-	St Patrick's Athletic Cork City Reading	15 (0) 76 (25) 62 (26)
National team**
2002-2005 2006-	Republic of Ireland U21 Republic of Ireland	11 (5) 05 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:07, 11 December 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 23:50, 15 November 2006 (UTC).

Kevin Edward Doyle (born 18 September 1983 in Adamstown, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays with Reading in English Premier League.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 eircom League 1.2 Reading's promotion 1.3 Reading in the Premiership 2 International career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] eircom League

The Irish forward started his career playing for Adamstown and his county, Wexford, before moving to his first professional club St Patrick's Athletic in September 2001. Doyle initially played for the club's under 18 side but within months had made his League of Ireland debut. He then had a successful spell with Cork City which he joined in February 2003. Doyle scored 25 goals for Cork City where he began playing on the right-wing but soon reverted to his natural position of striker.

[edit] Reading's promotion

On 7 June 2005, Doyle signed for Reading from Cork City for €117,000 (about £78,000). Despite having left Cork City, Doyle received a championship medal when they won the Eircom League Premier Division in November 2005. Originally, he was signed as a back-up, but injuries to other players elevated him to the first team where his natural goalscoring ability and defence-splitting speed resulted in a goal-scoring spree. He became an intrinsic part of Reading's Championship-winning 2005-06 squad, and according to the Actim Index was one of the top players in the Championship^[1]. In April 2006, he was named as Championship Fans' Player Of The Year^[2] and one of the Championship Team of the Year^[3] by the Professional Footballers' Association.

[edit] Reading in the Premiership

Doyle is currently playing an important role for Reading in their 2006-07 Premiership season. His first Premiership goal came in The Royals' 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa, Doyle heading Reading in to a third minute lead. On 16 September 2006, he went one better and scored one of the fastest goals in Premiership history, hitting the net just sixteen seconds into Reading's clash with Sheffield United at Bramall Lane, even though it was the home side that kicked-off^[4]. Perhaps the highlight of Doyle's Premiership season so far came against Manchester United, the side the striker supported as a boy. After Gary Neville handballed in the box, Doyle smashed the penalty past goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to put Reading in front. The Royals drew the game 1-1. To date, Doyle has scored eight goals in the 2006-07 Premiership season, tied for second with Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney and Louis Saha.

[edit] International career

Doyle has played for the Republic of Ireland U21 team, debuting on 2 February 2004 against Portugal. With 11 caps, and scoring 5 goals, he was also a member of the Irish FIFA World Youth Championship squad in 2003^[5]. He was called up to the Irish international squad in October 2005, making his international debut against Sweden at Lansdowne Road on 1 March 2006. His first start in an competitive international against Germany on 2 September 2006 in a 2008 UEFA European Football Championship qualifier. With this appearance, his family also won a €100 bet at 100/1 they had placed two years earlier on Doyle playing competitively for Ireland. Doyle scored his first goal for Ireland against San Marino in November 2006. ^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kevin Doyle profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Kevin Doyle career stats at Soccerbase
• Football Association of Ireland profiles:
  • U21 Squad
  • Senior squad
• Kevin Doyle Profile on playerhistory.com
• Bargain buy set to hit the heights Guardian feature 16 August 2006

Reading F.C. - Current Squad
1 Hahnemann | 2 Murty | 3 Shorey | 4 Sidwell | 5 Sonko | 6 Gunnarsson | 7 Little | 8 Lita | 9 Doyle | 10 Hunt | 11 Oster | 12 Kitson | 14 Halls | 15 Harper | 16 Ingimarsson | 17 Convey | 18 Sodje | 19 Seol | 22 Bikey | 23 de la Cruz | 24 Long | 27 Brown | 32 Federici | 34 Henry | 35 Pearce | 36 Joseph-Dubois | 47 Máté | Manager: Coppell

Persondata
NAME	Doyle, Kevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	18 September 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Adamstown, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH