Brad Lyons
Brad Joseph Lyons (born 26 May 1997) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock and the Northern Ireland national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brad Joseph Lyons[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 May 1997 | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Kilmarnock | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2019 | Coleraine | 94 | (17) |
| 2018–2019 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | → St Mirren (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Morecambe (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2021– | Kilmarnock | 60 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Northern Ireland | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:51, 5 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:49, 17 October 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career edit
Lyons began his career in the Irish Premiership with Coleraine.[2] After helping Coleraine win the Irish Cup, in September 2018 he moved on loan to English club Blackburn Rovers, with the deal to become permanent in January 2019.[3] In January 2019 he signed a permanent 18-month contract,[4] his first ever professional contract.[5] He stated that he wanted to break into the Blackburn first-team.[6] Later that month he moved on loan to St Mirren.[7] He was sent off 28 minutes into his debut, in the Scottish Cup, on 19 January 2019.[8] He was offered a new contract by Blackburn at the end of the 2019–20 season.[9]
In December 2020 he appeared in a Blackburn Rovers' first-team match day squad for the first time since he signed for the club.[10] He moved on loan to Morecambe in January 2021.[11][12]
On 14 May 2021 it was announced that he would leave Blackburn at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract.[13]
On 17 June 2021, it was announced that Lyons would join Scottish Championship side Kilmarnock on a two-year deal following the expiry of his Blackburn contract.[14]
International career edit
In August 2023, Lyons received his first call-up to the Northern Ireland senior national team by head coach Michael O'Neill, for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Slovenia and Kazakhstan.[15][16] He made his debut on 17 October 2023.[17][18]
References edit
- ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Brad Lyons at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Brad Lyons: Coleraine midfielder completes Blackburn Rovers move". BBC Sport. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Gareth Fullerton (11 January 2019). "Brad Lyons signs permanent deal with Blackburn Rovers". Belfast Live. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "I will always love Coleraine: Brad Lyons' Blackburn move made permanent". Belfast Telegraph. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ Gareth Fullerton (11 January 2019). "Brad Lyons reveals first-team ambition after signing professional contract with Blackburn Rovers". Belfast Live. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "St Mirren: Blackburn Rovers' Brad Lyons reunited with Oran Kearney after loan". BBC Sport. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "St Mirren 3-2 Alloa: Premiership strugglers hit back with late salvo to deny Athletic". 19 January 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Rovers confirm Retain List". www.rovers.co.uk.
- ^ Crooke, Jaquob (17 December 2020). "Mowbray explains Lyons decision as Butterworth enters first-team fray". LancsLive.
- ^ "Debut at Chelsea awaits as Rovers youngster makes loan switch". Lancashire Telegraph.
- ^ "Morecambe sign Rovers midfielder Lyons" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Rovers confirm Retain List". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Brad Lyons joins Tommy Wright's Killie rebuild". kilmarnockfc.co.uk. 17 June 2021. from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Michael O'Neill reveals Northern Ireland squad for Euro qualifiers". 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Lyons earns first Northern Ireland call-up". BBC Sport. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Brad Lyons: Playing for Northern Ireland is the pinnacle… now I've got a taste of it, I want more". 18 October 2023 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "'I'm trying to pinch myself' - Lyons on NI debut" – via www.bbc.co.uk.