Morgan Boyes
Morgan Marc Boyes (born 22 April 2001) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle, on loan from Scottish Premiership club Livingston. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Morgan Marc Boyes[1][2] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | St Asaph, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (on loan from Livingston) | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Fleetwood Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2022– | Livingston | 32 | (1) |
| 2023– | → Inverness CT (loan) | 25 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Wales U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Wales U21 | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:50, 16 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 February 2024 | |||
Early life edit
Boyes was born in the Welsh city of St Asaph and moved to Chester in England at the age of five.[3][4]
Club career edit
Liverpool edit
Boyes made his professional debut for Liverpool on 17 December 2019, starting in the away match against Aston Villa in the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup, which finished as a 5–0 loss. He scored an own goal in the match, after blocking a ball from Ahmed Elmohamady, to find it looped over the goalkeeper's head into the corner of the net.[5][6][7] Boyes made another appearance for Liverpool in the 2019–20 season, as he appeared in stoppage time against Shrewsbury Town in the fourth round replay of the FA Cup.[3]
On 12 August 2020, Boyes joined League One side Fleetwood Town on a season-long loan.[8] On 23 September, he made his debut for the Cod Army. Starting at left centre-back in a EFL Cup Third round tie against Everton. He played the full match in a 2–5 defeat.[9] He made kept his place in the squad for the next game. A 0–1 defeat against AFC Wimbledon in the League One.[10] However, he would only make two more appearances before being recalled by Liverpool on 2 January 2021.[11][12]
Livingston edit
On 4 January 2022, Boyes joined Scottish Premiership side Livingston on an 18-month contract, with an option of a further year.[13]
Inverness edit
On September 1 2023, Boyes joined Scottish Championship club Inverness on a loan deal till the end of the 2023/24 season.
International career edit
Boyes has Wales caps at both under-19 and under-21 levels. In March 2021, he was called up to the Wales national under-21 football team,[14][15] playing all 90 minutes in Wales's 2–1 defeat by Ireland at Colliers Park, Wrexham on 26 March 2021.[16] Manager Paul Bodin then selected a largely unchanged squad, including Boyes, for the side's Euro 2023 qualifying game against Moldova on 4 June 2021.[17]
Style of play edit
Boyes is a centre-back but has also been deployed as a left back so far during his career.[18] He has described himself as a "calm defender who likes to play and build up from the back.".[19] Joey Barton, who managed Boyes during his loan spell at Fleetwood, described him as "a young player with plenty of potential".[20]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 21 January 2023[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liverpool U21 | 2019–20 | — | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Liverpool | 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fleetwood Town (loan) | 2020–21 | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Livingston | 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy
Honours edit
Liverpool
References edit
- ^ "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2019. from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ Morgan Boyes at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ a b Vincent, Gareth (9 October 2020). "Morgan Boyes: Liverpool and Wales youngster aims to follow Neco Williams' lead". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Samra, Keiran (4 June 2019). "Liverpool FC Academy climbs Mount Snowdon for Stephen Darby Foundation". The Leader. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b Morgan Boyes at Soccerway
- ^ Paul Doyle (17 December 2019). "Aston Villa's Jonathan Kodjia shows no mercy to knock out Liverpool's kids". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Simon Stone (17 December 2019). "Aston Villa 5 – Liverpool 0". BBC. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Morgan Boyes: Fleetwood Town sign young Liverpool defender on loan". BBC Sport. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ Lusby, Jack (24 September 2020). "Liverpool loanee given tough start as senior debut ends in defeat to Everton". This is Anfield.com. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Fleetwood Town 0-1 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Morgan Boyes in the 2020/21 season". Soccerbase.com. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Morgan Boyes returns from loan spell at Fleetwood Town". Liverpool FC. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Black, Dave (4 January 2022). "Morgan Boyes joins the Lions from Liverpool". Livingston FC. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "U21 squad announced to face Republic of Ireland". Football Association of Wales. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ Wales U21 squad
- ^ "FRUSTRATION FOR CYMRU U21 IN IRISH DEFEAT". FAW. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "CYMRU U21 SQUAD ANNOUNCED TO FACE MOLDOVA". FAW. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Player profile: Morgan Boyes". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Boyes: I want to get going straight away". Fleetwood Town FC. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Liverpool youngster Boyes joins Town". Fleetwood Town FC. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
External links edit
- Morgan Boyes – UEFA competition record ()
- Morgan Boyes at WorldFootball.net
- Morgan Boyes at Soccerbase
- Morgan Boyes at FootballDatabase.eu