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Kyle Lafferty Kyle Joseph George Lafferty ( born 16 September 1987 ) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish club Kilmarnock . Lafferty began his professional career with English side Burnley , where he made 89 appearances . He signed for Rangers in 2008 for £3.25 million and won three Scottish Premier League titles , the Scottish Cup once and the Scottish League Cup twice with the club . In 2012 Lafferty chose not to transfer over to the new company which owns and runs Rangers , moving to Switzerlands FC Sion . He signed for Serie B club Palermo in 2013 and led them to promotion as champions in his only season before joining Norwich City . He spent time on loan with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor and back in England with Birmingham City . After just over a year back in Scotland with Heart of Midlothian , Lafferty re-signed for Rangers in August 2018 , and then spent short spells with Sarpsborg 08 , Sunderland and Reggina . He made his first international appearance for Northern Ireland in 2006 and has more than 60 caps , representing the team at UEFA Euro 2016 . With 20 goals he is the teams second highest scorer of all time , behind former strike partner David Healy on 36 . Club career . Burnley . In 2004 , Lafferty signed a youth team apprenticeship with Championship club Burnley . The following season saw him begin to make an impression upon the Burnley first team . He made his debut during a 2–1 away league defeat to Crewe Alexandra on 6 August 2005 , coming on as an 89th-minute substitute for Garreth OConnor . In January 2006 , Lafferty joined Darlington on loan . He went on to make nine appearances and net three goals for the club , including a scoring debut against Notts County on 7 January . He returned to Burnley in January 2007 . He scored his first senior goal for Burnley against Luton Town , netting the equaliser for a 1–1 draw on 30 April 2006 . Lafferty played 89 times and scored 10 goals during his time at Burnley . Rangers . On 16 June 2008 , Burnley accepted a bid from Rangers of £3 million plus Alan Gow but talks with Gow over his move to Turf Moor broke down . Lafferty moved to Rangers on 19 June after the transfer offer was readjusted to write Gow out of the deal . He made his Rangers debut as an 89th-minute substitute during a UEFA Champions League qualifier on 5 August 2008 against FBK Kaunas . His first goal came in his second appearance , in a Scottish Premier League match against Heart of Midlothian on 16 August 2008 . On 16 May 2009 , during the penultimate league match of the 2008–09 season at home to Aberdeen , Lafferty was involved in an off-the-ball altercation with Aberdeen player Charlie Mulgrew which ended with Lafferty reacting as if he had been headbutted . The referee , Stuart Dougal , sent Mulgrew off for violent conduct ; however , television pictures showed little contact between the two players . Rangers went on to win the match 2–1 . Upon reviewing the incident Rangers manager Walter Smith expressed his disappointment at Laffertys conduct . Two days later it was reported that Rangers had fined Lafferty for his reactions in relation to the incident . The case was also referred to the Scottish Football Associations disciplinary committee , who rescinded Mulgrews red card and gave Lafferty a two-match ban for simulation . On 25 April 2010 , Lafferty scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win over Hibernian at Easter Road , securing the league title for Rangers with three matches left to play . On 22 August , Lafferty was sent off , along with opponent Kevin McBride , in a match at the same venue . On 25 September , Lafferty scored his first hat-trick for the club in a 7–2 victory over Dunfermline Athletic in the League Cup . Lafferty scored in Rangers 4–0 win over Dundee United in April 2011 , before missing an opportunity in the final Old Firm game of the 2010–11 season at Ibrox in a 0–0 draw . Lafferty then went on to score in three consecutive games in the title run in against Motherwell , Hearts and Dundee United . Lafferty then scored a hat-trick in the final SPL game of the season as Rangers beat Kilmarnock 5–1 and won their third consecutive league title . On 18 September 2011 , Lafferty scored his first Old Firm goal in a 4–2 win against Celtic . On 17 December , Lafferty scored an 83rd-minute winner for Rangers against Inverness Caledonian Thistle , the game ending 2–1 . On 24 April 2012 , Ally McCoist announced that Lafferty had been banned for two weeks following a training ground bust up . In June 2012 , Lafferty lodged an objection against his contract being transferred from Rangers to the new company set up by Charles Green . PFA Scotland had previously commented that players were entitled to become free agents if they objected to the transfer . Lafferty raised a constructive dismissal claim against Rangers . Sion . Lafferty signed a three-year contract with Swiss Super League club FC Sion on 30 June 2012 . He was unable to play in the league match against Grasshoppers on 15 July because the Scottish Football Association refused to provide clearance for the transfer , having received an objection from Rangers owner Charles Green . On 20 July , Lafferty received provisional international clearance from FIFA which allowed him to play while arbitration over his move from Rangers continued . On 22 July 2012 , Lafferty made his debut for Sion , coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Servette . He scored his first goal a week later in a 3–0 win over Luzern . Palermo . On 26 June 2013 , Lafferty joined Serie B club Palermo on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee . He said Palermo tried to sign me in January but unfortunately we couldnt close the deal . Now I cant wait to get started . When I was younger I watched a lot of Italian football and I know theres a very passionate fanbase here at Palermo . He scored 11 goals in 34 matches to help the club ascend to Serie A as champions in his only season , and won the Fans Player of the Season award . However , club president Maurizio Zamparini called him an out-of-control womaniser and claimed that this lifestyle resulted in him being sold . Norwich City . On 27 June 2014 , Lafferty signed a three-year contract with Norwich City of the Football League Championship with an option for an extra year . The transfer fee was undisclosed and the transfer would be effective from 1 July . He said Norwich is a team that wants to get promoted back to the Premier League at the first opportunity , so Im excited to come here and start playing football for a team like this . He was given squad number 9 . Lafferty made his debut for the team on 10 August , as they began the season with a 1–0 defeat away to Wolverhampton Wanderers , replacing Steven Whittaker for the last 14 minutes of the game . Six days later he made his first start in his first game at Carrow Road , lasting 67 minutes of a 3–0 win over Watford before being replaced by Elliott Bennett . In 20 games18 of those in the leaguehe only scored once , in a 3–2 home win against Cardiff City on 17 January 2015 . On 2 February 2015 , Lafferty was loaned to Süper Lig club Çaykur Rizespor for the remainder of the campaign . He scored two goals in 14 league games for the Turkish side . Norwich had been promoted to the Premier League during Laffertys absence . He scored his first goal of the 2015–16 season in a 3–0 League Cup victory against West Bromwich Albion , but found regular games hard to come by . In November 2015 , Leeds United head coach Steve Evans revealed he had inquired about the availability of Lafferty on loan . However , Lafferty remained with Norwich until 24 March 2016 , when he joined Championship club Birmingham City on loan until the end of the season . He returned from international duty with a groin injury , but was fit to start Birminghams match against Brighton & Hove Albion on 5 April . He opened the scoring after 16 minutes with a tap-in following a goalkeeping error , but Brighton went on to win 2–1 . He made five more league appearances , without scoring , in what remained of the season . In May 2017 , it was announced that Lafferty would be released when his contract expired . Hearts . On 28 June 2017 , Lafferty joined Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Premiership on a two-year deal . He made his debut on 18 July in the group stage of the Scottish League Cup , scoring the only goal away to Elgin City . Two days later , he added two more goals in a 3–0 win over East Fife at Tynecastle , and on 25 July he made it four goals in three games with one in a 2–1 loss at Peterhead ; Hearts did not reach the knockout stage . In the league season , Lafferty scored 12 times as Hearts finished 6th ; this made him the Premierships fourth highest scorer . One of these was on 17 December 2017 in a 4–0 win over defending champions Celtic , ending their 69-match unbeaten run in domestic matches . Thirteen days later , he was sent off at the end of a goalless draw at Aberdeen for a challenge on Graeme Shinnie . Return to Rangers . On 22 August 2018 , Lafferty returned to Rangers for a second spell on a two-year deal . On his return to Rangers , Lafferty scored two goals in his league debut against Motherwell , a dramatic 3–3 draw . Lafferty left Rangers after having his contract terminated by mutual consent on 24 July 2019 . Sarpsborg 08 . On 27 August 2019 , Lafferty signed for Norwegian Eliteserien club Sarpsborg 08 on a contract until the end of the 2019 season . Sunderland . Lafferty signed a short-term contract with Sunderland on 10 January 2020 . He scored twice from 11 League One appearances before leaving the club when his contract expired . Reggina . In July 2020 , Lafferty moved to Italy to sign for Reggina . He scored once in nine Serie B matches and played twice in the Coppa Italia before being released by mutual consent in January 2021 . Kilmarnock . Lafferty returned to Scottish football in February 2021 , signing a short-term contract with Kilmarnock . He had an immediate impact with Kilmarnock , scoring 12 goals in the space of eight games . This included a hat-trick in a 3–0 win against Dundee United on 21 April that lifted the club out of the relegation places . International career . In early 2006 , Lafferty represented Northern Ireland under-19s at the Milk Cup . He impressed during the tournament , scoring in his first game against Paraguay , but Northern Ireland lost the match 3–1 . Later in 2006 , he received his first senior Northern Ireland call-up on a post-season trip to the United States 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 Irelands 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 Irelands equaliser in the second half . On 26 March 2008 , he scored twice in an international match for the first time , in a friendly against Georgia which Northern Ireland won 4–1 . Lafferty scored in all of Northern Irelands first three matches in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying , against Hungary , the Faroe Islands and Greece , the first time that the nation won the first three matches of any qualification campaign . He added a brace on 29 March 2015 in a 2–1 home win over Finland . On 4 September , Lafferty scored once for Northern Ireland in a 3–1 win against the Faroe Islands . The result put Northern Ireland at the top of Group F and on the brink of qualifying for their first European Championship . In the following game , against Hungary three days later , he scored a stoppage-time equaliser in a 1–1 draw to keep Northern Ireland top of their group . Lafferty ended the qualifying phase with seven goals , which made him Northern Irelands top scorer as the team qualified as group winners . On 27 May 2016 , Lafferty marked his 50th international appearance with a goal in a 3–0 win over Belarus in a friendly at Windsor Park , Belfast . After Lafferty withdrew from the Northern Ireland squad for two UEFA Nations League matches in October 2018 , the Irish Football Association invoked a FIFA rule to prevent him from playing for Rangers in their next league game . Personal life . Lafferty comes from the Northern Irish Protestant community , and was the target of sectarian violence while at Rangers . He married former Miss Scotland Nicola Mimnagh at St Margarets Roman Catholic Church , in Johnstone , Renfrewshire , in June 2012 . The couple had a son , born in 2011 and also have a daughter . They later divorced . Lafferty married model and former Miss Scotland contestant Vanessa Chung at Gleneagles Hotel in May 2016 . In August 2016 , Lafferty accepted a misconduct charge from the Football Association in relation to football betting , and was fined £23,000 . Honours . Rangers - Scottish Premier League ( 3 ) : 2008–09 , 2009–10 , 2010–11 - Scottish Cup : 2008–09 - Scottish League Cup : 2009–10 , 2010–11 Palermo - Serie B : 2013–14 External links . - Kyle Lafferty profile Irish FA - NIFG profile