Kyle Lafferty

**Kyle Lafferty** (born September 16, 1987, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a striker  for West of Scotland Football League First Division side Johnstone Burgh.

He is a three-time champion of Scotland, Scottish Cup winner and twice winner of the Scottish League Cup.

## Biography

Kyle Lafferty was born on September 16, 1987, in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

He started his football career in 2005 with the Burnley F.C.

In January 2006, he was loaned by Darlington for a year without the right to purchase.

On June 19, 2008 Lafferty signed a 5-year contract with the Rangers Football Club in Glasgow.

On May 15, 2011, Kyle Lafferty scored a hat-trick again, but this time in the match against Kilmarnock, which ended with a score of 5-1.

On June 30, he signed a 3-year contract with the Swiss club Sion.

In 2013, Lafferty signed a three-year contract with Palermo.

On August 22, 2018, he returned to the Rangers where he played to 2019.

In 2019, Kyle Lafferty signed a contract with the Norwegian club Sarpsborg 08.

On January 10, 2020, the footballer signed a six-month contract with Sunderland.

### Personal life

Lafferty is married to former Miss Scotland title holder Nicola Mimna and the couple has a son.

### Club statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=4|Burnley|2005–06|Championship|11|1|—|1|0|—|12|1|||
|2006–07|Championship|35|4|1|0|1|0|—|37|4||||
|2007–08|Championship|37|5|1|0|2|0|—|40|5||||
|Darlington (loan)|2005–06|League Two|9|3|—|—|—|9|3|||||
|rowspan=5|Rangers|2008–09|Scottish Premier League|25|6|3|2|3|1|1|0|32|9|
|2009–10|Scottish Premier League|28|7|5|0|2|0|4|0|39|7|||
|2010–11|Scottish Premier League|31|11|2|1|3|3|8|0|44|15|||
|2011–12|Scottish Premier League|20|7|0|0|1|0|2|0|23|7|||
|Sion|2012–13|Swiss Super League|25|5|3|3|—|—|28|8||||
|Palermo|2013–14|Serie B|34|11|2|1|—|—|36|12||||
|rowspan=4|Norwich City|2014–15|Championship|18|1|1|0|1|0|—|20|1||
|2015–16|Premier League|1|0|1|0|1|1|—|3|1||||
|2016–17|Championship|12|1|2|0|2|1|—|16|2||||
|Çaykur Rizespor (loan)|2014–15|Süper Lig|14|2|1|0|—|—|15|2||||
|Birmingham City (loan)|2015–16|Championship|6|1|—|—|—|6|1|||||
|rowspan=3|Heart of Midlothian|2017–18|Scottish Premiership|35|12|2|3|4|4|—|41|19||
|2018–19|Scottish Premiership|2|1|0|0|5|0|—|7|1||||
|Rangers|2018–19|Scottish Premiership|21|4|0|0|0|0|5|1|26|5||
|Sarpsborg 08|2019|Eliteserien|9|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|9|1||
|Sunderland|2019–20|League One|11|2|—|—|—|11|2|||||
|Reggina|2020–21|Serie B|9|1|2|0|—|—|11|1||||
|Kilmarnock|2020–21|Scottish Premiership|9|8|2|4|—|2|1|13|13|||
|Anorthosis Famagusta|2021–22|Cypriot First Division|5|0|0|0|—|6|1|11|1|||
|rowspan=3|Kilmarnock|2021–22|Scottish Championship|14|8|1|0|—|0|0|15|8||
|2022–23|Scottish Premiership|12|1|1|0|4|2|—|17|5||||
|Linfield|2022–23|NIFL Premiership|8|0|—|0|0|—|8|0||||
|Johnstone Burgh|2023-24|West of Scotland League First Division|2|2|0|0|0|0|—|2|2|||

#### Statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=17|Northern Ireland|2006|7|1|
|2007|7|2|||
|2008|5|3|||
|2009|4|1|||
|2010|5|1|||
|2011|2|0|||
|2012|5|1|||
|2013|1|0|||
|2014|5|3|||
|2015|6|4|||
|2016|12|4|||
|2017|8|0|||
|2018|3|0|||
|2019|5|0|||
|2020|4|0|||
|2021|6|0|||
|2022|4|0|||

#### Goals

- _As of match played 5 September 2021_
- _Northern Ireland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Lafferty goal_

|scope=col|No.|scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16 August 2006|Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland|3||2–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||||
|22 August 2007|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|11||3–0|3–1|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||||
|17 October 2007|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden|13||1–1|1–1|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||||
|26 March 2008|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|16|rowspan=2|1–0|4–1|Friendly||||||||||
|3–0||||||||||||||||
|15 October 2008|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|18||3–0|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|5 September 2009|Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland|22||1–0|1–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|12 October 2010|Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands|28||1–1|1–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||||
|15 August 2012|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|31||2–0|3–3|Friendly||||||||||
|7 September 2014|Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary|38||2–1|2–1|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying||||||||||
|11 October 2014|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|39||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying||||||||||
|14 October 2014|Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus, Greece|40||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying||||||||||
|29 March 2015|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|42|rowspan=2|1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying||||||||||
|2–0||||||||||||||||
|4 September 2015|Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands|44||3–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying||||||||||
|7 September 2015|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|45||1–1|1–1|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying||||||||||
|27 May 2016|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|50||1–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||||
|8 October 2016|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|53|rowspan=2|2–0|4–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||
|4–0||||||||||||||||
|11 November 2016|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|54||1–0|4–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||

## Honours

**Rangers**
- Scottish Premier League: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Scottish Cup: 2008–09
- Scottish League Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11

**Palermo**
- Serie B: 2013–14

**Kilmarnock**
- Scottish Championship: 2021–22

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Kyle Lafferty
- **image**: Kyle Lafferty 2012.jpg
- **caption**: Lafferty playing for Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland in 2012
- **fullname**: Kyle Joseph George Lafferty
- **birth place**: Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Johnstone Burgh F.C., Johnstone Burgh
- **youthyears1**: 2004–2005
- **youthclubs1**: Burnley F.C., Burnley
- **years1**: 2005–2008
- **clubs1**: Burnley F.C., Burnley
- **caps1**: 83
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 2006
- **clubs2**: → Darlington F.C., Darlington (loan)
- **caps2**: 9
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2008–2012
- **clubs3**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **caps3**: 104
- **goals3**: 31
- **years4**: 2012–2013
- **clubs4**: FC Sion, Sion
- **caps4**: 25
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 2013–2014
- **clubs5**: US Città di Palermo, Palermo
- **caps5**: 34
- **goals5**: 11
- **years6**: 2014–2017
- **clubs6**: Norwich City F.C., Norwich City
- **caps6**: 31
- **goals6**: 2
- **years7**: 2015
- **clubs7**: → Çaykur Rizespor (loan)
- **caps7**: 14
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 2016
- **clubs8**: → Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City (loan)
- **caps8**: 6
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2017–2018
- **clubs9**: Heart of Midlothian F.C., Heart of Midlothian
- **caps9**: 37
- **goals9**: 13
- **years10**: 2018–2019
- **clubs10**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **caps10**: 21
- **goals10**: 4
- **years11**: 2019
- **clubs11**: Sarpsborg 08 FF, Sarpsborg 08
- **caps11**: 9
- **goals11**: 1
- **years12**: 2020
- **clubs12**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps12**: 5
- **goals12**: 2
- **years13**: 2020
- **clubs13**: Reggina 1914, Reggina
- **caps13**: 9
- **goals13**: 1
- **years14**: 2021
- **clubs14**: Kilmarnock F.C., Kilmarnock
- **caps14**: 9
- **goals14**: 8
- **years15**: 2021
- **clubs15**: Anorthosis Famagusta
- **caps15**: 5
- **goals15**: 0
- **years16**: 2022–2023
- **clubs16**: Kilmarnock F.C., Kilmarnock
- **caps16**: 26
- **goals16**: 9
- **years17**: 2023
- **clubs17**: Linfield F.C., Linfield
- **caps17**: 8
- **goals17**: 0
- **years18**: 2023–
- **clubs18**: Johnstone Burgh F.C., Johnstone Burgh
- **caps18**: 2
- **goals18**: 2
- **nationalteam1**: Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 5
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **nationalteam2**: Northern Ireland national under-19 football team, Northern Ireland U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 6
- **nationalgoals2**: 4
- **nationalyears3**: 2006
- **nationalteam3**: Northern Ireland national under-21 football team, Northern Ireland U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 4
- **nationalyears4**: 2006–2022
- **nationalteam4**: Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland
- **nationalcaps4**: 89
- **nationalgoals4**: 20
- **club-update**: 15:38, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 22:50, 16 February 2022 (UTC)