Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kyle Alexander Joseph [1] | ||
Date of birth | 10 September 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Chipping Barnet, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.86 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Blackpool | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2020 | Wigan Athletic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | Wigan Athletic | 18 | (5) |
2021–2023 | Swansea City | 10 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Cheltenham Town (loan) | 19 | (4) |
2022–2023 | → Oxford United (loan) | 37 | (9) |
2023– | Blackpool | 30 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Scotland U18 | 2 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Scotland U19 | 7 | (1) |
2021 | Scotland U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:24, 28 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:29, 12 August 2021 (UTC) |
Kyle Alexander Joseph (born 10 September 2001) is a professional footballer who plays for EFL League One club Blackpool. Born in England, Joseph is a youth international for Scotland.
Joseph was born in Chipping Barnet. [2] He attended Birkdale High School in Southport. [3]
Joseph joined Wigan Athletic's academy at the age of 13 and signed his first professional contract with the club in February 2019, lasting until summer 2021. [4] He made his debut as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat at home to Northampton Town on 31 October 2020, [5] before making his full debut for the club against Blackpool on 3 November. [6] [7]
He scored his first goal for Wigan on 5 December 2020 with the only goal in a League One victory over Sunderland. [8] [9] On 29 December, he scored his first senior hat-trick as Wigan defeated Burton Albion 4–3 in League One. [10]
Joseph was substituted in the second half of a 5–0 defeat at home to Blackpool on 26 January 2021 after sustaining a back injury, with manager Leam Richardson stating after the match that "he will be out for a large part of the season". [11] [12] He returned to the matchday squad for a 2–0 win over Crewe Alexandra on 17 April 2021, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute. [13] [14] He scored five goals in 20 appearances during the 2020–21 campaign. [14]
On 11 June 2021, it was announced that Joseph had agreed to join Swansea City on a four-year deal, with Swansea paying a compensation fee of around £500,000 plus add-ons. [15] He made his debut for the club on 10 August 2021 in a 3–0 EFL Cup win over Reading. [16]
After two appearances for Swansea, [16] he joined League One club Cheltenham Town on a season-long loan on 31 August 2021. [17] [18] He scored on his debut for the club with the opening goal of a 1–1 draw with Milton Keynes Dons on 4 September 2021. [19] He scored two goals in a 3–1 win over Morecambe on 19 October 2021. [20] He scored four goals in 19 league matches before being recalled from his loan on 5 January 2022. [16] [21] He made ten Championship appearances for Swansea in the second half of the 2021–22 season, all of them as a substitute. [16]
In August 2022, Joseph joined Oxford United of League One on a season-long loan. [22] He made 41 appearances for the club in the 2022–23 season, scoring ten goals (nine of them in league fixtures). [23]
Joseph joined Blackpool on a permanent deal in July 2023. [24]
Joseph has played for Scotland internationally at under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels. [25]
Joseph usually plays as a striker, but has also been used as a right wing-back on occasion for Swansea City and Cheltenham Town. [26]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Wigan Athletic | 2020–21 [14] | EFL League One | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 20 | 5 |
Swansea City | 2021–22 [16] | EFL Championship | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Cheltenham Town (loan) | 2021–22 [16] | EFL League One | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
Oxford United (loan) | 2022–23 [23] | EFL League One | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 41 | 10 |
Career total | 84 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 95 | 19 |
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