Morgan Boyes

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Morgan Boyes
Personal information
Full name Morgan Marc Boyes [1] [2]
Date of birth (2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth St Asaph, Wales
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Inverness
(on loan from Livingston)
Number 20
Youth career
Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2022 Liverpool 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Fleetwood Town (loan) 2 (0)
2022– Livingston 32 (1)
2023– → Inverness CT (loan) 21 (2)
International career‡
2018–2019 Wales U19 7 (0)
2020–2022 Wales U21 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:24, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 February 2024

Morgan Marc Boyes (born 22 April 2001) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Championship club Inverness, on loan from Scottish Premiership club Livingston. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back.

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Early life

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

Liverpool

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

On 4 January 2022, Boyes joined Scottish Premiership side Livingston on an 18-month contract, with an option of a further year. [13]

Inverness

On September 1 2023, Boyes joined Scottish Championship club Inverness on a loan deal till the end of the 2023/24 season.

International career

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

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

Club

As of match played 21 January 2023 [5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool U21 2019–20 ————2 [lower-alpha 1] 020
Liverpool 2019–20 Premier League 001010——20
Fleetwood Town (loan) 2020–21 League One 200010—1 [lower-alpha 1] 040
Livingston 2021–22 Scottish Premiership 900000—0090
2022–23 911000—00101
Total18110000000191
Total20120200030271
  1. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Liverpool

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References

  1. ↑ "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Morgan Boyes at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. 1 2 Vincent, Gareth (9 October 2020). "Morgan Boyes: Liverpool and Wales youngster aims to follow Neco Williams' lead". BBC Sport . Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Samra, Keiran (4 June 2019). "Liverpool FC Academy climbs Mount Snowdon for Stephen Darby Foundation". The Leader . Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 Morgan Boyes at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Simon Stone (17 December 2019). "Aston Villa 5 – Liverpool 0". BBC. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Morgan Boyes: Fleetwood Town sign young Liverpool defender on loan". BBC Sport. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Fleetwood Town 0-1 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Morgan Boyes in the 2020/21 season". Soccerbase.com. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Morgan Boyes returns from loan spell at Fleetwood Town". Liverpool FC. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  13. ↑ Black, Dave (4 January 2022). "Morgan Boyes joins the Lions from Liverpool". Livingston FC. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "U21 squad announced to face Republic of Ireland". Football Association of Wales. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  15. ↑ Wales U21 squad
  16. ↑ "FRUSTRATION FOR CYMRU U21 IN IRISH DEFEAT". FAW. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  17. ↑ "CYMRU U21 SQUAD ANNOUNCED TO FACE MOLDOVA". FAW. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  18. ↑ "Player profile: Morgan Boyes". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  19. ↑ "Boyes: I want to get going straight away". Fleetwood Town FC. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  20. ↑ "Liverpool youngster Boyes joins Town". Fleetwood Town FC. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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