Morgan Boyes

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.

Morgan Boyes
Personal information
Full name Morgan Marc Boyes[1][2]
Date of birth (2001-04-22) 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
(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) 5 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Wales U19 7 (0)
2020– Wales U21 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:56, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2021

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
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
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
Total 18110000000191
Total 20120200030271
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

Liverpool

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. 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. Morgan Boyes at Soccerway
  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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