Robbie Doyle

Robbie Doyle

Personal information
Full name	Robert Doyle
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2001	Blackburn Rovers	0	(0)
?–?	→ Huddersfield Town (loan)	0	(0)
?–?	→ Oldham Athletic (loan)	0	(0)
2001–2002	St Patrick's Athletic	?	(0)
2001–2002	Bray Wanderers	?	(1)
2002–2003	UCD	?	(7)
2003–2004	Bohemians	?	(9)
2004–2005	St. Patrick's Athletic	?	(13)
2006	Bray Wanderers	21	(1)
2007	Macclesfield Town	2	(0)
2007	Dundalk	17	(6)
2008-2009	Sporting Fingal	42	(19)
2010	Bray Wanderers	20	(1)
International career
2002	Ireland U-21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robbie Doyle (born 22 April 1982, Bray) is an Irish soccer player who is currently unattached. He most recently played for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bray Wanderers.

Career

The "journeyman" started his career with Blackburn Rovers spending 3 years at the club. He had loan spells at Huddersfield Town and Oldham Athletic before returning to Ireland.

Doyle had a short spell at St Patrick's Athletic on his return before joining Bray Wanderers in time for the 2001/02 season. He made a handful of appearances at the club when Paul Doolin offered him regular first team football at UCD and so Doyle was on his way again. He scored on his debut for UCD on the first day of the 2002/03 season against Bohemians and his performances that season impressed Stephen Kenny enough to offer him a move to Bohemians at the end of the season. Doyle made a decent start to life at Dalymount and played in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers but he fell out with Kenny and in mid 2004, he returned once again to St Patricks Athletic. He has since played for Bray Wanderers (again) and Macclesfield Town[1].

On July 4, 2007, Robbie agreed to sign for Dundalk FC from Macclesfield Town [2].

He was released at the end of the 2007 season by Dundalk and signed for Sporting Fingal F.C. at the start of the 2008 season and ended the season as First Division top scorer [3]. Fingal achieved promotion to the Premier Division in 2009 and better was to come as Fingal and Doyle won the FAI Cup when beating Sligo Rovers 2-1 at Tallaght Stadium.

On the 4th March 2010 he re-signed for Bray Wanderers [4].

International career

He has also represented Ireland at Under-15, Under-16, Under-17, Under-18 and Under-21 levels. He got his only U21 cap in Finland in 2002.

Playing for Ardmore Rovers he was part of the team that won the Nordic Cup in August 1998 scoring the winner against Iceland [5] and Norway [6]. Then scoring the opening goal in the final win over England [7]

He scored twice against France while playing for Ireland Under 17s [8].

Personal

In April 2005 Robbie's older brother Richie died suddenly of Sudden unexpected death syndrome [9].

Robbie is a cousin with the famed accountant Cormac T. Hawney, who currently resides in New Orleans, LA

Honours

• FAI Cup: 1
  • Sporting Fingal - 2009