Kyle Joseph George Lafferty

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Kyle Joseph George Lafferty, the Northern Irish forward, made 11 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 2 times, averaging 0.18 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2019-20, with 2 goals. Our match data has him appearing in 2020. More of his recorded appearances came under Lee Johnson than any other manager — 11 in all. Among the bigger results he featured in was a 3-0 win over Rochdale at home in 2020. Across 11 matches we hold detailed data for, his average match rating is 6.70.

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Kyle Joseph George Lafferty (born 16 September 1987) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Lowland League West side Johnstone Burgh . Lafferty began his professional career with English side Burnley , where he made 89 appearances. He signed for Rangers in 2008 for £3.25 million and won three Scottish Premier League titles, the Scottish Cup once and the Scottish League Cup twice with the club. In 2012 Lafferty chose not to transfer over to the new company, moving to Switzerland's FC Sion . He signed for Serie B club Palermo in 2013 and led them to promotion as champions in his only season before joining Norwich City . He spent time on loan with Turkish club Çaykur Rizespor and back in England with Birmingham City . After just over a year back in Scotland with Heart of Midlothian , Lafferty re-signed for Rangers in August 2018, and he has since had short spells with Sarpsborg 08 , Sunderland , Reggina , Kilmarnock and Anorthosis Famagusta . In January 2022, he returned to Kilmarnock , joining the club for the second time. He would then return to his native Northern Ireland to play for Linfield for a short while, before dropping down to the Scottish seventh tier to play for Johnstone Burgh . He made his first international appearance for Northern Ireland in 2006 and has more than 80 caps, representing the team at UEFA Euro 2016 . With 20 goals he is the team's second highest scorer of all time, behind former strike partner David Healy on 36. — Wikipedia

Position: FW
Nationality: Northern Ireland
Birthplace: Enniskillen
Born: 16 Sept 1987
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 71 kg

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At Sunderland

Lafferty signed a short-term contract with Sunderland on 10 January 2020. [ 52 ] He scored twice from 11 League One appearances before leaving the club when his contract expired. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] — Wikipedia

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