Kyle Finn

Kyle Finn
Finn in October 2023
Personal information
Full name Kyle Patrick Finn[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-07) 7 December 1998 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth Leamington Spa, England
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tamworth
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2017 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Coventry City 0 (0)
2018 → Tamworth (loan) 11 (2)
2018–2019 → Hereford (loan) 10 (0)
2019–2021 Hereford 36 (0)
2019 → Stourbridge (loan) 4 (1)
2019–2020 → Rushall Olympic (loan) 3 (0)
2021–2022 Halesowen Town 38 (15)
2022– Tamworth 81 (24)
International career‡
2015 Republic of Ireland U18 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:16, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:00, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Kyle Patrick Finn (born 7 December 1998) is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League side Tamworth.

Playing career

Coventry City

Finn made his professional debut in a 3–1 EFL Cup loss to Blackburn Rovers on 8 August 2017.[3] Kyle signed a contract extension with the club on 15 March 2018, the new deal would take him to June 2019, with the club holding an option of a further year to take him to June 2020.[4]

Tamworth (loan)

In August 2018, he moved to Tamworth on a one-month loan deal.[5] A month later, the initial loan was extended by a further four months.[6]

Hereford (loan)

It was confirmed on 30 October 2018, that Finn made his second loan of the campaign, on this occasion he joined National League North side Hereford on an initial one-month long loan deal after he was recalled from his loan at Tamworth.[7] The loan was extended again for a further month on 6 December.

Hereford

On 7 January 2019, his move to Hereford was made permanent, with Coventry City retaining a sell-on fee.[8]

Stourbridge (loan)

He was loaned to Southern League Premier Division Central side Stourbridge on 8 August 2019.[9]

Kyle made his debut for Stourbridge on 10 August 2019 in a Southern League Premier Division Central fixture away at Hitchin Town, Finn scored what proved to be the winning goal in a 2–1 victory.[10]

Rushall Olympic (loan)

On 11 October 2019, Finn made the loan switch to fellow Southern League Premier Division Central side Rushall Olympic.[11]

Halesowen Town

Finn joined Northern Premier League Division One Midlands side Halesowen Town on 8 June 2021, he stated that he decided to drop two divisions due to increased work commitments.[12]

Kyle made his debut for Halesowen Town on 14 August 2021 in a Northern Premier League Division One Midlands fixture away at Cambridge City, and proved to be the matchwinner scoring the winning goal in a 2–1 victory.[13]

Tamworth

Finn playing for Tamworth in August 2022.

On 1 June 2022, Finn re-signed for Southern League Premier Division Central side Tamworth.[14]

Finn made his second debut for Tamworth on 6 August 2022, in a Southern League Premier Division Central fixture at home to Ilkeston Town, with the match finishing 1-1.[15]

On 20 August 2022, Finn scored his first goal of the 2022–23 season in an away fixture against Bedford Town, with the player netting on the 54th minute to give Tamworth a 5–0 lead, with the match finishing 8–1 to Tamworth.[16]

International career

Finn was called up to represent Republic of Ireland U18 in friendly matches against Czech Republic U18, and played in a match on 30 November 2015, starting the game, and being replaced by Trevor Clarke on the 55th minute, with Czech Republic winning the match 3–1.[17]

Career statistics

As of end of 2023–24 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Coventry City 2017–18[18] League Two 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Tamworth (loan) 2018–19[19] Southern League Premier Division Central 11 2 1 0 — 0 0 12 2
Hereford (loan) 2018–19 National League North 10 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 11 0
Hereford 2018–19 National League North 16 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 17 0
2019–20 National League North 7 0 0 0 — 0 0 7 0
2020–21[20] National League North 13 0 0 0 — 7[a] 1 20 1
Total 46 0 0 0 — 9 1 55 1
Stourbridge (loan) 2019–20[19] Southern League Premier Division Central 4 1 0 0 — 0 0 4 1
Rushall Olympic (loan) 2019–20[19] Southern League Premier Division Central 3 0 0 0 — 1[b] 0 4 0
Halesowen Town 2021–22[21] Northern Premier League Division One Midlands 38 15 3 0 — 3[c] 1 44 16
Tamworth 2022–23[19] Southern League Premier Division Central 41 10 1 0 — 6[d] 1 48 11
2023–24[20] National League North 40 14 3 0 — 1[a] 0 44 14
Total 81 24 4 0 — 7 1 92 25
Career total 183 42 8 0 1 0 20 3 212 45
  1. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Staffordshire Senior Cup
  3. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in Birmingham Senior Cup
  4. ^ Five appearances and one goal in FA Trophy, one appearance in Birmingham Senior Cup

Honours

Tamworth

References

  1. ^ "Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Coventry City 1-3 Blackburn Rovers". BBC Sport. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. ^ "NEWS: Kyle Finn Agrees Contract Extension". CCFC.co.uk. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Kyle Finn Joins Tamworth On Loan". Coventry City. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Kyle Finn extends Tamworth loan". Coventry City. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  7. ^ "LOAN: Kyle Finn Joins Hereford". CCFC.co.uk. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  8. ^ "NEWS Kyle Finn Makes Permanent Switch to Edgar Street". HerefordFC.co.uk. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  9. ^ "NEWS Youngsters Look for First Team Experience". Hereford F.C. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Hitchin Town 1-2 Stourbridge". StourbridgeFC.com. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  11. ^ "BREAKING: MCDONALD EXCITED BY FINN LOAN CAPTURE". ROFC.co.uk. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  12. ^ Goddard, Ben (10 August 2019). "Kyle Finn signs for step-four side due to "increased work commitments"". Hereford Times. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Cambridge City 1-2 Halesowen Town". FootballWebPages.co.uk. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Lambs Make Fourth New Signing". SouthernFootballLeague.co.uk. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Tamworth 1-1 Ilkeston Town". TamworthFC.co.uk. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Bedford Town 1-8 Tamworth". TamworthFC.co.uk. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Republic of Ireland 1-3 Czech Republic". FAI.ie. 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  18. ^ "Games played by Kyle Finn in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  19. ^ a b c d "Player profiles: Kyle Finn". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  20. ^ a b Kyle Finn at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Halesowen Town – Appearances – Kyle Finn". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 1 June 2022.