Brad Lyons

Brad Lyons

Personal information
Full name	Brad Joseph Lyons[1]
Date of birth	(1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 (age 27)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kilmarnock
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2019	Coleraine	94	(17)
2018–2019	→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)	0	(0)
2019–2021	Blackburn Rovers	0	(0)
2019	→ St Mirren (loan)	15	(1)
2021	→ Morecambe (loan)	14	(1)
2021–	Kilmarnock	79	(3)
International career^‡
2023–	Northern Ireland	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:00, 2 January 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:49, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Brad Joseph Lyons (born 26 May 1997) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock and the Northern Ireland national team.

Club career

Lyons began his career in the Irish Premiership with Coleraine.^[2] After helping Coleraine win the Irish Cup, in September 2018 he moved on loan to English club Blackburn Rovers, with the deal to become permanent in January 2019.^[3] In January 2019 he signed a permanent 18-month contract,^[4] his first ever professional contract.^[5] He stated that he wanted to break into the Blackburn first-team.^[6] Later that month he moved on loan to St Mirren.^[7] He was sent off 28 minutes into his debut, in the Scottish Cup, on 19 January 2019.^[8] He was offered a new contract by Blackburn at the end of the 2019–20 season.^[9]

In December 2020 he appeared in a Blackburn Rovers' first-team match day squad for the first time since he signed for the club.^[10] He moved on loan to Morecambe in January 2021.^[11][12]

On 14 May 2021 it was announced that he would leave Blackburn at the end of the season, following the expiry of his contract.^[13]

On 17 June 2021, it was announced that Lyons would join Scottish Championship side Kilmarnock on a two-year deal following the expiry of his Blackburn contract.^[14]

International career

In August 2023, Lyons received his first call-up to the Northern Ireland senior national team by head coach Michael O'Neill, for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Slovenia and Kazakhstan.^[15][16] He made his debut on 17 October 2023.^[17][18]

References

1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
2. Brad Lyons at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
3. "Brad Lyons: Coleraine midfielder completes Blackburn Rovers move". BBC Sport. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
4. Gareth Fullerton (11 January 2019). "Brad Lyons signs permanent deal with Blackburn Rovers". Belfast Live. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
5. "I will always love Coleraine: Brad Lyons' Blackburn move made permanent". Belfast Telegraph. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
6. Gareth Fullerton (11 January 2019). "Brad Lyons reveals first-team ambition after signing professional contract with Blackburn Rovers". Belfast Live. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
7. "St Mirren: Blackburn Rovers' Brad Lyons reunited with Oran Kearney after loan". BBC Sport. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
8. "St Mirren 3-2 Alloa: Premiership strugglers hit back with late salvo to deny Athletic". 19 January 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
9. "Rovers confirm Retain List". www.rovers.co.uk.
10. Crooke, Jaquob (17 December 2020). "Mowbray explains Lyons decision as Butterworth enters first-team fray". LancsLive.
11. "Debut at Chelsea awaits as Rovers youngster makes loan switch". Lancashire Telegraph.
12. "Morecambe sign Rovers midfielder Lyons" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
13. "Rovers confirm Retain List". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 14 May 2021.
14. "Brad Lyons joins Tommy Wright's Killie rebuild". kilmarnockfc.co.uk. 17 June 2021. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
15. "Michael O'Neill reveals Northern Ireland squad for Euro qualifiers". 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
16. "Lyons earns first Northern Ireland call-up". BBC Sport. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
17. "Brad Lyons: Playing for Northern Ireland is the pinnacle… now I've got a taste of it, I want more". 18 October 2023 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
18. "'I'm trying to pinch myself' - Lyons on NI debut" – via www.bbc.co.uk.