Morgan Boyes

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Morgan Boyes
Personal information
Full name Morgan Marc Boyes[1][2]
Date of birth (2001-04-22) 22 April 2001 (age 25)
Place of birth St Asaph, Wales
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 St Johnstone
Youth career
Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Liverpool 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Fleetwood Town (loan) 2 (0)
2022–2024 Livingston 32 (1)
2023–2024 → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) 25 (3)
2024–2025 Greenock Morton 31 (2)
2025– St Johnstone 0 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Wales U19 7 (0)
2020–2022 Wales U21 11 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:24, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 February 2024

Morgan Marc Boyes (born 22 April 2001) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Championship club St Johnstone. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a left-back. He is a former Wales under-21 international.

Early life

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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

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Liverpool

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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

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On 4 January 2022, Boyes joined Scottish Premiership side Livingston on an 18-month contract, with an option of a further year.[13]

Inverness

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On 1 September 2023 Boyes joined Scottish Championship club Inverness on a loan deal till the end of the 2023/24 season.

Greenock Morton

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Following his departure from Livi, Boyes signed for Greenock Morton.[14]

St Johnstone

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On 29 May 2025, Boyes signed for Scottish Championship club St Johnstone on a two-year deal.[15]

International career

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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,[16][17] playing all 90 minutes in Wales's 2–1 defeat by Ireland at Colliers Park, Wrexham on 26 March 2021.[18] 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.[19]

Style of play

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Boyes is a centre-back but has also been deployed as a left back so far during his career.[20] He has described himself as a "calm defender who likes to play and build up from the back.".[21] Joey Barton, who managed Boyes during his loan spell at Fleetwood, described him as "a young player with plenty of potential".[22]

Career statistics

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Club

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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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool U21 2019–20 — — — — 2[a] 0 2 0
Liverpool 2019–20 Premier League 0 0 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
Fleetwood Town (loan) 2020–21 League One 2 0 0 0 1 0 — 1[a] 0 4 0
Livingston 2021–22 Scottish Premiership 9 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 9 0
2022–23 9 1 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 10 1
Total 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 1
Total 20 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 27 1
  1. ^ a b Appearances in EFL Trophy

Honours

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Liverpool

References

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  2. ^ Morgan Boyes at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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