Morgan Boyes
Welsh footballer (born 2001)
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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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Morgan Marc Boyes[1][2] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | St Asaph, Wales | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | St Johnstone | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| 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 | 20 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Wales U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Wales U21 | 11 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:37, 2 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 February 2024 | |||
Early life
Club career
Liverpool
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
On 4 January 2022, Boyes joined Scottish Premiership side Livingston on an 18-month contract, with an option of a further year.[13]
Inverness
On 1 September 2023 Boyes joined Scottish Championship club Inverness on a loan deal till the end of the 2023/24 season.
Greenock Morton
Following his departure from Livi, Boyes signed for Greenock Morton.[14]
St Johnstone
On 29 May 2025, Boyes signed for Scottish Championship club St Johnstone on a two-year deal.[15]
International career
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
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
Club
- As of match played 21 January 2023[5]
| 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 | ||
- Appearances in EFL Trophy
Honours
Liverpool
