Kyle Hosford

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Kyle Hosford

| image =

| position = Point guard

| height_cm = 182

| weight_kg =

| league = Superleague

| team = UCC Demons

| number =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|6|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cork, Ireland

| draft_year =

| career_start = 2008

| career_end =

| years1 = 2008–2012

| team1 = UCC Demons

| years2 = 2012–2013

| team2 = Blue Demons

| years3 = 2013–2019

| team3 = UCC Demons

| years4 = 2015

| team4 = →Hibernia

| years5 = 2019–2020

| team5 = Neptune

| years6 = 2021–present

| team6 = UCC Demons

| highlights =

4× Irish Super League champion (2009, 2015, 2016, 2025)
3× Irish National Cup champion (2009, 2014, 2015)
3× Irish Champions Trophy champion (2014–2016)
Irish Super League All-Star First Team (2015)
Irish Super League All-Star Third Team (2023)
Basketball Ireland Men's Division One champion (2013)
Basketball Ireland Men's Senior National Cup champion (2013)

}}

Kyle Martin Hosford (born 27 June 1989){{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/126613/sid/11866/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305003718/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/126613/sid/11866/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2017|title=Kyle Martin Hosford's profile|work=FIBA.com|accessdate=17 May 2017}} is an Irish basketball player. He represented the Irish national team between 2015 and 2022.

Irish League career

Between 2008 and 2012, Hosford played for UCC Demons in the Irish Super League.{{cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Kyle-Hosford/Ireland/Neptune-Cork/178008|title=Kyle Hosford|work=eurobasket.com|accessdate=14 July 2021}} After a season with Demons' Division One team in 2012–13, he returned to the Super League team for the 2013–14 season. During the 2015–16 season, he competed for Hibernia in the FIBA Europe Cup.{{cite web | url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/fibaeuropecup/compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2016.roundID_11866.gameID_11876-F-1-1.html | title=BAKKEN BEARS TEACH HIBERNIA TOUGH LESSONS IN BLOW-OUT | work=FIBAEurope.com | date=October 28, 2015 | accessdate=December 15, 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201022645/http://www.fibaeurope.com/fibaeuropecup/compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.season_2016.roundID_11866.gameID_11876-F-1-1.html | archivedate=December 1, 2015}} After UCC Demons withdrew from the Super League in 2019, he joined Neptune for the 2019–20 season. For the 2021–22 season, he re-joined UCC Demons for their return season in the National League Division One.{{cite web|last=Coughlan|first=John|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40331507.html|title=Kyle Hosford's return a huge boost to new Blue Demons coach Danny O'Mahony ahead of new season|work=echolive.ie|date=7 July 2021|accessdate=14 July 2021}}

In the 2024–25 season, Hosford helped UCC Demons win the Super League championship.{{cite news |title=UCC Demons edge Killester 94-92 in thrilling final to win Domino's Men's Super League |url=https://ireland.basketball/20250413195825-ucc-demons-edge-killester-94-92-in-thrilling-final-to-win-domino-s-men-s-super-league |access-date=8 May 2025 |work=Basketball Ireland |date=13 April 2025}}

National team career

Hosford represented the Irish national team at the 2016 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/12410/tid/305/_/2016_FIBA_European_Championship_For_Small_Countries/accumulated-statistics.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227201139/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/12410/tid/305/_/2016_FIBA_European_Championship_For_Small_Countries/accumulated-statistics.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2016|title=Ireland accumulated statistics|work=FIBA.com|accessdate=17 March 2017}} He served as vice-captain of the Irish team that won the 2021 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries. Between November 2021 to June 2022, he served as captain of the Irish team. He announced his retirement from national team duties on 27 June 2022 after a seven-year international career.{{cite web|url=https://ireland.basketball/20220627151344-kyle-hosford-retires-from-international-basketball-john-carroll-named-new-ireland-captain|title=Kyle Hosford retires from international basketball, John Carroll named new Ireland captain|work=ireland.basketball|date=27 June 2022|accessdate=4 July 2022}}

References

External links

[http://www.bluedemonsbc.com/club/player/kyle-hosford/ Blue Demons website profile]
[https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/smallcountries/2016/player/Kyle-Hosford FIBA profile]

Category:1989 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen

Category:Ireland men's national basketball team players

Category:Irish men's basketball players

Category:Point guards

Category:Sportspeople from Cork (city)