Robbie Doyle

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Robbie Doyle

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Robert Doyle

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|4|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| height =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1998–2001

| youthclubs1 = Blackburn Rovers

| years1 = 2001–2002

| clubs1 = Bray Wanderers

| caps1 = 8

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2002–2003

| clubs2 = UCD

| caps2 = 24

| goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2003–2004

| clubs3 = Bohemians

| caps3 = 44

| goals3 = 9

| years4 = 2004–2005

| clubs4 = St Patrick's Athletic

| caps4 = 42

| goals4 = 12

| years5 = 2006

| clubs5 = Bray Wanderers

| caps5 = 21

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2006–2007

| clubs6 = Macclesfield Town

| caps6 = 2

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2007

| clubs7 = Dundalk

| caps7 = 17

| goals7 = 6

| years8 = 2008–2009

| clubs8 = Sporting Fingal

| caps8 = 42

| goals8 = 19

| years9 = 2010

| clubs9 = Bray Wanderers

| caps9 = 20

| goals9 = 2

| totalcaps = 220

| totalgoals = 57

| nationalyears1 = 2002

| nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U21

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1999

| nationalteam2 = Republic of Ireland U17

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Robbie Doyle (born 22 April 1982, Bray) is an Irish retired soccer player.

Career

The "journeyman" started his career with Blackburn Rovers spending 3 years at the club.

He returned home to sign for his home town club Bray Wanderers in time for the 2001/02 season making his League of Ireland debut as a substitute at Tolka Park on 9 November. He made a handful of appearances at the club when Paul Doolin offered him regular first team football at UCD and so Doyle was on his way again. He scored on his debut for UCD on the first day of the 2002/03 season against Bohemians and his performances that season impressed Stephen Kenny enough to offer him a move to Bohemians at the end of the season. Doyle made a decent start to life at Dalymount and played in all of Bohs' four 2003–04 UEFA Champions League qualifiers but he fell out with Kenny and in mid-2004, he returned once again to St Patrick's Athletic. He has since played for Bray Wanderers (again) and Macclesfield Town.{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/macclesfield_town/s/234/234813_macc_sign_new_striker.html |title=Manchester Football, Manchester City, Manchester United, Bury FC, FC United, Oldham Athletic, Rochdale FC, Stockport County FC and more |publisher=Manchestereveningnews.co.uk }}

On 4 July 2007, Doyle agreed to sign for Dundalk from Macclesfield Town.{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerscene.ie/p2240.html |title=Etomite » |publisher=Soccerscene.ie }} He was released at the end of the 2007 season by Dundalk and signed for Sporting Fingal F.C. at the start of the 2008 season and ended the season as First Division top scorer.{{cite web |url=http://www.eircomloi.ie/the-divisions/first-division/tables/ |title=Eircom League of ireland – TABLES |accessdate=2008-11-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201062940/http://eircomloi.ie/the-divisions/first-division/tables/ |archivedate=1 February 2009 }} Fingal achieved promotion to the Premier Division in 2009 and better was to come as Fingal and Doyle won the FAI Cup when beating Sligo Rovers 2–1 at Tallaght Stadium.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1122/sporting_sligo.html |title=Fingal win FAI Cup |publisher=Rte.ie |date=22 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330184009/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1122/sporting_sligo.html |archivedate=30 March 2010 }}

On 4 March 2010 he re-signed for Bray Wanderers.{{cite web|url=http://www.braypeople.ie/sport/soccer/doyle-and-baker-sign-for-seagulls-2097684.html |title=Doyle and Baker sign for Seagulls – Independent.ie |publisher=Braypeople.ie |date=10 March 2010}} In his three spells at his hometown club Doyle scored 5 goals in 59 total appearances.

International career

He has also represented Ireland at Under-15, Under-16, Under-17, Under-18 and Under-21 levels. He got his only U21 cap in Finland in 2002.

Playing for Ardmore Rovers he was part of the team that won the Nordic Cup in August 1998 scoring the winner against Iceland{{cite news| url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1998/0806/Pg021.html#Ar02104:33C59B3745BF22363C23B64F2B959B3305BF2A562F2BC6422BC62F2C164220D63C21E64F |title=Register |access-date=27 August 2023 |url-access=subscription |work=The Irish Times}} and Norway.{{cite news| url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1998/0808/Pg031.html#Ar03105:6447F866380B56487F57E8925DB9C55F49D1 |title=Register |access-date=27 August 2023 |url-access=subscription |work=The Irish Times}} Then scoring the opening goal in the final win over England.{{cite news| url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1998/0810/Pg024.html#Ar02403:2A45172B65292B75172C05292D25902EA5A326E51729C529 |title=Register |access-date=27 August 2023 |url-access=subscription |work=The Irish Times}}

He scored twice against France while playing for Ireland Under 17s.{{cite news| url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1999/1111/Pg023.html#Ar02303:45EA0749FA2B153A9F19DAB7347B0A374B1F4B2A7C4E0A92526AA9552AB7 |title=Register |access-date=27 August 2023 |url-access=subscription |work=The Irish Times}}

Personal life

In April 2005 Doyle's older brother Richie died suddenly of Sudden unexpected death syndrome.{{Cite web|url=http://www.braypeople.ie/news/young-man-dies-playing-soccer-587333.html|title = Bray News | Latest Bray News Headlines from the Bray People – Independent.ie}}

From 2011, he has been used in various advertising campaigns nationwide as a male model, featuring heavily in BMW's ad for Winter 2011. He currently resides in the seaside village of Greystones, County Wicklow, living with his wife Nikki and their daughter Nahla. Since his modelling and football days, he is now known as a very talented [http://www.robbiedoyle.ie singer songwriter].