Tyler Boyd (soccer)

Tyler Dominic Boyd (born December 30, 1994) is a New Zealand-American soccer player who plays as a striker or right winger for Turkish club Sivasspor, on loan from Beşiktaş, and the United States national team.

Tyler Boyd

Boyd with the United States at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name	Tyler Dominic Boyd[1]
Date of birth	December 30, 1994
Place of birth	Tauranga, New Zealand
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker, Right winger
Club information
Current team	Sivasspor (on loan from Beşiktaş)
Number	99
Youth career
	Melville United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011	Melville United
2011–2012	Waikato FC	14	(4)
2012–2015	Wellington Phoenix	48	(4)
2014–2015	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	6	(10)
2015–2017	Vitória de Guimarães B	73	(13)
2015–2019	Vitória de Guimarães	12	(0)
2017–2018	→ Tondela (loan)	27	(5)
2019	→ Ankaragücü (loan)	14	(6)
2019–	Beşiktaş	25	(2)
2021–	→ Sivasspor (loan)	2	(0)
National team^‡
2013	New Zealand U20	9	(1)
2014–2015	New Zealand	5	(0)
2019–	United States	10	(2)
Honours Representing  United States Runner-up CONCACAF Gold Cup 2019
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 7, 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 19, 2019

Personal life

Boyd is a citizen of both New Zealand and the United States, having been born in New Zealand to a New Zealand father and an American mother. He was raised in Santa Ynez, California, until the age of 10, when he returned to New Zealand.[3] He credits the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team as his inspiration for starting the game as he served as a ball boy and they held camps near his hometown.[4]

Club career

New Zealand clubs

After coming through the youth teams, Boyd first appeared for the senior team of Melville United in the NRFL Premier during the 2011 season, helping them to a third-placed finish.[5] Showing promise, Boyd joined Waikato FC in the ASB Premiership for the 2011–12 season.

Wellington Phoenix

In September 2012, Boyd signed a three-year contract for the Wellington Phoenix[6] and made his debut as a 17-year-old, coming on as a substitute in an A-League match against Sydney FC on October 6, 2012.[7] Boyd scored 2 goals in 20 appearances for the Phoenix in the 2013–14 season and was named the club's under-23 player of the year.[8]

Vitória de Guimarães

On February 24, 2015, Boyd signed a four-year deal with top Portuguese side Vitória de Guimarães to begin at the conclusion of the 2014–15 A-League season.[9]

Loan to Tondela

On June 29, 2017, Boyd joined Tondela on loan, joining fellow former A-League player Nick Ansell.[10]

Loan to MKE Ankaragücü

On January 31, 2019, Boyd joined Turkish Süper Lig side MKE Ankaragücü on loan until the end of the season.[11]

Beşiktaş

On July 15, 2019, Boyd joined Turkish Süper Lig side Beşiktaş, signing a 4-year contract.[12] On November 7, 2019, Boyd scored his first goal for the club in a 3-1 defeat to Sporting Braga in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League.[13]

On September 13, 2020, Boyd scored a spectacular long-range effort in a 3–1 win over Trabzonspor.[14] On October 7, Boyd was not included as one of the club's 14 foreign roster spots for the first half of the Süper Lig season. This happened despite the player having started all six of the club's games that season.[15]

On February 1, 2021, Boyd was loaned out to fellow Turkish Süper Lig club Sivasspor until the end of the season.[16]

International career

New Zealand

Boyd represented New Zealand at the 2013 OFC U-20 Championship in Fiji. He played in all three group matches at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.[17]

Boyd made his senior debut for New Zealand on 5 March 2014 with fellow debutant and former Melville United teammate Ryan Thomas in a friendly against Japan in Tokyo.[18]

United States

On May 18, 2019, having solely appeared in friendly matches for New Zealand, FIFA approved a one-time switch for Boyd to represent the United States internationally.[19] Just days later, on 22 May, he was named in the United States' provisional roster for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[20]

Boyd made his senior debut for the United States on June 9, 2019, in a friendly against Venezuela in Cincinnati, Ohio.[21]

In his second game for the United States, Boyd scored his first goal for his new country, scoring in their Gold Cup game against Guyana on June 18, 2019. The goal was the 1,000th goal in United States men's national soccer team history and was assisted by midfielder Michael Bradley. In the 80th minute, Boyd doubled his goalscoring total with his second of the game.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played October 4, 2020.[23]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vitória de Guimarães	2015–16	Primeira Liga	2	0	–		–		–		2	0
	2016–17	Primeira Liga	–		–		–		–		0	0
	2018–19	Primeira Liga	10	0	1	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	12	0
	Total		12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	0
Vitória de Guimarães B	2015–16	Segunda Liga	39	5	–		–		–		39	5
	2016–17	Segunda Liga	34	8	–		–		–		34	8
	Total		73	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	73	13
Tondela (loan)	2017–18	Primeira Liga	27	5	0	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	28	5
Ankaragücü (loan)	2018–19	Süper Lig	14	6	0	0	0	0	–		14	6
Beşiktaş	2019–20	Süper Lig	21	1	3	1	4[lower-alpha 2]	1	–		28	3
	2020–21	Süper Lig	4	1	0	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	–		6	1
	Total		25	2	3	1	6	1	0	0	34	4
Career total			151	26	4	1	6	1	2	0	163	28

1. Appearance in the Taça da Liga
2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
3. One appearance in the UEFA Champions League and one appearance in the UEFA Europa League

International

As of matches played June 30, 2019. United States score listed first, score column indicates score after each Boyd goal.

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	June 18, 2019	Allianz Field, Saint Paul, United States	2	Guyana	2–0	4–0	2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2					4–0

See also

• List of association footballers who have been capped for two senior national teams
• List of foreign Primeira Liga players
• List of Wellington Phoenix FC players

References

1. "List of Players — 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
2. "Tyler Boyd". bjk.com.tr. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. "ASN: Dual national Tyler Boyd hopes success at Guimarães leads to international choice". americansoccernow.com. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
4. Sciaretta, Brian (May 28, 2019). "After switching to represent the U.S. team, Boyd exicited [sic] for the future". www.americansoccernow.com. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
5. "2011". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
6. "Phoenix snap up young striker Boyd".
7. "Tyler Boyd: He shoots, he scores".
8. Worthington, Sam. "Albert Riera Phoenix's player of the year". Fairfax NZ News. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
9. "Wellington Phoenix confirm striker Tyler Boyd will join Portuguese club Vitoria SC at conclusion of A-League season". abc.net.au. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
10. "Avançado neozelandês Tyler Boyd emprestado ao Tondela" [New Zealand forward Tyler Boyd on loan to Tondela]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). June 29, 2017.
11. "Tyler Boyd ve Kitsiou MKE Ankaragücü'nde" [Tyler Boyd and Kitsiou MKE at Ankaragücü] (in Turkish). =beIN Sports. January 30, 2019.
12. "Tyler Boyd Beşiktaş'ta" [Tyler Boyd moves to Beşiktaş] (in Turkish). bjk.com.tr. July 15, 2019.
13. "USA's Tyler Boyd Scores First Goal for Besiktas". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
14. "US international Tyler Boyd scores highlight-reel goal for Turkish club Besiktas". MLS Soccer. September 13, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
15. "USMNT's Berhalter: Tyler Boyd's Besiktas roster situation 'surprising'". ESPN. October 9, 2020.
16. Joseph, Brendan (February 1, 2021). "Tyler Boyd joins Sivasspor on loan". Stars and Stripes FC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
17. fifa.com. "Tyler Boyd Tournament Statistics".
18. "Young All Whites bravehearts front up to Japan".
19. "FIFA APPROVES CHANGE OF ASSOCIATION REQUEST FOR TYLER BOYD".
20. "MNT ANNOUNCES COMBINED PREPARATION CAMP ROSTER TO BEGIN SUMMER".
21. "U.S. Men's National Team Falls 3-0 To Venezuela In Cincinnati". www.ussoccer.com.
22. Mendola, Nicholas (June 18, 2019). "Tyler Boyd scores 1,000th goal in USMNT history". NBC Sport.
23. "Tyler Boyd". Soccerway. Retrieved September 12, 2020.

External links

• Tyler Boyd at Soccerway
• Tyler Boyd – FIFA competition record