Steven Boyd (born 12 April 1997) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. Boyd has previously played for Hamilton Academical,

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, East Fife, Peterhead and

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Club career

After being a member of the youth system at

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(where he moved through the age groups with

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and won multiple trophies including the

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) Boyd was released and signed for Hamilton Academical in 2014; he made his senior debut for the club in the

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on 23 May 2015, a few weeks after turning 18. The following season, he made only five league appearances but was in the match day squad for the majority of fixtures, and a regular in the

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. On 19 August 2016, Boyd signed for League One club

on loan until January 2017. He was loaned to Championship club

in December 2017, initially on an "emergency" basis. The loan was extended in January 2018 until the end of the season. In January 2019 he signed a new contract with Hamilton, running until the end of the 2020–21 season. Boyd left the club in August 2019. In September 2019 he signed for East Fife on a short-term deal until January 2020. In January 2020 he moved to Peterhead. Boyd signed for

in June 2021. The striker signed for

in 2022.

International career

Boyd represented Scotland at under-15, under-16 and under-17 youth international level.Steven Boyd
at Scottish FA

Career statistics

References

1997 births Living people Scottish footballers Celtic F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Albion Rovers F.C. players Livingston F.C. players East Fife F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Association football forwards Scotland youth international footballers Peterhead F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1990s-stub