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Derek Lyle

Derek Lyle

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Retired
Age45
CitizenshipScotland
Height0.00 m
Footright
BornFebruary 13, 1981
👕500+ Apps ⚽100+ Goals ⏳Veteran
Market value —
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
01/02
debut season
0.26
goals / match
Queen of the South FC
top club · 300 apps

Career highs

€200k
peak value · 2015
—
top transfer fee
21
best season · 14/15
13 · 9%
pens / of goals

Born the same day

Erhan Aydın
Attack - Centre-Forward · Retired
Liam Miller
Midfield - Central Midfield · ---
Chris Doig
Defender - Centre-Back · Retired
Luisão
Defender - Centre-Back · Retired

Shares 1981-02-13 · 6 players total

559Appearances
144Goals
46Assists
44Yellow cards
6Red cards
97Full matches (90′)
Full nameDerek Lyle
Date of birth1981-02-13 (45 yrs)
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland, Scotland
CitizenshipScotland
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height0.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2023-07-01
Contract expires—
Jul 2023
Transfer: Broomhill → Retired
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — Open Goal Broomhill FC
4 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2022
Transfer: Peterhead → Broomhill
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2021
21/22 — Peterhead FC
33 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2020
20/21 — Peterhead FC
19 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Peterhead FC
28 matches · 6 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Peterhead FC
33 matches · 10 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2018
Transfer: Queen o. t. S. → Peterhead
18/19 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — Queen of the South FC
35 matches · 8 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Queen of the South FC
37 matches · 14 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2015
15/16 — Queen of the South FC
37 matches · 17 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Queen of the South FC
41 matches · 21 G · 6 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Queen of the South FC
46 matches · 14 G · 8 A · across 5 competitions
Aug 2012
Transfer: Cowdenbeath → Queen o. t. S.
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Queen of the South FC
39 matches · 14 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2012
Transfer: Hamilton Acad. → Cowdenbeath
11/12 · Transfer
Jul 2011
11/12 — Hamilton Academical FC, Cowdenbeath FC
30 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2011
Transfer: Morton → Hamilton Acad.
11/12 · Transfer
Jan 2011
Transfer: Hamilton Acad. → Morton
10/11 · Transfer
Jul 2010
10/11 — Greenock Morton FC, Hamilton Academical FC
26 matches · 5 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Sep 2009
Injury: unknown
36 games missed
Jul 2009
09/10 — Hamilton Academical FC
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2008
08/09 — Hamilton Academical FC
25 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2008
Transfer: Dundee FC → Hamilton Acad.
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2007
07/08 — Dundee FC
27 matches · 6 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — Dundee FC
28 matches · 12 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2006
Transfer: Queen o. t. S. → Dundee FC
06/07 · Transfer
Jul 2005
05/06 — Queen of the South FC
27 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Oct 2004
Transfer: Dunfermline A. → Queen o. t. S.
04/05 · Return from loan
Jul 2004
04/05 — Queen of the South FC, Dunfermline Athletic FC
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2004
Transfer: Queen o. t. S. → Dunfermline A.
04/05 · Loan
May 2004
Transfer: Stirling Albion → Queen o. t. S.
03/04 · Return from loan
Jan 2004
Transfer: Queen o. t. S. → Stirling Albion
03/04 · Loan
Jul 2003
03/04 — Queen of the South FC, Stirling Albion FC
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2002
02/03 — Queen of the South FC
35 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2002
Transfer: Partick Thistle → Queen o. t. S.
02/03 · Transfer
May 2002
Transfer: Queen o. t. S. → Partick Thistle
01/02 · Return from loan
Feb 2002
Transfer: Partick Thistle → Queen o. t. S.
01/02 · Loan
Dec 2001
Transfer: East Stirling → Partick Thistle
01/02 · Return from loan
Aug 2001
Transfer: Partick Thistle → East Stirling
01/02 · Loan
Jul 2001
01/02 — Queen of the South FC
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 1999
Transfer: Partick Thistle FC U20 → Partick Thistle
99/00 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €200k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1204 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 22/23. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.93/90
72
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A1 total · 0.93/90
57
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
91
8,713 min
Minutes played by club
Open Goal Broomhill FC 1.1%
Peterhead FC 16.4%
Queen of the South FC 46.7%
Hamilton Academical FC 12.6%
Cowdenbeath FC 13.4%
Greenock Morton FC 5.1%
Dundee FC 4.8%
Dunfermline Athletic FC 0.0%
Stirling Albion FC 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Open Goal Broomhill FC 1 22/23 22/23 4 1 0 97
Peterhead FC 4 18/19 21/22 113 19 6 1,429
Queen of the South FC 11 01/02 17/18 300 98 36 4,069
Hamilton Academical FC 4 08/09 11/12 47 2 0 1,096
Cowdenbeath FC 1 11/12 11/12 18 1 1 1,164
Greenock Morton FC 1 10/11 10/11 21 5 3 441
Dundee FC 2 06/07 07/08 55 18 0 417
Dunfermline Athletic FC 1 04/05 04/05 0 0 0 0
Stirling Albion FC 1 03/04 03/04 1 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

7€50K14€100K20€150K27€200K02/03 — 8 goals (Queen of the South FC)802/0304/0505/06 — 2 goals (Queen of the South FC)205/0606/07 — 12 goals (Dundee FC)1206/0707/08 — 6 goals (Dundee FC)607/0808/09 — 1 goals (Hamilton Academical FC)108/0909/1010/11 — 5 goals (Greenock Morton FC)10/11 — 3 assists810/1111/12 — 2 goals (Cowdenbeath FC)11/12 — 1 assists311/1212/13 — 14 goals (Queen of the South FC)12/13 — 8 assists2212/1313/14 — 14 goals (Queen of the South FC)13/14 — 8 assists2213/1414/15 — 21 goals (Queen of the South FC)14/15 — 6 assists2714/1515/16 — 17 goals (Queen of the South FC)15/16 — 3 assists2015/1616/17 — 14 goals (Queen of the South FC)16/17 — 7 assists2116/1717/18 — 8 goals (Queen of the South FC)17/18 — 4 assists1217/1818/19 — 10 goals (Peterhead FC)18/19 — 4 assists1418/1919/20 — 6 goals (Peterhead FC)19/20 — 1 assists719/2020/21 — 2 goals (Peterhead FC)20/21 — 1 assists320/2121/22 — 1 goals (Peterhead FC)121/2222/23 — 1 goals (Open Goal Broomhill FC)122/2304/05 — €50K06/07 — €175K09/10 — €175K11/12 — €175K13/14 — €150K14/15 — €150K15/16 — €200K16/17 — €200K18/19 — €200KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

01/02: 0001/0202/03: 8802/0303/04: 0003/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 2205/0606/07: 121206/0707/08: 6607/0808/09: 1108/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 5510/1111/12: 2211/1212/13: 141412/1313/14: 141413/1414/15: 212114/1515/16: 171715/1616/17: 141416/1717/18: 8817/1818/19: 101018/1919/20: 6619/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 1122/23

Assists by season

01/02: 0001/0202/03: 0002/0303/04: 0003/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 3310/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 8812/1313/14: 8813/1414/15: 6614/1515/16: 3315/1616/17: 7716/1717/18: 4417/1818/19: 4418/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 1120/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/23
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
22/23 Lowland League Open Goal Broomhill FC 3 1 0 0 0 97
22/23 SFA Cup Open Goal Broomhill FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 League One Peterhead FC 24 1 0 0 0 621
21/22 Prem. Sports Cup Peterhead FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 SFA Cup Peterhead FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Trust Trophy Peterhead FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Betfred Cup Peterhead FC 3 0 1 0 0 0
20/21 League One Peterhead FC 13 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 League One Meisterr. Peterhead FC 3 2 0 0 0 56
19/20 Betfred Cup Peterhead FC 3 1 0 0 0 234
19/20 League One Peterhead FC 24 5 1 1 0 263
19/20 SFA Cup Peterhead FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Betfred Cup Peterhead FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 Irn-Bru Cup Peterhead FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 League Two Peterhead FC 28 9 3 0 0 171
18/19 SFA Cup Peterhead FC 2 1 1 1 0 84
17/18 Betfred Cup Queen of the South FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Championship Queen of the South FC 26 5 2 1 0 209
17/18 Irn-Bru Cup Queen of the South FC 3 2 2 0 0 89
17/18 SFA Cup Queen of the South FC 2 1 0 0 0 165
16/17 Betfred Cup Queen of the South FC 6 2 1 0 0 184
16/17 Championship Queen of the South FC 27 10 5 1 0 157
16/17 Irn-Bru Cup Queen of the South FC 3 2 1 0 0 110
16/17 SFA Cup Queen of the South FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Championship Queen of the South FC 32 13 3 5 1 189
15/16 Petrofac Tr. Cup Queen of the South FC 2 1 0 0 0 139
15/16 SCL by Utilita Queen of the South FC 2 2 0 0 0 101
15/16 SFA Cup Queen of the South FC 1 1 0 0 0 90
14/15 Championship Queen of the South FC 34 15 6 3 1 148
14/15 League Cup Queen of the South FC 2 2 0 0 0 88
14/15 Petrofac Tr. Cup Queen of the South FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Premiership Play-offs Queen of the South FC 2 2 0 0 0 83
14/15 SFA Cup Queen of the South FC 2 2 0 1 0 81
13/14 Championship Queen of the South FC 35 7 6 6 0 327
13/14 League Cup Queen of the South FC 3 3 1 0 0 104
13/14 Premiership Play-offs Queen of the South FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Ramsdens Cup Queen of the South FC 3 3 1 0 0 90
13/14 SFA Cup Queen of the South FC 3 1 0 1 0 146
12/13 League One Queen of the South FC 29 13 7 1 0 156
12/13 Ramsdens Cup Queen of the South FC 5 0 0 1 0 0
12/13 Scot. League Cup Queen of the South FC 3 1 1 0 0 174
12/13 SFA Cup Queen of the South FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
11/12 Championship Hamilton Academical FC 8 1 0 0 0 302
11/12 League One Cowdenbeath FC 18 1 1 2 0 1,164
11/12 Ramsdens Cup Hamilton Academical FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Scot. League Cup Hamilton Academical FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Championship Greenock Morton FC 20 4 3 3 0 351
10/11 Co-op. Ins. Cup Hamilton Academical FC 1 0 0 1 0 0
10/11 Premiership Hamilton Academical FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 SFA Cup Greenock Morton FC 1 1 0 0 0 90
09/10 Premiership Hamilton Academical FC 5 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Co-op. Ins. Cup Hamilton Academical FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Premiership Hamilton Academical FC 22 1 0 1 0 794
08/09 SFA Cup Hamilton Academical FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Championship Dundee FC 26 6 0 5 1 244
07/08 CIS Insur. Cup Dundee FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Championship Dundee FC 28 12 0 4 2 173
05/06 Championship Queen of the South FC 27 2 0 1 1 757
04/05 Championship Queen of the South FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 Premiership Dunfermline Athletic FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 UEFA-Cup Qualifikation Dunfermline Athletic FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 CIS Insur. Cup Queen of the South FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 League Two Stirling Albion FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
02/03 Bell's Cup Queen of the South FC 2 2 0 1 0 86
02/03 Championship Queen of the South FC 33 6 0 3 0 396
01/02 League One Queen of the South FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
99/00 1999-07-01 Partick Thistle FC U20 Partick Thistle Transfer 0 —
01/02 2001-08-01 Partick Thistle East Stirling Loan 0 —
01/02 2001-12-01 East Stirling Partick Thistle Return from loan 0 —
01/02 2002-02-01 Partick Thistle Queen o. t. S. Loan 0 —
01/02 2002-05-01 Queen o. t. S. Partick Thistle Return from loan 0 —
02/03 2002-07-01 Partick Thistle Queen o. t. S. Transfer 0 —
03/04 2004-01-01 Queen o. t. S. Stirling Albion Loan 0 —
03/04 2004-05-01 Stirling Albion Queen o. t. S. Return from loan 0 —
04/05 2004-07-01 Queen o. t. S. Dunfermline A. Loan 0 —
04/05 2004-10-01 Dunfermline A. Queen o. t. S. Return from loan 0 —
06/07 2006-07-01 Queen o. t. S. Dundee FC Transfer 50000 —
08/09 2008-07-01 Dundee FC Hamilton Acad. Transfer 175000 —
10/11 2011-01-01 Hamilton Acad. Morton Transfer 175000 —
11/12 2011-07-01 Morton Hamilton Acad. Transfer 175000 —
11/12 2012-01-01 Hamilton Acad. Cowdenbeath Transfer 175000 —
12/13 2012-08-02 Cowdenbeath Queen o. t. S. Transfer 175000 —
18/19 2018-07-01 Queen o. t. S. Peterhead Transfer 200000 —
22/23 2022-07-01 Peterhead Broomhill Transfer 0 —
23/24 2023-07-01 Broomhill Retired Transfer 0 —
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
09/10 Cruciate ligament tear 2009-09-19 2010-08-10 326 36
Current—
Peak€200k
Low—
Δ since start−€50k
—€50k€100k€150k€200k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 —
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 —
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €175k
Jan 1, 1970 €175k
Jan 1, 1970 €175k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Dan Carmichael 2 7 0
Kevin Holt 2 3 0
Scott Brown 1 2 0
Mark Durnan 2 1 0
Jason Brown 1 0 0
Jordan Marshall 1 4 0
Darren Brownlie 1 1 0
Gavin Reilly 2 7 0
Ian McShane 2 6 0
Wullie Gibson 2 2 0
Lewis Kidd 1 2 0
Zander Clark 2 0 0
Mark Millar 1 3 0
Greg Fleming 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
14/15 Championship Queen of the South FC 15 34
15/16 Championship Queen of the South FC 13 32
12/13 League One Queen of the South FC 13 29

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
12/13 League One Queen of the South FC 7 29
13/14 Championship Queen of the South FC 6 35
14/15 Championship Queen of the South FC 6 34

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
04/05 2004-10-01 Dunfermline A. Queen o. t. S. Return from loan — —
04/05 2004-07-01 Queen o. t. S. Dunfermline A. Loan — —
03/04 2004-05-01 Stirling Albion Queen o. t. S. Return from loan — —
03/04 2004-01-01 Queen o. t. S. Stirling Albion Loan — —
01/02 2002-05-01 Queen o. t. S. Partick Thistle Return from loan — —
01/02 2002-02-01 Partick Thistle Queen o. t. S. Loan — —
01/02 2001-12-01 East Stirling Partick Thistle Return from loan — —
01/02 2001-08-01 Partick Thistle East Stirling Loan — —

Teams faced most often by Derek Lyle's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
St. Mirren FC 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 0%
St. Johnstone FC 3 0 0 3 0 5 -5 0%
Motherwell FC 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 0%
Kilmarnock FC 3 0 1 2 4 7 -3 0%
Rangers FC 3 0 1 2 1 9 -8 0%
Heart of Midlothian 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 33%
Hibernian FC 3 0 1 2 4 9 -5 0%
Aberdeen FC 3 0 0 3 1 8 -7 0%
Livingston FC 3 1 1 1 2 5 -3 33%
Hamilton Academical 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 67%
Celtic FC 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
01/02 Senior debut season
02/03 First senior goal
12/13 Goal #50 (career)
15/16 Goal #100 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
19/20 28 497 1 0 0 0.18
18/19 33 255 1 0 0 0.35
17/18 35 463 1 0 0 0.19
16/17 37 451 1 0 0 0.2
15/16 37 519 5 1 1 1.21
14/15 41 400 4 0 1 1.13
13/14 46 667 7 0 0 0.94
12/13 39 330 3 0 0 0.82
11/12 30 1,466 2 0 0 0.12
10/11 26 441 4 0 0 0.82
08/09 25 794 1 0 0 0.11
07/08 27 244 5 0 1 2.21
06/07 28 173 4 0 2 3.12
05/06 27 757 1 0 1 0.24
02/03 35 482 4 0 0 0.75

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Championship
298 apps
81 G
25 A
League One
109 apps
20 G
9 A
Scot. League Cup
36 apps
11 G
4 A
Trust Trophy
26 apps
10 G
4 A
League Two
29 apps
9 G
3 A
SFA Cup
20 apps
7 G
1 A
League One Meisterr.
3 apps
2 G
0 A
Premiership Play-offs
4 apps
2 G
0 A
Lowland League
3 apps
1 G
0 A
Premiership
31 apps
1 G
0 A

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Who is Derek Lyle?

Derek Lyle is a Scotland professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Retired.

How old is Derek Lyle?

Derek Lyle is 45 years old. He was born on February 13, 1981 in Glasgow, Scotland.

What position does Derek Lyle play?

Derek Lyle plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Derek Lyle play for?

Derek Lyle currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Derek Lyle scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Derek Lyle has scored 144 goals in 559 appearances.