Jake Doyle-Hayes

Jake Billy Doyle-Hayes (born 30 December 1998) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, for Scottish Premiership team St Mirren. He has represented Ireland as a youth international. Doyle-Hayes is a product of the Aston Villa Academy and spent six years at the club, making appearances in the Football League Cup in 2017 and 2018 before loan spells at Cambridge United and Cheltenham Town, he left Villa in June 2020.

Jake Doyle-Hayes
Doyle-Hayes in July 2019
Personal information
Full name Jake Billy Doyle-Hayes[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998[2]
Place of birth Ballyjamesduff, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 St Mirren
Number 7
Youth career
2014–2017 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Aston Villa 0 (0)
2019 →Cambridge United (loan) 6 (0)
2019–2020 →Cheltenham Town (loan) 30 (1)
2020– St Mirren 10 (1)
National team‡
2014–2015 Republic of Ireland U17 4 (0)
2016 Republic of Ireland U18 2 (0)
2016 Republic of Ireland U19 3 (0)
2018– Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:10, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:59, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Club career

Aston Villa

In his early teens, he was spotted by scouts while playing for Cavan-Monaghan, a regional representative side. There was interest from Manchester United and Chelsea but he ultimately chose Aston Villa where former Ireland captain Roy Keane was the current assistant manager.[3] Doyle-Hayes made his debut for Aston Villa in the League Cup on 22 August 2017, starting the match in midfield in a 4-1 victory over Wigan Athletic.[4]

On 5 September 2017 Doyle-Hayes agreed a new three-year contract with the club.[5]

On 31 January 2019, Doyle-Hayes joined Cambridge United on a 6-month loan.[6] However, he struggled to cement a place in the first team due to injury and international call-ups and only made 6 appearances.[7]

On 1 August 2019, Doyle-Hayes joined EFL League Two side Cheltenham Town on a season-long loan.[8] He impressed Cheltenham fans immediately, and was voted player of the month for August.[9] Doyle-Hayes scored his first ever goal at senior level on 17 September 2019, in a 3-2 victory over Bradford City.[10]

On 25 June 2020, Doyle-Hayes was released by Aston Villa.[11]

St Mirren

On 3 November 2020, Doyle-Hayes signed a short-term contract with Scottish Premiership side St Mirren, due to last until the end of the 2020-21 season.[12] Doyle-Hayes explained that while he had had "a lot of interest" since leaving Aston Villa, the opportunity to work with manager Jim Goodwin excited him the most.[13]

Career statistics
As of matches played 22 June 2020
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2017–18 Championship 000020—20
2018–19 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Total 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
Cambridge United (loan) 2018–19 League Two 6 0 0 0 0 0 — 6 0
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2019–20 30 1 3 0 1 0 2 [lower-greek 1] 0 36 1
St Mirren 2020–21 Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 361304020451
  1. Appearances in EFL League Two play-offs

References
  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Aston Villa" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. "Jake Doyle-Hayes". 11v11. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. Enright, Seamus. "World at His Feet". The Anglo-Celt. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. "Aston Villa 4-1 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. "Doyle-Hayes signs new deal". www.avfc.co.uk. avfc. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  6. O'Hehir, Paul (31 January 2019). "Ireland youth international Jake Doyle-Hayes joins Cambridge United on loan from Aston Villa". Irish Mirror.
  7. Georgeson, Andrew (13 April 2019). "Consistency is key for Aston Villa loanee Jake Doyle-Hayes". Cambridgeshire Live.
  8. Preece, Ashley (1 August 2019). "Aston Villa let midfielder leave on season-long loan deal". Birmingham Mail.
  9. Saunders, Luke (10 September 2019). "Jake Doyle-Hayes chosen as Autovillage Player of the Month". Cheltenham Town Official Website.
  10. "Cheltenham 3-2 Bradford City". BBC Sport. 17 September 2019.
  11. "Premier clubs publish 2019/20 released listLeague s". Premier League. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  12. "St Mirren sign Irish midfielder Doyle-Hayes after Villa exit". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  13. Gunn, Kyle (3 November 2020). "Jake Doyle-Hayes joins St Mirren as Jim Goodwin strengthens squad for relegation battle". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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