Kevin Doyle Bio

Doyle signed for Wolves in June 2009 for a reported fee of £6.5m, after impressing for Reading in both the Premier League and the Championship.

After netting 18 goals in the Championship in 2008-09, he joined the Molineux club to help spearhead their return to the Premier League.

Doyle started his career playing for Adamstown and his county, Wexford, before moving to his first professional club St Patrick's Athletic in September 2001. He then joined Cork City in February 2003, scoring 23 goals and began playing on the right-wing but soon reverted to his natural position of striker.

Doyle signed for Reading from Cork City for €117,000 (about £78,000) in June 2005. Despite having left Cork City, Doyle received a championship medal when they won the Eircom League Premier Division in November 2005.

Brought in by Steve Coppell as back-up, injuries gave him his chance in the first team where he was able to display a natural goalscoring ability and some defence-splitting speed in a goal spree for the club.

He became an intrinsic part of Reading's Championship-winning 2005-06 squad, and was one of the top players in the Championship. Named as Championship Fans' Player Of The Year and picked as one of the Championship Team of the Year by the PFA, Doyle continued to impress in the Premiership.

On 16 September 2006, he scored one of the fastest goals in Premiership history, hitting the net just sixteen seconds into Reading's clash with Sheffield United at Bramall Lane, even though it was the home side that kicked-off.

Scoring 13 goals in his first top flight season, Doyle was rewarded with a Football Association of Ireland Young Player of 2006 award and a nomination for the PFA's Young Player of the Year award, which he lost to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Upon Reading's relegation, he stayed at the club and impressed further in the second tier, before making his move to Molineux when the Royals failed to seal promotion at the end of the 2008-09 season.