Caolan Boyd-Munce


Caolan Stephen Boyd-Munce is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Birmingham City. Before moving to England, he made one senior appearance for Glentoran in the NIFL Premiership. In international football, he has represented Northern Ireland from under-15 up to under-21 level.

Early life and club career

Boyd-Munce was born in Belfast where he attended De La Salle College. He was on the books of Glentoran as a youngster, and made a brief first-team appearance on 30 April 2016 as a 78th-minute substitute in an NIFL Premiership match against Crusaders.

Birmingham City

After leaving school Boyd-Munce came to England where he took up a two-year scholarship with Birmingham City F.C.'s Academy in July 2016. Academy coach Steve Spooner described him as a "good technician has a very good engine and displays the capabilities of a real box to box midfield player." He established himself in Birmingham's under-18 team, played for the under-23s, and was a member of the youth team that reached the semifinal of the 2017–18 FA Youth Cup, in which Chelsea beat Birmingham 7–0 on aggregate. He was not offered professional terms after his two years, instead accepting a third scholarship year.
In August 2018, Boyd-Munce spent a month on loan to Redditch United of the Southern League Premier Division South. According to senior development coach Richard Beale, he found it an eye-opening experience. Boyd-Munce went on to become a regular for Birmingham's development squad team the 2018–19 season, making 21 appearances as they finished as runners-up in the Professional Development League northern section and lost out to Leeds United on penalties for the overall title. He was offered a two-year deal in March 2019, and signed it in June.
Boyd-Munce made his competitive debut for Birmingham on 6 August 2019 in the EFL Cup first round. Manager Pep Clotet fielded an inexperienced team for the visit to Portsmouth, and Boyd-Munce came into the 3–0 defeat as a second-half substitute, replacing Jude Bellingham after 81 minutes.

International career

Boyd-Munce has represented Northern Ireland at under-15, under-16, in the squad for the 2014–15 Victory Shield, under-17, playing in qualifiers for the 2017 European U17 Championships, under-19, playing in qualifiers for the following year's European U19 Championships, and most recently at under-21 level.

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