Martin Boyle

Montrose

Born in Aberdeen, Boyle started his career with Montrose. He made his first senior appearance in a 2009–10 Scottish Cup tie against Hibernian, aged 16. Boyle signed a senior contract in August 2010 and scored his first goal for the first team in a victory over Clyde soon after. He followed that up by scoring the winner against Arbroath in the Scottish Cup and ended the season with four goals. Boyle signed a new deal in 2011 and made nine starts and sixteen further substitute appearances in his first season, scoring three goals. In the 2011–12 season, he claimed a starting role and made 41 appearances in all competitions, scoring 22 goals. In the final game of the season, he scored his first senior hat-trick in a 5–0 win over Clyde. He received an award for scoring most goals in the Scottish Football League. Boyle trained with Aberdeen in the summer of 2012, but returned for pre-season training with Montrose, playing in their 2–0 defeat to Stenhousemuir on 7 July. He made four appearances (one in the league, two in the Challenge Cup and one in the Scottish League Cup) at the outset of the new season.

Dundee

Boyle signed for Scottish Premier League club Dundee in August 2012. He made his debut coming on as a substitute for Jim McAlister in the Dundee derby on 19 August 2012, which Dundee lost 3–0. However, he only made ten appearances in total for the club, being an unused substitute on several occasions. In January 2013, Boyle was linked with a move…

Scotland youth

Boyle played for the Scotland under-16 team.

Australia

Boyle was eligible to play for Scotland, the land of his birth, and Australia national team, as his father Graeme was born in Sydney. He currently holds dual citizenship in both Australia and the United Kingdom. In March 2018, Boyle said that he had applied for an Australian passport. Australia manager Graham Arnold had a meeting with Boyle in September 2018, with a view to selecting him in their next squad. Scotland manager Alex McLeish said that he had considered Boyle for selection in May 2018, but he had missed out due to injury. Boyle was selected for the Australia squad in October 2018, but was unable to play in their match with Kuwait as he did not yet have an Australian passport. Boyle made his international debut for Australia on 17 November, coming on as a substitute for striker and club teammate Jamie Maclaren in a friendly match against South Korea at Lang Park, Brisbane. In his first start for Australia, Boyle scored two goals and set up the other in a 3–0 win against Lebanon on 20 November. He was selected for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup squad, but had to withdraw due to a knee injury sustained in a warm-up match against Oman. He was recalled to the Australia squad in November 2019, soon after recovering from a knee operation. Boyle was named in Australia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in November 2022. However, he was ruled out of the tournament on 20 November 2022 after…

Club

As of matches played on 3 September 2026

International

As of match played 11 October 2025

As of match played 20 March 2025 Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Boyle goal.

In 2012, Boyle began a relationship with Aberdonian Scotland women's international footballer Rachael Small; they had known each other since their schooldays at Northfield Academy. They were engaged in 2016, with Rachael moving to Edinburgh to play for Hibernian Women. Their daughter Amelia was born in 2018, and they married in 2019. Due to the upheaval it would cause to their daughter, Rachael opted to stay in Edinburgh when Martin left Hibs to play in Saudi Arabia in January 2022.