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Kyle Hurst
Kyle Christopher Hurst (born 20 January 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Scottish Championship club Queen's Park, on loan from EFL League Two club Doncaster Rovers. He began his football career as a youngster with Milton Keynes Dons before joining Birmingham City at 16 and turning professional two years later. He had a loan spell with Southern League club Alvechurch in early 2022, but never played first-team football for Birmingham, and left the club for Doncaster Rovers in July 2022. Club careerBirmingham CityHurst was born in Milton Keynes,[5] and was a youth player with Milton Keynes Dons before taking up a two-year scholarship with Birmingham City in July 2018.[2][6] According to coach Steve Spooner, Hurst is "a wonderful technician. He has great dribbling skills, great receiving skills. Very attack-minded and can deliver good crosses, but he must become more consistent with his end product."[6] On his first competitive start for Birmingham's development squad team, in September 2018, Hurst scored the second goal of a 4–0 win against Sheffield Wednesday U23.[7] He scored in the semi-final of the 2019 Professional Development League (PDL) play-offs against Ipswich Town, and started in the final, but had been substituted by the time Birmingham lost to Leeds United U23 in a penalty shoot-out.[8][9] The following season, he scored an 86th-minute winning goal that took Birmingham into the fifth round of the FA Youth Cup despite having had two players sent off; according to the report on the club's website, he "flicked the ball over an opponent, darted on into the area behind the defensive line and cracked a half-volley that went in off the post."[10] Hurst was given a first-team squad number in 2020, but a hamstring issue prevented any involvement with the matchday squad, and he signed his first professional contract, of three years with the option of a fourth, in June 2020.[3] He again helped Birmingham U23 qualify for the PDL play-offs in 2021, and played the whole of the semi-final win away to Bristol City,[11] but was an unused substitute as his side beat Sheffield United to gain promotion to Premier League 2 for 2021–22.[12] Hurst scored four goals from 17 appearances for Birmingham's U23 team in the 2021–22 Premier League 2 season.[13] He joined Southern League Premier Division Central club Alvechurch in mid-February 2022 on loan until the end of the season.[14] He made his debut in senior football on 12 February, starting in a 1–1 draw away to Tamworth,[15] and made three more appearances before returning to his parent club.[16] Doncaster RoversAfter a trial in which Hurst played in several pre-season friendlies for Doncaster Rovers,[17] he signed a two-year contract with the League Two club on 22 July 2022.[18] He made his club and Football League debut on the opening day of the 2022–23 season, playing 82 minutes of a goalless draw away to Bradford City before being substituted immediately after receiving a yellow card.[19] Hurst continued in the starting eleven, and scored his first senior goals in his fifth league match, a 20-yard (18 m) chip over the goalkeeper and a powerful shot high to his near post, to complete Doncaster's comeback from 1–0 down against Salford City.[20] On 1 March 2023, by which time he had seven goals from 36 appearances in all competitions, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club.[21] Having been almost ever-present in 2022–23,[22] injury kept Hurst out of the new season until 9 September.[23][24] By the middle of the 2024–25 season, Hurst had lost his first-team place. His contract with Doncaster was extended to run until June 2026, and he joined Scottish Championship club Queen's Park on loan for the remainder of the season.[25] Career statistics
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