{{Short description|English footballer (born 2005)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Rocco Coyle |image = |image_size = |caption = |full_name = Rocco Michael Stanley Coyle<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/04353ec0-24df-11ef-b4b6-4382bb2cf5f6.pdf|title=Club list of registered players: Hull City|work=English Football League|page=8|accessdate=30 July 2024}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|12|4|df=y}} |birth_place = Kingston upon Hull, England |height = 1.80m |position = Midfielder |currentclub = Hull City |clubnumber = 42 |youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2016 |youthclubs1 = Leeds United |youthyears2 = 2016– |youthclubs2 = Hull City |years1 = 2023– |clubs1 = Hull City |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2025 |clubs2 = → Boston United (loan) |caps2 = 13 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2025–2026 |clubs3 = → Scarborough Athletic (loan) |caps3 = 10 |goals3 = 0 |club-update = 00:46, 11 February 2026 (UTC) }} '''Rocco Michael Stanley Coyle''' (born 4 December 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|HullCity}} club Hull City.
==Career== ===Hull City=== Coyle came through the youth ranks of his hometown club, Hull City. On 24 August 2022, it was announced that he had been made captain of the U18s for the upcoming 2022–23 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2022/august/rocco-coyle-named-u18s-captain/|title= Rocco Coyle named U18s Captain|publisher=Hull City A.F.C.|date=24 August 2022|accessdate=18 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rocco-coyle-following-footsteps-lewie-7507127|title=Rocco Coyle following in the footsteps of Lewie Coyle after becoming Hull City Under-18s captain|work=Hull Daily Mail|date=25 August 2022|accessdate=18 August 2025}}</ref> On 7 December 2023, Coyle signed his first professional contract with the Tigers.<ref name="First Contract">{{cite news|url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2023/december/07/coyle-signs-first-professional-contract/|title=Coyle signs first professional contract|publisher=Hull City A.F.C.|date=7 December 2023|accessdate=30 July 2024}}</ref> By this time, he had been involved with the senior side on one occasion, making the bench for the 1–1 home draw with Plymouth Argyle on 30 September 2023, although he did not come on the pitch.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/players/u18-team/rocco-coyle/|title=Rocco Coyle|publisher=Hull City A.F.C.|accessdate=30 July 2024}}</ref>
====Non-league loans==== On 8 July 2025, having still not made his senior debut, Coyle joined National League side Boston United on a six-month long loan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2025/july/08/rocco-coyle-joins-boston-on-loan/|title=R. Coyle joins Boston on loan|publisher=Hull City A.F.C.|date=8 July 2025|accessdate=8 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonunited.co.uk/news/coyle-seals-united-loan-move-2926777.html|title=Coyle seals United loan move|publisher=Boston United F.C.|date=8 July 2025|accessdate=8 July 2025}}</ref> His professional debut eventually came on 9 August, when Coyle played the opening 57 minutes of the Pilgrims' 2–1 win over Middlesbrough U21s in the National League Cup, before being replaced by Jordan Cropper.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonunited.co.uk/teams/24809/match-centre/0-6278930/report|title=Boston United 2-1 Middlesbrough|publisher=Boston United F.C.|date=9 August 2025|accessdate=18 August 2025}}</ref> The following week, he made his league debut, coming off the bench for Jordan Richards as Boston recorded a 3–2 victory away at Aldershot Town on 16 August.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonunited.co.uk/teams/24809/match-centre/1-17560897/report|title=Aldershot Town 2-3 Boston United|publisher=Boston United F.C.|date=16 August 2025|accessdate=18 August 2025}}</ref> Three months later, on 14 November, Hull announced that Coyle had been recalled early from Boston in order to be sent straight back out on a month-long loan to National League North side Scarborough Athletic.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wearehullcity.co.uk/news/2025/november/14/r-coyle-joins-scarborough-athletic-on-loan/|title= R. Coyle joins Scarborough Athletic on loan|publisher=Hull City A.F.C.|date=14 November 2025|accessdate=15 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scarboroughathletic.com/news/new-signing-rocco-coyle-2025-11-14-163002|title=New signing: Rocco Coyle|publisher=Scarborough Athletic F.C.|date=14 November 2025|accessdate=15 November 2025}}</ref> He made his debut for the Seadogs the next day, coming off the bench in a 1–0 defeat away at Leek Town in the FA Trophy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scarboroughathletic.com/news/boro-limp-out-of-fa-trophy-2025-11-16-085103|title=Boro limp out of FA Trophy|publisher=Scarborough Athletic F.C.|date=16 November 2025|accessdate=16 November 2025}}</ref> Coyle's loan was later extended by a further month, before he returned to Hull in January 2026.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scarboroughathletic.com/news/player-updates-2025-12-19-160002|title=Player Updates|publisher=Scarborough Athletic F.C.|date=19 December 2025|accessdate=11 February 2026}}</ref>
==Personal life== Coyle is the youngest of four brothers in a sporting family. His eldest brother, Tommy, is a retired professional boxer and former Commonwealth lightweight champion. His other two brothers are professional golfer Joe and his Hull City teammate and captain, Lewie.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Coyle And Sons|url=http://www.coyleandsons.co.uk/coyle-and-sons/|work=Coyle And Sons|date=19 January 2017|accessdate=30 July 2024|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000136/http://www.coyleandsons.co.uk/coyle-and-sons/|archivedate=2 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/other-sport/tommy-lewie-coyle-sports-foundation-4640547|title=Tommy Coyle and brothers hoping to change lives in Hull with new venture|work=Hull Daily Mail|date=26 October 2020|accessdate=18 August 2025}}</ref>
In May 2025, a video surfaced online of a man, believed to be Coyle, intervening in a street fight outside the Empress Pub, Hull. In the video, Coyle is seen alleviating the situation by removing one of the men involved, suspected to be his brother Lewie. On 5 May, Hull City said they were investigating the matter but would not make any further comment at that moment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/hull-city-investigate-captain-lewie-coyle-street-brawl-t0ldn7dx3|title=Hull City investigate captain Lewie Coyle after bloody street brawl|work=The Times|date=4 May 2025|accessdate=6 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/hull-city-lewie-coyle-statement-35174037|title=Championship club release statement after footage of captain appearing to be in fight|work=The Mirror|date=5 May 2025|accessdate=6 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c93g0033z18o|title=Hull City to investigate alleged Coyle video|work=BBC Sport|date=6 May 2025|accessdate=6 May 2025}}</ref> The next day, it was reported that a 39-year-old man had been charged with a public order offence in relation to the incident and had been released on conditional bail ahead of an upcoming trial at Hull Magistrates' Court.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9v799zg97o|title=Man charged after 'Lewie Coyle pub altercation'|work=BBC News|date=6 May 2025|accessdate=10 May 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 18 January 2026.}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan=4|Hull City |2023–24<ref name="2023-24">{{Soccerbase season|id=183777|season=2023}}</ref> |Championship |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0 |- |2024–25<ref name="2024-25">{{Soccerbase season|id=183777|season=2024}}</ref> |Championship |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0 |- |2025–26<ref name="2025-26">{{Soccerbase season|id=183777|season=2025}}</ref> |Championship |0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0 |- |Boston United (loan) |2025–26<ref name="2025-26"/> |National League |13||0||1||0||0||0||4{{efn|Appearances in the National League Cup}}||0||18||0 |- |Scarborough Athletic (loan) |2025–26<ref name="2025-26"/> |National League North |10||0||0||0||0||0||1{{efn|Appearances in the FA Trophy}}||0||11||0 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !23!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!5!!0!!29!!0 |} {{notelist}}
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Category:2005 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century English sportsmen Category:English men's footballers Category:Footballers from Kingston upon Hull Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:English Football League players Category:Boston United F.C. players Category:Hull City A.F.C. players Category:Scarborough Athletic F.C. players