| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Caolán Stephen Boyd-Munce[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-01-26)26 January 2000 (age 25)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 200?–2016 | Glentoran | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Glentoran | 1 | (0) |
| 2016–2022 | Birmingham City | 7 | (0) |
| 2018 | →Redditch United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Middlesbrough | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | St Mirren | 68 | (5) |
| 2025– | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Northern Ireland U15 | |||
| Northern Ireland U16 | |||
| 2016 | Northern Ireland U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | Northern Ireland U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Northern Ireland U21 | 21 | (0) |
| 2024– | Northern Ireland | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:10, 26 September 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:30, 29 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Caolán Stephen Boyd-Munce (born 26 January 2000) is a Northern Irish professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder forEFL League One clubWycombe Wanderers and theNorthern Ireland national team.
Boyd-Munce made one senior appearance forGlentoran in theNIFL Premiership before moving to England in 2016 to joinEFL Championship clubBirmingham City. He made nine appearances for Birmingham, all but one during the2019–20 season, before signing for divisional rivalsMiddlesbrough in January 2022. Boyd-Munce was released by Middlesbrough in January 2023, and then signed for St Mirren two months later.
In international football, Boyd-Munce has represented Northern Ireland from under-15 up tosenior level.[1]
Boyd-Munce was born inBelfast where he attendedDe La Salle College.[2][3] He was on the books ofGlentoran as a youngster, and made a brief first-team appearance on 30 April 2016 as a 78th-minutesubstitute in anNIFL Premiership match againstCrusaders.[4]
After leaving school Boyd-Munce came to England where he took up a two-year scholarship withBirmingham City F.C.'s Academy in July 2016.[5] Academy coachSteve Spooner described him as a "good technician [who] has a very good engine and displays the capabilities of a real box to box midfield player."[5] He established himself in Birmingham's under-18 team, played for the under-23s,[2] and was a member of the youth team that reached the semifinal of the2017–18 FA Youth Cup, in whichChelsea beat Birmingham 7–0 on aggregate.[6] He was not offered professional terms after his two years, instead accepting a third scholarship year.[7]
In August 2018, Boyd-Munce spent a monthon loan toRedditch United. He played four matches in theSouthern League Premier Division South and, according to senior development coach Richard Beale, found it an eye-opening experience.[8][9] 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 theProfessional Development League northern section and lost out toLeeds United onpenalties for the overall title.[10][11] He was offered a two-year deal in March 2019,[8] and signed it in June.[10]
Boyd-Munce made his competitive debut for Birmingham on 6 August 2019 in theEFL Cup first round. ManagerPep Clotet fielded an inexperienced team for the visit toPortsmouth, and Boyd-Munce came into the 3–0 defeat as a second-half substitute, replacingJude Bellingham after 81 minutes.[12] He made his first appearance in the Championship on 7 February 2020, as a very late substitute in a 3–1 win away toBristol City, and made a further five, all from the bench, in the last few matches ofthe 2019–20 season.[13] In November 2020, new head coachAitor Karanka gave Boyd-Munce a difficult first league start, playing out of position atleft wing-back directly markingAFC Bournemouth's in-form wingerDavid Brooks.[14] Later that month, he injured an ankle and did not return to first-team training until the end of the following March.[15] Although he regained sufficient fitness to help Birmingham's U23 team beatSheffield United U23 in the national final of the 2020–21Professional Development League,[16] he had no matchday involvement with the first team in what remained of the season.[17]
In June 2021, reassured as to his future by managerLee Bowyer and director of footballCraig Gardner, Boyd-Munce signed a two-year contract to remain with Birmingham City.[18] However, he had no further involvement with the first-team matchday squad, and Bowyer suggested he was likely to be leaving.[17][19]
On 7 January 2022, Boyd-Munce signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with another Championship club,Middlesbrough, for an undisclosed fee.[20] He started the next day'sFA Cup third-round tie away toLeague Two clubMansfield Town, scored his side's second goal after 14 minutes of a 3–2 victory and, according to theTeessideLive reporter, made a positive contribution both in and out of possession in the hour he spent on the pitch.[21] He made only two Championship appearances over the next 12 months, both as a substitute, and his contract was terminated by mutual consent at the end of the January 2023 transfer window.[22]
Boyd-Munce signed a short-term contract withScottish Premiership clubSt Mirren in March 2023.[23] On 31 May 2023, Boyd-Munce signed a one-year contract extension with St Mirren[24] and on 5 April 2024 the contract was extended until the summer of 2025 after he met the terms of an appearance-based clause.[25]
He departed the club at the end of the2024–25 season.[26]
On 16 June 2025, Boyd-Munce agreed to joinLeague One clubWycombe Wanderers upon the expiration of his St Mirren contract.[27]
Boyd-Munce has represented Northern Ireland at under-15,[28]under-16, in the squad for the 2014–15Victory Shield,[3]under-17, playing inqualifiers for the2017 European U17 Championships,[1]under-19, playing inqualifiers for thefollowing year's European U19 Championships,[1] and most recently atunder-21 level.[29]
Boyd-Munce was called up to the seniorNorthern Ireland squad in March 2022.[30]
Boyd-Munce made his debut for the senior squad on 8 June 2024 in a friendly againstSpain atEstadi Mallorca Son Moix. He started the game and was substituted at half-time as Spain won 5–1.[31]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Glentoran | 2018–19[17] | NIFL Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Birmingham City | 2018–19[32] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20[13] | Championship | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21[33] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22[34] | Championship | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Redditch United (loan) | 2018–19[9] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Middlesbrough | 2021–22[34] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23[35] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| St Mirren | 2022–23[35] | Scottish Premiership | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24[36] | Scottish Premiership | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 43 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25[37] | Scottish Premiership | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 35 | 6 | |
| Total | 68 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 81 | 7 | ||
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2025–26[38] | EFL League One | 7 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 89 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 9 | ||