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Martin Kelly 
Personal information Full name Martin Ronald Kelly [1] Date of birth 27 April 1990 Place of birth Whiston, Merseyside[2], England Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3] Playing position Defender Club information Current club Liverpool Number 34 Youth career 1997–2007 Liverpool Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2007– Liverpool 17 (0) 2009 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 7 (1) National team‡ 2009 England U19 5 (0) 2009 England U20 4 (0) 2010– England U21 5 (3) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:26, 17 October 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:34, 15 November 2011 (UTC)Martin Ronald Kelly (born 27 April 1990) is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool as a right back, although he spent most of his Academy career playing as a centre back.
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Career
Liverpool
2007–08
Born in Whiston and raised by his parents in Newton-le-Willows, where he attended St Mary's Primary and then St Aelreds Catholic Technology College, Martin is the younger brother of show dancer and choreographer Warren Kelly. Martin was promoted to Melwood from the club's academy in the summer of 2007. In an interview for Liverpool's official website he spoke about his delight at making the step up despite missing roughly two years of football for the youth team due to back problems.[4]
Kelly broke into Gary Ablett's title winning reserves team during 2007–08. He scored the second goal in Liverpool's 3–0 win over UANL Tigres in the Dallas Cup 2008 final on 23 March 2008.
2008–09
Ahead of the 2008–09 season he received a first team squad number.[5] He earned his first call up to the senior team in November 2008 when he was an unused substitute in Liverpool's Champions League group stage match against Marseille.[6] Not long after, he made his debut as a substitute for Jamie Carragher in the same competition against PSV Eindhoven on 9 December 2008.[7]
Huddersfield Town
On 26 March 2009, as the loan transfer window closed, Kelly joined Football League One side Huddersfield Town on loan until the end of the season.[8] He made his debut for the Terriers as a left-back in the 2–1 win over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium on 31 March 2009, and received praise for his composed performance. On 18 April, he scored his first goal in professional football, scoring the winner in Huddersfield's 3–2 win over Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.[9]
2009–10
Rafael Benítez suggested that the departure of Sami Hyypia from Liverpool could open a window for Kelly into the first team, with his progress expected to be monitored closely in pre-season.[10] Kelly made his first competitive start for Liverpool as a right back against Olympique Lyon in the UEFA Champions League on 20 October 2009, in which he walked off injured in the 74th minute. He was named man of the match by Liverpool's official website after a highly impressive performance. Kelly was also called "a small sensation" by Norwegian magazine Kopite.[citation needed] He then became sidelined with a groin injury.[citation needed] Kelly completed his comeback from injury on 25 February 2010, coming on as a substitute against FC Unirea Urziceni in the Europa League. He then made his Premier League debut replacing Glen Johnson in the 4–1 win over Portsmouth at Anfield.
2010–11
Kelly started in Liverpool's UEFA Europa League qualifiers against Rabotnicki Skopje, the play-offs against Trabzonspor, and Liverpool's opening two group games, defeating Steaua Bucureşti and drawing with FC Utrecht. On 22 September, he played in the shock League Cup third round exit to Northampton Town, Liverpool losing 4–2 on penalties after a 2–2 draw. On 21 October, he played the full 90 minutes in the Reds' 0–0 UEFA Europa League draw against Napoli. Kelly made his first Premiership start of the season as an emergency replacement for Sotirios Kyrgiakos on 7 November against Chelsea in a match which Liverpool won 2–0. He started Liverpool's 1-1 Premier League draw with Wigan Athletic on 10 November. He also started and played the full 90 minutes in the Reds' 1–1 UEFA Europa League draw with Steaua Bucureşti on the 2 December. The next day, he signed a three-year contract extension which will keep him at the club until 30 June 2014. On 15 December, he played the return Europa League group game against FC Utrecht, ending in a 0–0 draw. The result meant Liverpool qualified top of Group K. On 9 January 2011, he started in Liverpool's FA Cup third round tie away to Manchester United with Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish praising his performance afterwards saying; "He was as good as anyone on the pitch today".[citation needed] This performance led to him being named Man of the Match by Liverpool voters.[citation needed]
He subsequently started against Blackpool on 12 January 2011 and in the Merseyside Derby on 16 January, forcing Liverpool's first choice Glen Johnson to play left back. He won the Liverpoolfc.tv journalist's Man of the Match Award for his performance against Everton. Jamie Carragher complemented his talents by saying "I was in the stand against Everton and when he made that run past Leighton Baines, I thought it was Thierry Henry against me all those years ago. It was turbo charged."[11] Kelly started the next game against Stoke City where Liverpool won 2–0, again he gave a solid performance making him the first choice right back. He played the full match in both fixtures as Liverpool completed their double over Chelsea with a 1–0 win at Stamford Bridge on 6 February. His performance was praised by former Liverpool midfielder Ray Houghton, who stated that Kelly was one of the key players in the win over Chelsea at The Bridge.[citation needed] However, he suffered a hamstring injury in the 3–1 defeat to West Ham United. On 8 March 2011, Kelly won the Liverpool February player of the month award. On 21 March, it was announced on the official Liverpool website that Kelly was back in full training and would be back in action for April. Unfortunatley for Kelly he played no further part in the 2010–11 season. Although he spent the remainder of the 2010–11 season on the sidelines, he slowly came back to full match fitness during the Asia tour friendly against Malaysia and China, and also the training in Singapore.
2011–12
On 20 August, Kelly played for the whole match away to Arsenal and helped Liverpool keep a clean sheet in a 2-0 victory. He nearly scored in the second half, as his shot from 15 yards hit the outside of the post. England manager, Fabio Capello, was present at the match and applauded his performance.[12] On 27 August 2011, Kelly limped off the field due to hamstring strain in the match against Bolton Wanderers.
However he is expected to make a quick recovery from the hamstring strain as it wasn't as serious as first feared [13] On 21 September 2011, he was back in the lineup and played 86 minutes against Brigthon & Hove Albion. Later in the week, on 25 September 2011, he played the whole match against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Kelly continued his fine form against Manchester United keeping tricky winger Ashley Young quiet for the whole game.
International career
In August 2009, Kelly was called up to the England U-20 squad for the match against Serbia and made his debut in the 5–0 victory. He subsequently played all three matches for the side in the Under-20 World Cup finals in Egypt that year. Kelly was called up in early 2009 for the England U-19 squad that played Spain U-19s on 10 February.[14][15] Kelly went on to make 5 appearances for the Under-19s with his last coming in a 2–1 win over Scotland U-19s on the 1 June 2009.
Kelly made his debut for the England Under-20 team in a 5–0 win over Montenegro U-20s in a pre 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup friendly. He also played at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt as England finished bottom of Group D. Kelly has made 4 appearances for the Under-20 side.
On 5 August 2010, Kelly received his first call-up to the England Under-21 squad, along with Aston Villa's Marc Albrighton and club team mate Jordan Henderson. On 10 August 2010, he came on as a substitute and scored on his debut appearance.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup Football League Cup Europe Other[16] Total App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals Liverpool 2011–12 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2010–11 11 0 1 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 23 0 2009–10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 Huddersfield Town 2008–09 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 Liverpool 2008–09 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Club total 24 1 1 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 41 1 Last updated match played 26 October 2011[17] Honours
- Premier Reserve League: 2008
- Dallas Cup: Winner 2008
- Liverpool's Young Player of the Year: 2010/11
References
- ^ "Statistics" (PDF). Premier League. http://www.premierleague.com/staticFiles/7b/53/0,,12306~152443,00.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
- ^ "Official Liverpool FC Profile". Liverpool F.C.. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/first-team/player/34-martin-kelly.
- ^ "Martin Kelly - Liverpool Football Club". football.co.uk. http://www.football.co.uk/liverpool/players/martin_kelly_131845.shtml. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "Reserves in profile: Martin Kelly". Liverpool F.C.. 14 October 2008. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/reserves-in-profile-martin-kelly. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Trio handed first-team squad numbers". Liverpool F.C.. 8 August 2008. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/trio-handed-first-team-squad-numbers. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Liverpool 1 – Marseille 0: match report". Liverpool F.C.. 26 November 2008. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/match/fixtures/first-team/liverpool-v-marseilles-2008-11-26-20-45-00/last-match-report. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "PSV 1 – Liverpool 3: match report". Liverpool F.C.. 9 December 2008. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/match/fixtures/first-team/p-s-v-v-liverpool-2008-12-09-20-45-00/last-match-report. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Defender joins Terries on loan". Liverpool F.C.. 26 March 2009. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/defender-joins-terriers-on-loan. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Walsall 2–3 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. 18 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/7990041.stm. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ "Rafa: Sami leaving could be chance". Liverpool F.C.. 28 May 2009. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/rafa-sami-leaving-could-be-chance. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Starlet will get even better". Liverpool F.C.. 19 February 2011. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/starlet-will-get-even-better.
- ^ http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/capello-impressed-by-kelly
- ^ http://thelfczone.com/site/2011/08/31/martin-kelly-injury-update-2/
- ^ "Kelly relishing Reds challenge". Liverpool F.C.. 21 February 2009. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/kelly-relishing-reds-challenge. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "Martin sets his sights". The Football Association. 25 March 2009. http://thefa.com/England/MensUnder19s/NewsAndFeatures/2009/Martin_sets_his_sights.aspx.
- ^ Includes other competitive competitions, including the FA Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup, FIFA Club World Cup, Football League Trophy
- ^ "Career Stats". LFC History. http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/1203. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
External links
- Official Liverpool profile
- Martin Kelly career stats at Soccerbase
- LFChistory.net profile
- ESPN Profile
• 2 Trippier • 3 Parkes • 4 Clayton • 5 Kelly • 6 Mee • 7 Brandy • 8 Walker (c) • 9 Nimely • 10 Woods • 11 Marshall • 12 James • 13 Oxley • 14 Briggs • 15 Hoyte • 16 Ofori-Twumasi • 17 Obika • 18 Baldock • 19 Gardner • 20 Tutte • 21 Parish • Coach: Eastick
Liverpool F.C. – current squad 1 Jones · 2 Johnson · 3 Enrique · 5 Agger · 6 Aurélio · 7 Suárez · 8 Gerrard (c) · 9 Carroll · 11 Maxi · 14 Henderson · 16 Coates · 18 Kuyt · 19 Downing · 20 Spearing · 21 Lucas · 22 Wilson · 23 Carragher · 25 Reina · 26 Adam · 30 Suso · 31 Sterling · 32 Doni · 34 Kelly · 35 Coady · 37 Škrtel · 38 Flanagan · 39 Bellamy · 41 Hansen · 47 Wisdom · 49 Robinson · Manager: Dalglish
Categories:- 1990 births
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