Stephen Kelly (footballer)

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Stephen Kelly
Stephen Kelly 2012 Sopot.jpg
Stephen Kelly during a "welcome ceremony" for the Irish squad in Sopot before UEFA Euro 2012
Personal information
Full name Stephen Michael David Kelly[1]
Date of birth (1983-09-06) 6 September 1983 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Reading
Number 27
Youth career
0000– Belvedere
000?–2000 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2000–2006 Tottenham Hotspur 37 (2)
2003 → Southend United (loan) 10 (0)
2003 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 7 (0)
2003 → Watford (loan) 13 (0)
2006–2009 Birmingham City 79 (0)
2009 → Stoke City (loan) 6 (0)
2009–2013 Fulham 44 (0)
2013– Reading 14 (0)
National team‡
1999-2000 Republic of Ireland U16 12 (1)
2002–2003 Republic of Ireland U20 ? (?)
2003–2005 Republic of Ireland U21 17 (0)
2006– Republic of Ireland 32 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:27, 4 May 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:27, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Stephen Michael David Kelly (born 6 September 1983) is an Irish footballer who plays for Reading. He plays as a defender, primarily at right back. He was part of the team that secured the Republic of Ireland's qualification for UEFA Euro 2012.

Kelly began his professional career at Tottenham Hotspur and also played Southend United, Queens Park Rangers, Watford, Birmingham City, Stoke City and Fulham before joining Reading in 2013.

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Club career [edit]

Tottenham Hotspur [edit]

Kelly was born in Dublin, where he played football for Belvedere before joining Tottenham Hotspur through their youth programme.[1][3] He was something of an understudy to Stephen Carr (who was subsequently transferred to Newcastle United) and then to Paul Stalteri. He made his Spurs first team debut in 2003 and then went on to make 37 Premier League appearances, scoring two league goals, against Birmingham City[4] and Aston Villa.[5]

Birmingham City [edit]

Birmingham City were believed to be winning the race to sign the defender in January 2006 only for Tottenham to pull the plug on the deal because they had an injury crisis in defence. Kelly did join Birmingham, however, on 28 June 2006 for an initial fee of £750,000, possibly rising to £1.25 million depending on his success with the club.[6]

Kelly was the only outfield player in the 2007–08 Premier League season to play every minute of every game for his club.[7]

Stoke City (loan) [edit]

On 4 February 2009, Kelly joined Stoke City on loan from Birmingham City until the end of the 2008–09 season. Stoke City had to wait for 36 hours after the January transfer window shut for confirmation of the deal.[8] Kelly made his Stoke debut in their next game, a 2–0 defeat to Sunderland,[9] but picked up a hamstring injury while on international duty which kept him out of Stoke's next fixture.[10]

Fulham [edit]

On 16 June 2009, Kelly signed a three-year contract with Fulham, making him the club's first signing of the 2009 summer window. Kelly said he was delighted to join the Cottagers and was looking forward to representing the club in both the Premier League and Europa League.[11]

Reading [edit]

Kelly joined Reading on 11 January 2013 signing a two-and-a-half year contract.[12] He made his début on 19 January in Reading's 2–1 away win over Newcastle United at St James' Park and made his home début at the Madejski Stadium on 26 January against Sheffield United in a 4–0 FA Cup win.

International career [edit]

Kelly won Irish caps at junior levels and is now a first team member of the Irish national squad, making his debut versus Chile. He represented the Republic of Ireland Under-16 team at the 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship and the Under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

On 29 March 2011, Kelly was named as Ireland captain for the friendly against Uruguay at the Aviva Stadium.[13]

He was a squad member at UEFA Euro 2012 but saw no game time. Then, despite injuries to Richard Dunne and Sean St Ledger, manager Giovanni Trapattoni left him on the bench for the 6-1 home defeat to Germany in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C. Days later, Kelly had a training ground row with assistant manager Marco Tardelli, and was left so upset by the incident that he did not want to board the plane for the game against the Faroe Islands.[14]

Career statistics [edit]

Club [edit]

Kelly with Fulham in 2009
Correct up to and including match played 20 April 2013[15]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tottenham Hotspur 2002–03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southend United (loan) 2002–03 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2002–03 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
Tottenham Hotspur 2003–04 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Watford 2003–04 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Tottenham Hotspur 2004–05 17 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 2
2005–06 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 37 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 44 2
Birmingham City 2006–07 36 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 41 0
2007–08 38 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 40 0
2008–09 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Stoke City (loan) 2008–09 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Fulham 2009–10 8 0 3 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 22 0
2010–11 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
2011–12 24 0 2 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 34 0
2012–13 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Reading 2012–13 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Career total 210 2 16 0 12 0 17 0 2 0 257 2

International [edit]

As of match played 11 September 2012.[16]
Republic of Ireland national team
Year Apps Goals
2006 3 0
2007 6 0
2008 3 0
2009 3 0
2010 5 0
2011 9 0
2012 3 0
Total 32 0

Honours [edit]

Birmingham City
Fulham
International

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0. 
  2. ^ "Player Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 6 September 2012. 
  3. ^ "Past Players". Belvedere F.C. Retrieved 6 September 2012. 
  4. ^ "Birmingham 1–1 Tottenham". BBC Sport. 2 April 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2009. 
  5. ^ "Tottenham 5–1 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2009. 
  6. ^ "Kelly completes Birmingham switch". BBC Sport. 28 June 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2007. 
  7. ^ "Opta stats: The Premier League season in numbers". The Guardian. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2008. 
  8. ^ "Stoke complete Kelly loan switch". BBC Sport. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2009. 
  9. ^ "Stoke City: Kelly's return delights Reid". The Sentinel. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009. 
  10. ^ "Stoke v Portsmouth preview". Sky Sports. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009. 
  11. ^ "Kelly Signs". Fulham F.C. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009. 
  12. ^ "Kelly signs". Reading F.C. Retrieved 11 January 2013. 
  13. ^ "Fulham's Stephen Kelly to captain Republic of Ireland against Uruguay". The Guardian. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
  14. ^ "Stephen Kelly in management bust-up – reports". The Score. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012. 
  15. ^ "Stephen Kelly". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 May 2013. 
  16. ^ "Kelly, Stephen". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013. 

External links [edit]
Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland squad – UEFA Euro 2012
Republic of Ireland
Reading F.C. – current squad
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