Stephen Kelly
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| Stephen Kelly | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Michael Kelly | |
| Date of birth | 6 September 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Right back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Fulham | |
| Number | TBA | |
| Youth career | ||
| Belvedere FC | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000–2006 2003 2003 2003 2006–2009 2009 2009– |
Tottenham Hotspur → Southend United (loan) → Queens Park Rangers (loan) → Watford (loan) Birmingham City → Stoke City (loan) Fulham |
37 (2) 10 (0) 7 (0) 13 (0) 79 (0) 6 (0) 0 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2003–2005 2006– |
Republic of Ireland U21 Republic of Ireland |
17 (0) 14 (0) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Stephen Michael Kelly (born 6 September 1983) is an Irish professional footballer who plays at full back (usually right full back) for Fulham. He is a full international for the Republic of Ireland.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Tottenham Hotspur
Kelly was born in Finglas, Dublin and joined Tottenham Hotspur through their youth programme. 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 nearly forty Premiership appearances, scoring two league goals.
[edit] Birmingham City
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 although it could rise to £1.25 million depending on his success with Birmingham City.[1]
Stephen Kelly was the only outfield player in the 2007–08 Premier League season to have played every minute of every game for his club.[2]
[edit] Stoke City
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.[3] Kelly made his Stoke debut in their next game, a 2–0 defeat to Sunderland,[4] but picked up a hamstring injury while on international duty which would keep him out of Stoke's next fixture.[5]
[edit] Fulham
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.[6]
[edit] International career
Kelly has won Irish caps at junior levels and is now a member in the Irish full team squad making his debut versus Chile. He represented the Republic of Ireland Under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
[edit] References
- ^ "Kelly completes Birmingham switch". BBC Sport. 2006-06-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/5064692.stm. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
- ^ "Opta stats: The Premier League season in numbers". guardian.co.uk (Guardian Media Group). 2008-05-14. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/may/14/premierleague1. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ^ "Stoke complete Kelly loan switch". BBC Sport. 2009-02-04. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/7867516.stm. Retrieved on 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Stoke City: Kelly's return delights Reid". Stoke Sentinel. 9 February 2009. http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/sport/Stoke-City-Kelly-s-return-delights-Reid/article-681419-detail/article.html. Retrieved on 22 February 2009.
- ^ "Stoke v Portsmouth preview". Sky Sports. 20 February 2009. http://www.skysports.com/football/match_preview/0,19764,11065_3004808,00.html. Retrieved on 22 February 2009.
- ^ "Kelly Signs". Fulham F.C.. 16 June 2009. http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2009/June/KellySigns.aspx. Retrieved on 16 June 2009.
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