Martin Kelly (soccer player)

Martin Kelly
Martin Kelly (2016)
Personnel
Surname	Martin Ronald Kelly
birthday	April 27, 1990
place of birth	Whiston , Merseyside ,  England
size	191 cm
position	Right / left full-back
Juniors
Years	station
1997-2007	Liverpool FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2007-2014	Liverpool FC	33 (0)
2009	→  Huddersfield Town  (loan)	7 (1)
2014–	Crystal Palace	116 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2009	England U-19	5 (0)
2009	England U-20	4 (0)
2010-2011	England U-21	8 (3)
2012–	England	1 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of December 29, 2019 2 As of September 21, 2012

Martin Ronald Kelly (born April 27, 1990 in Whiston , Merseyside ) is an English football player. He mainly plays as a right full-back , but can also be used as a center -back.

Player career

Liverpool FC

Kelly made his competitive debut on December 9, 2008 in the UEFA Champions League against PSV Eindhoven when he came on for Jamie Carragher . From the end of March 2009 to the end of the season he played on loan for the third division club Huddersfield Town in Football League One and came to seven missions (1 goal). After his return to Liverpool, the junior international came on March 15, 2010 in a 4-1 win against Portsmouth FC for his Premier League debut in 2009/10 .

After Kenny Dalglish replaced his predecessor Roy Hodgson as coach of the club on January 8, 2011 , Martin Kelly was regularly considered in the first team of Liverpool until he sustained a serious injury to his Achilles tendon at the end of February . Only in the 2011/2012 season he came back to occasional missions, but was not a regular behind Glen Johnson , so he finally came to 12 season appearances . On November 29, 2011, he scored the 2-0 in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup against Chelsea and thus his first competitive goal for Liverpool.

For the 2014/15 season Kelly moved to Crystal Palace . He signed a three-year contract until June 30, 2017.

English national team

Martin Kelly took part in the 2009 Junior World Cup in Egypt with the England U-20 national team. However, the English national team experienced a disaster at this tournament and failed in the preliminary round. On August 10, 2010, he made his debut for the England U-21 national team and scored his first goal.

Kelly played his first full international match on May 26, 2012 when he came on for Phil Jones after 87 minutes in the friendly against Norway . After the failure of Gary Cahill , Martin Kelly was nominated for the 2012 European Football Championship . As in the club, however, he is only a substitute behind Glen Johnson .

Web links

• Martin Kelly in the database of weltfussball.de
• Martin Kelly in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Martin Kelly in the database of soccerbase.com (English)
• Martin Kelly , profile on the homepage of Liverpool FC (English)
• Martin Kelly , profile on the homepage of the English Football Association (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ lfchistory.net: Profile of Martin Kelly (English, accessed June 17, 2012)
2. ↑ liverpoolecho.co.uk: "Martin Kelly joy at first Liverpool FC goal in Carling Cup win over Chelsea" (English, November 30, 2011, accessed June 17, 2012)
3. ↑ Kelly Joins The Eagles (August 15, 2014, accessed August 15, 2014)