Kyle Nix

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Kyle Nix
Personal information
Full name Kyle Ashley Nix
Date of birth 21 January 1986 (1986-01-21) (age 22)
Place of birth    Sydney, Australia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left Midfielder
Club information
Current club Bradford City
Number 22
Youth clubs
2001–2004
2004–2005		 Manchester Utd
Aston Villa
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2005–2006
2006
2006–2007
2007
2007–		 Sheffield United
→ Barnsley (loan)
Buxton
Parkgate
Bradford City		 00 (0)
00 (0)
06 (0)[1][2]
0? (0)
40 (6)   
National team
2001–2005 England Youth

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18:12, 3 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Kyle Ashley Nix (born 21 January 1986) is an Australian-born professional footballer who plays in midfield for English League Two side Bradford City. He started his career with the youth teams at Manchester United and Aston Villa, before he joined Sheffield United. He had a loan spell with Barnsley, but left Sheffield to join non-league Buxton. He played seven games for Buxton during the 2006–07 season, before he joined Parkgate where he spent the remainder of the season. He joined Bradford City for whom he made his debut in league football in August 2007. Nix has also represented England at youth team level.

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[edit] Early life

Kyle Nix was born in Sydney, Australia, while his father, Peter Nix, was playing football there. Peter had been a left winger, whose own professional career included 22 league games for Rotherham United. When the family returned to Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Kyle started his own football career.[3]

[edit] Club career

[edit] Early career

Nix started his football career in England as a youth player for Premiership side Manchester United,[4] before joining Aston Villa's youth side for a year.[4] He was part of Villa's youth team which lost in the final of the FA Youth Cup to Middlesbrough.[5] In July 2005, he was signed by Sheffield United of the Coca Cola Championship on a one year deal.[6] His debut came in a League Cup tie against League Two side Shrewsbury Town, which United won on penalties, when he came on as a 90th minute substitute.[7][8] His only other appearance for Sheffield United was again as a substitute in the League Cup against Reading.[7]

Towards the end of the 2005–06 season he was sent on loan to League One side Barnsley where he stayed for three months.[9] Barnsley won promotion to the Championship although Nix did not play in any games.[10] He returned to Sheffield United but he was among seven players to be released by manager Neil Warnock.[10] Nix had an unsuccessful trial at Peterborough United, and one at Grimsby Town which was curtailed by an ankle ligament injury,[4][11] and played a reserve team outing for Rotherham United. But after failing to win a place at any of the three league teams, he turned to non-league football. He first appeared for Northern Premier League side Buxton.[3] He played seven times for Buxton, scoring one goal,[1] which came in a 9–0 Derbyshire Senior Cup victory over Blackwell Miners Welfare.[2] For the rest of the 2006–07 season he turned out for Northern Counties East League side Parkgate.[3] He also scored once for Parkgate—in a 4–3 Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup semi-final defeat to Stocksbridge Park Steels.[12]

[edit] Bradford City

In summer 2007, he was offered a short-term deal with League Two side Bradford City following a successful trial, teaming back up with Stuart McCall, who Nix knew from his days at Sheffield United.[13] He made his Bradford debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a League Cup game scoring his first senior goal.[13] His league debut came three days later in the first league game to be played at Shrewsbury Town's new ground the New Meadow.[14][15] He was offered a longer term deal at City,[14] before becoming a regular first team player. His first league goal was a long-range equaliser as Bradford drew 1–1 with Chesterfield on 8 December 2007 before he added a second in successive games in a 2–1 defeat to Peterborough United.[16][17] His goals helped to win him a contract extension in January until the end of the 2007–08 season.[18] Later that month he improved his run of goals by scoring in three successive matches to help Bradford to five points from three games within the space of eight days.[19][20][21] Nix stayed in the team for the remainder of the season,[22] but it was not until April that he scored again, with a long-range volley against Brentford, as he bid for a new contract for the 2008–09 season.[23] On 29 April 2008, Nix was offered a new deal,[24] which he signed the following week to remain at Bradford for another season.[25]

[edit] International career

Nix has appeared for various England youth international teams from under 16s to under 20s.[6][26] He scored twice for the under 17s, in a 4–0 victory over Faroe Islands and another in a 2–1 victory over Norway, during the Nordic International Tournament in 2002.[27][28]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Buxton Football Club 2006/07. Buxton Football Club. Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  2. ^ a b Fixtures 2006/2007. Buxton Football Club. Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  3. ^ a b c Payne, Les. "FA charge for Millers", Sheffield Star, 2007-12-13. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  4. ^ a b c Wobschall, Leon. "Nix picks City as long-term choice", Yorkshire Evening Post, 2008-01-06. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  5. ^ Johnson, Nick. "'Boro lift FA Youth Cup", The FA, 2004-04-19. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  6. ^ a b "Blades recruit Nix and Mulligan", BBC Sport, 2005-07-03. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  7. ^ a b Kyle Nix. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  8. ^ "Shrewsbury 0-0 Sheff Utd", BBC Sport, 2005-09-21. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  9. ^ "Barnsley complete Nix loan deal", BBC Sport, 2006-02-27. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 
  10. ^ a b Appleyard, Ian. "Warnock makes space for new blood as Blades release seven", Yorkshire Post, 2006-05-13. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  11. ^ "Peterborough United 2 Bradford City 1", Yorkshire Post, 2007-12-24. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  12. ^ Northern Counties East Football League. Northern Counties East Football League. Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  13. ^ a b Parker, Simon. "Goal may be key to new Nix deal", Telegraph & Argus, 2007-08-17. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 
  14. ^ a b Parker, Simon. "Nix offered permanent deal", Telegraph & Argus, 2007-08-27. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 
  15. ^ "Shrewsbury 1-0 Bradford", BBC Sport, 2007-08-18. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  16. ^ Parker, Simon. "Nix keen to stay on at City", Telegraph & Argus, 2007-12-11. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 
  17. ^ Parker, Simon. "Peterborough 2 City 1", Telegraph & Argus, 2007-12-22. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 
  18. ^ "Bradford move for Pools' Bullock", BBC Sport, 2008-01-02. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 
  19. ^ "Bury 2-2 Bradford", BBC Sport, 2008-01-22. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 
  20. ^ "Wrexham 1-1 Bradford", BBC Sport, 2008-01-26. Retrieved on 2008-01-26. 
  21. ^ "Bradford 4-2 Shrewsbury", BBC Sport, 2008-01-29. Retrieved on 2008-01-30. 
  22. ^ Kyle Nix. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
  23. ^ Parker, Simon. "Nix: I don't do tap-ins", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-04-14. Retrieved on 2008-04-20. 
  24. ^ Parker, Simon. "Johnson one of 13 axed by City", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-04-29. Retrieved on 2008-04-29. 
  25. ^ "Bradford City duo sign new deals", BBC Sport, 2008-05-07. Retrieved on 2008-05-07. 
  26. ^ "Moscow date for quartet of rising stars", Sheffield Star, 2005-08-16. Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 
  27. ^ Bradbury, Jamie. "Under 17s knock four past Faroes", The FA, 2002-07-30. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 
  28. ^ Bradbury, Jamie. "Kyle Nix final chance for England", The FA, 2002-08-02. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. 

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Bradford City A.F.C. – current squad

3 Heckingbottom • 6 Bower • 7 Daley • 9 Conlon • 10 Thorne • 12 Clarke • 15 Colbeck • 16 Ainge • 19 O'Brien • 22 Nix • 23 Topp • 28 Taylforth • 29 Morgan • 32 Bullock • 29 Sharry • –– Brandon • –– McLaughlin • –– Osborne • Manager: McCall


Persondata
NAME Nix, Kyle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1986-01-21
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH