Matthew Kilgallon

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Matthew Kilgallon
Personal information
Full name Matthew Shaun Kilgallon
Date of birth January 8, 1984 (1984-01-08) (age 24)
Place of birth    York, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Sheffield United
Number 16
Youth clubs
Leeds United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003–2007
2003
2007–		 Leeds United
→ West Ham United (loan)
Sheffield United		 80 (3)
03 (0)
46 (2)   
National team2
2004–2005 England U21 05 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 09:15, 5 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 18:44, 26 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Matthew Shaun Kilgallon (born January 8, 1984 in York) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Sheffield United.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Leeds United

A product of the youth set-up at Leeds, Kilgallon first made a senior appearance for Leeds in 2004, scoring two goals that season and working his way into the England Under-21 set-up. Once Leeds had dropped to the Championship, Killa (his nick-name from his team mates) began to make more appearances and held down a more regular place in the 1st eleven. He played a major role in the club's run through to the 2006 play-offs, helping them make the final.

Kilgallon played most of Leeds's matches of the first half of the 2006-07 season in new manager, Dennis Wise's new look Leeds team, keeping experienced centre-backs Sean Gregan and Hayden Foxe out of the team.

Having been the subject of a failed £1 million bid from Premiership side Reading at the start of the 2006-07 season he was finally transferred to Sheffield United during that seasons January transfer window.

[edit] Sheffield United

Kilgallon signed for Sheffield United on January 8 2007 for £1.75 million rising to £2 million and with a 20% sell on clause.[1] Despite recovering from an early injury he found it difficult to force himself into Neil Warnock’s plans and did not make his first team debut until the 1-0 loss at Bolton on March 31st of that year.[2] He did not score a competitive goal for the Blades until 15 December 2007 when he netted the winner in a 1-0 home victory over local rivals Barnsley.[3]

[edit] Statistics

Club Performance
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Sheffield United 2007-081 40 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 46 2
2006-07 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Leeds United 2006-07 19 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
2005-06 25 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 33 1
2004-05 26 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
2003-04 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
West Ham (loan) 2003-04 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Leeds United 2002-03 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Total 129 5 7 0 11 0 1 0 3 0 151 5

1Last updated 5 May 2008

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Blades sign Kilgallon from Leeds", BBC Sport, 2007-01-08. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. 
  2. ^ "Bolton 1-0 Sheff Utd", BBC Sport, 2007-03-31. Retrieved on 2007-11-30. 
  3. ^ "Sheff Utd 1-0 Barnsley", BBC Sport, 2007-12-15. Retrieved on 2007-12-16. 

[edit] External links

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NAME Kilgallon, Matthew Shaun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kilgallon, Matthew
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1984-1-8
PLACE OF BIRTH York, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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