Stephen Kelly
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| Stephen Kelly | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Michael Kelly | |
| Date of birth | September 6, 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Full back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Birmingham City | |
| Number | 2 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000–2006 2003 2003 2003 2006– |
Tottenham Hotspur → Southend United (loan) → Queens Park Rangers (loan) → Watford (loan) Birmingham City |
37 (2) 10 (0) 7 (0) 13 (0) 74 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2003–2005 2006– |
Republic of Ireland U21 Republic of Ireland |
17 (0) 11 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Stephen Michael Kelly (born September 6, 1983 in Dublin) is an Irish professional footballer who plays at full back (usually right full back) for Birmingham City. He is a full international for the Republic of Ireland.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Tottenham Hotspur
Kelly 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 fifty Premiership appearances and 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] 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 Republic of Ireland Under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Kelly completes Birmingham switch", BBC Sport, 2006-06-28. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
- ^ "Opta stats: The Premier League season in numbers", guardian.co.uk, Guardian Media Group, 2008-05-14. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
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