Alan Kelly, Jr.

For other people named Alan Kelly, see Alan Kelly (disambiguation).
Alan Kelly
Personal information
Full name Alan Kelly
Date of birth 11 August 1968 (1968-08-11) (age 43)
Place of birth Preston, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Preston North End
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1985–1992 Preston North End 142 (0)
1992–1999 Sheffield United 214 (0)
1999–2004 Blackburn Rovers 39 (0)
2001 → Stockport County (loan) 2 (0)
2001 → Birmingham City (loan) 6 (0)
National team‡
1993–2002 Republic of Ireland 24 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:36, 31 October 2010 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:36, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Alan Kelly (born 11 August 1968 in Preston) is an English-born former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Preston North End, Sheffield United and Blackburn Rovers along with short loan spells at Stockport County and Birmingham City. He also represented the Republic of Ireland internationally wining 24 caps for his country. Both his father, Alan Kelly, Sr., and older brother, Gary, are also former goalkeepers.

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Playing career

Club career

Kelly started his career at Preston North End in the Fourth Division, following the footsteps of his father, Alan Kelly, Sr., and played 142 games for the team.

He joined Sheffield United in July 1992 for £150,000. He stayed with Sheffield United until 1999, despite their relegation from the Premiership shortly into his career with them. In total he made 213 appearances for the Blades.

In 1999, Kelly transferred to Blackburn Rovers, making 39 appearances, and stayed there until his retirement from football in 2004. This time also included loan spells at Stockport County and Birmingham City.

International career

He won 34 caps for the Republic of Ireland, and was a member of the Republic's 1994 and 2002 World Cup squads. He was, however, the team's second-choice goalkeeper on both occasions, and never actually played in a World Cup game.

Later career

In the summer of 2006, Kelly was goalkeeping coach for the Soccer-Academy camps, located in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania in the United States.

He is currently goalkeeping coach of the Republic of Ireland national football team and at Preston North Ends Centre of Excellence.[1]

After spending 18months at Preston North Ends Centre of Excellence he became the new goal keeping coaching following the dismissal of Phil Brown and appointment of David Unsworth as care-taker manager. [2]

Honours

External links

References

  1. ^ "Alan Kelly". Football Association of Ireland. 28 April 2009. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100034&catid=1&Itemid=8. Retrieved 30 June 2009. 
  2. ^ "Alan Kelly". BBC. 21 December 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16292599.stm. Retrieved 21 December 2011. 
Republic of Ireland squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup
Republic of Ireland squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup