Harry McKirdy

Harry McKirdy
Personal information
Full name Harry McKirdy[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997[2]
Place of birth London, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Playing position Striker / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Youth career
2004–2011 Stoke City
2011–2015 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Aston Villa 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Stevenage (loan) 11 (1)
2018 → Crewe Alexandra (loan) 16 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Harry McKirdy (born 29 March 1997) is an English footballer who plays for Aston Villa.

Career

McKirdy was born in London[3] and brought up in the Stoke-on-Trent area, where he attended St Joseph's College.[4] He was on the books of Stoke City from the age of seven to fourteen, and then joined Aston Villa's academy. McKirdy signed a scholarship in 2013,[4] and went on to sign a two-year professional contract in 2016.[5]

McKirdy trained with the first team in 2016–17 pre-season,[3] but had played no first-team football by the time that he joined League Two club Stevenage on 31 August 2016, on loan until January 2017.[5] He made his club and Football League debut on 24 September, coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat to Exeter City.[6] He scored his first goal for Stevenage in an EFL Trophy tie against Brighton & Hove Albion Under-23s on 4 October 2016,[7] and scored his first league goal in a 2-1 win for Stevenage at Mansfield Town on 29 October 2016.

In January 2018, he signed for Crewe Alexandra on loan to the end of the season,[8] and scored on his Crewe debut against Wycombe Wanderers on 20 January 2018 after coming on as a second half substitute.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 5 May 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2016–17[10] Championship 0000000000
2017–18[11] Championship 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Stevenage (loan) 2016–17[10] League Two 11110001[lower-alpha 1]1132
Crewe Alexandra (loan) 2017–18[11] League Two 163000000163
Career totals 274100011295
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Harry McKirdy". 11v11. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 Evans, Gregg (1 July 2016). "Aston Villa: Roberto Di Matteo keen on young trio – and promotes them to first-team set-up". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Football: St Joe's starlet hoping for a big future in the game with Villa". The Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. 1 2 "McKirdy pens new deal and joins Stevenage on loan". Aston Villa F.C. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Match report: Stevenage 0, Exeter City 2". Stevenage F.C. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Stevenage 2-2 Brighton U23: Late McKirdy goal rescues point for Boro in Checkatrade Trophy". hertfordshiremercury.co.uk. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Signing: Harry McKirdy Joins On Loan From Aston Villa". CreweAlex.net. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Wycombe Wanderers". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Games played by Harry McKirdy in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Games played by Harry McKirdy in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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