Liam Kelly (footballer, born 1995)

Liam Kelly
Personal information
Full name Liam Anthony Kelly[1]
Date of birth (1995-11-22) 22 November 1995
Place of birth Basingstoke, England
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Reading
Number 38
Youth career
2004–2013 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Reading 75 (6)
2016 → Bath City (loan) 16 (6)
National team
2013–2014 Republic of Ireland U19 4 (1)
2014 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:12, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Liam Anthony Kelly (born 22 November 1995) is an English born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship club Reading as a midfielder.

Club Career

In November 2013, Kelly signed his first professional contract with Reading,[2] In May 2016, Kelly signed a two-year contract with Reading.[3] On 12 February 2016, Kelly joined Bath City on an initial one-month loan,[4] extending it for another month on 11 March,[5] before extending it till the end of the season 10 April 2016.[6] Kelly made his debut for Reading on 23 August 2016 at home to Milton Keynes Dons in the EFL Cup, coming on for George Evans,[7] with his league debut coming on 22 October 2016 away to Rotherham United.

On 30 December, Kelly signed a new contract, keeping him at the Reading until the summer of 2019.[8]

He scored his first goal for Reading in a 3-2 win against Bristol City on 2 January 2017.[9]

Kelly extended his Reading contract on 6 July 2017, signing a new three-year deal.[10]

International Career

Republic of Ireland

Kelly made his Republic of Ireland under-19 debut against Slovenia under-19 in September 2013.[11] Whilst playing for the Republic of Ireland U19's against Sweden under-19, Kelly scored a wonder goal from the halfway line.[12] Kelly made his Republic of Ireland under-21 debut against United States under-20 in November 2014.[11]

Kelly received his first call up for the Republic of Ireland on 13 March 2017, being named in the 39-man provisional squad for the games against Wales and Iceland.[13]

Kelly rejected a call-up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad in March 2018, due to his reported ambition to represent England.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 April 2018[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2013–14 Championship 000000-00
2014–15 000000-00
2015–16 000000-00
2016–17[16] 281103020341
2017–18[17] 3352022-377
Total 616305220718
Bath City (loan) 2015–16 National League South 1660000–166
Career total 77123052208714

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Reading FC: Youngster Liam Kelly signs professional contract". getreading.co.uk. Get Reading. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tennai Watson pens two-year contract". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "City bring in Kelly on loan from Reading". bathcityfc.com. Bath City F.C. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Loan player updates". bathcityfc.com. Bath City F.C. 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Murphy and Kelly extend but Harvey recalled". bathcityfc.com. Bath City F.C. 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Reading 2–2 MK Dons". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Kelly signs new Royals deal". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Bristol C 2-3 Reading". BBC. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "Liam Kelly commits until 2020". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Liam Kelly RoI Profile". fai.ie. FAI. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "WONDERGOAL from the halfway line!". youtube.com. Reading Youtube. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Kelly gets maiden call for Ireland senior squad!". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "Liam Kelly rejects Ireland call in favour of England". irishtimes.com. The Irish Times. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "L.Kelly". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Liam Kelly in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Liam Kelly in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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