Martin Kelly Footballer Plays Young For Liverpool

Martin Kelly Footballer Plays Young For Liverpool

Martin Ronald Kelly (born 27 April 1990) is an English footballer who plays for Liverpool as a full back, a wingback or a centre-back. His main qualities are his ability to shut the left wing against dangerous wingers and to make overlapping runs to put dangerous crosses into the box. Born in Whiston, Kelly was promoted to Melwood from the club's academy in the summer of 2007. In an interview for Liverpool's official website he spoke about his delight at making the step up despite missing roughly two years of football for the youth team due to back problems.

Kelly broke into Gary Ablett's title winning reserves team during 2007–08. He scored the second goal in Liverpool's 3–0 win over UANL Tigres in the Dallas Cup 2008 final on 23 March 2008. Kelly started in Liverpool's UEFA Europa League qualifiers against Rabotnicki Skopje, the play-offs against Trabzonspor, and Liverpool's opening two group games, defeating Steaua Bucureşti and drawing with FC Utrecht.

Personal information
Full name Martin Ronald Kelly[1]
Date of birth 27 April 1990 (1990-04-27) (age 20)
Place of birth Whiston, Merseyside[2], England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Centre Back, Right Back
Club information
Current club Liverpool
Number 34
Youth career
1997–2007 Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007– Liverpool 12 (0)
2009 → Huddersfield Town (loan) 7 (1)
National team‡
2009 England U19 5 (0)
2009 England U20 4 (0)
2010– England U21 2 (1)