Martin Kelly
Kelly playing for Crystal Palace in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Martin Ronald Kelly | ||
| Date of birth | 27 April 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Whiston, England | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Crystal Palace | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2008 | Liverpool | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2014 | Liverpool | 33 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2014– | Crystal Palace | 70 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009 | England U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2009 | England U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | England U21 | 8 | (3) |
| 2012 | England | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:01, 29 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:19, 12 April 2017 (UTC) |
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Martin Ronald Kelly (born 27 April 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Crystal Palace.
He began his career at hometown club Liverpool, making 62 appearances across all competitions from his debut in 2008, and winning the League Cup in 2012. In 2014, he transferred to Crystal Palace for a fee of £2 million.
Kelly played two minutes for England in a friendly against Norway on 26 May 2012, making him the England player with the shortest international career. He was an unused member of their squad for that year's European Championship.
Kelly was born in Whiston, Merseyside and raised in Newton-le-Willows by his parents where he attended St Mary's Primary and then St Aelred's Catholic Technology College. He joined Liverpool at the age of seven and came through Academy ranks.
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 Tigres UANL in the 2008 Dallas Cup final on 23 March 2008.
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