Martin Kelly

Martin Kelly ( 2012)

Martin Ronald Kelly (born 27 April 1990 Whiston, Merseyside ) is an English footballer. The 1.91 m tall defender has since 2007 a ​​professional contract with the English first division club FC Liverpool. He plays primarily as a right back, but can also be used as a central defender.

Playing career

Liverpool FC

His competitive debut came Kelly on 9 December 2008 in the UEFA Champions League against PSV Eindhoven when he came on for Jamie Carragher. From the end of March 2009 until the end of the season he played on loan for the third division Huddersfield Town in Football League One and came to seven inserts ( 1 goal). After his return to the Liverpool youth international arrived on 15 March 2010 in a 4-1 win against Portsmouth on his debut in the Premier League 2009/10.

After Kenny Dalglish his predecessor Roy Hodgson replaced on 8 January 2011 as the coach of the club, Martin Kelly took into account regularly in the first team of FC Liverpool until the end of February drew upon a serious injury to his Achilles tendon. Only in the 2011/2012 season he returned to occasional inserts, but was behind Glen Johnson not a regular player, so he finally came on 12 Season inserts. On 29 November 2011, he scored in the quarter- finals of the English League Cup against Chelsea 2-0, and thus his first competitive goal for Liverpool.

England national team

Martin Kelly took part with the English U-20 national team at the Junior World Cup in 2009 in Egypt. However, the English national team experienced in this tournament a disaster and failed in the preliminary round. On 10 August 2010 he made ​​his debut in the English U- 21 team, scoring his first goal.

His first senior international match played Kelly on May 26, 2012, when he appeared as a substitute in a friendly against Norway 87 minutes for Phil Jones. After the loss of Gary Cahill Martin Kelly was nachnomiert for the 2012 European Football Championship. However, as the club he's just a substitute behind Glen Johnson.