Gary Kelly (footballer, born 1974)

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox football biography Gary Oliver Kelly (born 9 July 1974) is an Irish former footballer who played his entire professional career with Leeds United.

Kelly played as a right-back or a right midfielder from 1992 until 2007 and made 531 appearances in total for Leeds United, being the only player to make more than 500 appearances outside the stewardship of Don Revie.

Club career

Kelly, the youngest of a family of 13, originally started playing football as a striker, and was reasonably successful in this position for Home Farm. However, when he joined Leeds, then boss Howard Wilkinson recognised qualities in him that would make a very good wing-back.[1]

Kelly made his debut for Leeds in the 1991–92 season, although he did not become a regular in the side until the 1993–94 season, when Wilkinson made him his first choice right-back following the injury-induced retirement of Mel Sterland, occasionally filing in at centre back when needed.

He had played just twice in the 1991–92 season,[2] when Leeds were champions of the last old Football League First Division before the FA Premier League was created, and did not qualify for a title winner's medal.

He was selected in the Premier League team of the season for the 1993–94 campaign.

By the end of that season, he had also played himself into Jack Charlton's Republic of Ireland squad that went to the 1994 World Cup in the USA. Kelly was one of the "Three Amigos" alongside Phil Babb and Jason McAteer whose youthful exuberance rejuvenated an ageing Irish squad.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Kelly scored in a 2–0 victory over Germany in a warm-up friendly before those finals. Kelly was installed by George Graham as his skipper in the 1997–98 season, at the age of 23.

Kelly was generally a regular either at right back or right midfield in every subsequent season he played for Leeds, except for 1998–99, when shin splints ruined his season (this injury would reoccur in subsequent seasons). But Kelly forced his way back into the Leeds first team, in 1999–2000, making the right back role his own, despite the signing of Danny Mills in the summer of 1999. Kelly once again took over as skipper when Lucas Radebe was on international duty. He was rewarded with a testimonial match in May 2002, played against Celtic. The proceeds from this match were donated to several cancer charities chosen by Kelly (mainly Teenage Cancer Charity in Leeds and Cancer Support Centre in Drogheda), in dedication to his sister, Mandy, who died from the disease in 1998 aged only 35. Seen by a crowd of 26,440, Celtic won this match, which generated nearly £1 million in receipts – making up the majority of the total £1.5 million which was raised to open a cancer centre in his native Drogheda.[3] He is also only the 10th player to ever make over 500 appearances for Leeds United, making the feat against Luton Town in Leeds' 2–1 victory at Elland Road on 25 February 2006.

Kelly played regularly in the first half of his 16th season at Leeds. But at that stage, he had fallen out with Ken Bates and new Leeds manager, Dennis Wise. On 26 October 2006, Wise revealed Shaun Derry was replacing Kelly as the new Leeds vice captain.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

After 16 years of loyal service to the club, a presentation of a crystal cut vase was made to Kelly at the last home game of the 2006–07 season by former Leeds United players Paul Reaney, Allan Clarke, Mick Jones, and Frank Worthington.[4][5]

International career

Kelly scored three goals in the 1992 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualifiers and won 52 international caps playing for the Republic of Ireland scoring two goals, before his retirement from international football.[6] He represented them at both the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

Kelly is the uncle of fellow Irish international and Leeds teammate Ian Harte. Kelly and Harte were both part of Ireland's 2002 World Cup squad. Kelly was also regarded amongst the Leeds squad as being a prankster and joker, having pulled several different stunts, including wearing Nicky Byrne of Westlife's clothes for a training session when Byrne had got changed to join in with the training session.[1] Byrne used to be part of the youth team set up at Leeds United during the mid-1990s, and is a friend of Kelly.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[7]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leeds United 1991–92 First Division 2 0 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 3 0
1992–93 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993–94 Premier League 42 0 3 0 2 0 — 0 0 47 0
1994–95 Premier League 42 0 4 0 2 0 — 0 0 48 0
1995–96 Premier League 34 0 5 0 8 0 4Template:Efn 0 0 0 51 0
1996–97 Premier League 36 2 4 0 3 0 — 0 0 43 2
1997–98 Premier League 34 0 4 0 3 0 — 0 0 41 0
1998–99 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999–2000 Premier League 31 0 3 0 2 0 11Template:Efn 0 0 0 47 0
2000–01 Premier League 24 0 1 0 1 0 12Template:Efn 0 0 0 38 0
2001–02 Premier League 20 0 1 0 1 0 3Template:Efn 0 0 0 25 0
2002–03 Premier League 25 0 4 1 0 0 6Template:Efn 0 0 0 35 1
2003–04 Premier League 38 0 0 0 2 0 — 0 0 40 0
2004–05 Championship 43 0 1 0 3 0 — 0 0 47 0
2005–06 Championship 44 0 2 1 0 0 — 3Template:Efn 0 49 1
2006–07 Championship 16 0 0 0 2 0 — 0 0 18 0
Total 431 2 32 2 30 0 36 0 3 0 532 4

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International

Scores and results list Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kelly goal.
List of international goals scored by Gary Kelly
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 May 1994 HDI-Arena, Hanover, Germany {{safesubst: Template:Yesno alias = Germany flag alias = Flag of Germany.svg flag alias-1866 = Flag of the German Empire.svg link alias-1866 = German Empire flag alias-empire = Flag of the German Empire.svg link alias-empire = German Empire flag alias-1919 = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg link alias-1919 = Weimar Republic flag alias-Weimar = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg link alias-Weimar = Weimar Republic flag alias-1933 = Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg flag alias-1935 = Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg link alias-1935 = Nazi Germany flag alias-Nazi = Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg link alias-Nazi = Nazi Germany flag alias-1946 = Merchant flag of Germany (1946–1949).svg border-1946 = flag alias-1949 = Flag of Germany.svg flag alias-EUA = German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg flag alias-gold = Flag of West Germany; Flag of Germany (1990–1996).svg flag alias-state = Flag of Germany (state).svg link alias-military = Bundeswehr flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Germany.svg border-naval = link alias-naval = German Navy flag alias-coast guard=German Federal Coast Guard racing stripe.svg border-coast guard= link alias-coast guard=German Federal Coast Guard flag alias-army = Colour of Germany.svg flag alias-air force =Flag of Germany (state).svg link alias-air force = German Air Force link alias-army = German Army flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Germany.svg link alias-navy = German Navy border-navy = border-army= size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly

2 24 March 2001 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus {{ Template:Yesno alias = Cyprus flag alias = Flag of Cyprus.svg flag alias-1878 = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg flag alias-1881 = Flag of Cyprus (1881–1922).svg flag alias-colonial = Blue Ensign of Cyprus (1922).svg flag alias-April 1960 = Flag of Cyprus (1960).svg flag alias-1960 = Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg link alias-army = Cypriot Ground Forces size = name = variant = altlink = national football team

}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|4–0 || 2002 World Cup qualification

Honours

Leeds United

Individual

See also

References

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