Martin Kelly

Liverpool

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. Ahead of the 2008–09 season he received a first-team squad number. He earned his first call up to the senior team in November 2008 when he was an unused substitute in Liverpool's UEFA Champions League group stage match against Marseille. Not long after, he debuted as a substitute for Jamie Carragher in the same competition against PSV Eindhoven on 9 December 2008. On 26 March 2009, as the loan transfer window closed, Kelly joined League One club Huddersfield Town on loan until the end of the season. He made his debut for the Terriers as a left-back in the 2–1 win over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium on 31 March 2009, and received praise for his composed performance. On 18 April, he scored his first goal in professional football, scoring the winner in Huddersfield's 3–2…

England under-19

Kelly was called up in early 2009 for the England U-19 squad that played Spain U-19s on 10 February. Kelly went on to make 5 appearances for the Under-19s with his last coming in a 2–1 win over Scotland U-19s on 1 June 2009.

England under-20

In August 2009, Kelly was called up to the England under-20 team for the match against Serbia and made his debut in the 5–0 victory. He subsequently played all three matches for the team in the Under-20 World Cup finals in Egypt that year. Kelly made his debut for the England under-20 team in a 5–0 win over Montenegro U-20s in a pre 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup friendly. He also played at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt as England finished bottom of Group D. Kelly made four appearances for the under-20 team.

England under-21

On 5 August 2010, Kelly receive.his first call-up to the England Under-21 squad, along with Aston Villa's Marc Albrighton and future club teammate Jordan Henderson. On 10 August 2010 he made his debut, coming on as a substitute and scoring England's second goal as they beat Uzbekistan at Ashton Gate. He scored again for England as they beat Iceland 5–0 on 11 November 2011. He scored his third under-21 goal in only his fifth appearance on 14 November away to Belgium.

Senior team

On 22 May 2012, Kelly received his first call-up to the senior England team, to face Norway four days later in an international friendly. He was called up by manager Roy Hodgson despite…

Club

As of match played 6 February 2023

International

As of match played 26 May 2012

Kelly was in Paris on 13 November 2015, a night when it was hit by a series of terror attacks. After seeing his Instagram post of a restaurant believed to have been attacked, members of the public became concerned for his safety. Crystal Palace confirmed via Twitter that he was safe and well, having returned to his hotel before the attacks began.