Garrett Kelly

Garrett Kelly
Personal information
Full name Garrett Christopher Kelly[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-13) 13 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Homerton, England[2]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender · midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tonbridge Angels
Youth career
Brentwood Town
Hornchurch
Waltham Abbey
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Waltham Abbey 2 (0)
2017 Hungerford Town 0 (0)
2017 Barkingside 13 (0)
2017–2018 Romford 9 (1)
2018 Aveley 9 (1)
2018–2019 Nafpaktiakos
2019 Hornchurch 1 (0)
2019–2020 Agios Nikolaos
2020 Episkopi
2020–2021 Almyros Gaziou
2021 Connah's Quay Nomads 0 (0)
2021 Chippenham Town 1 (0)
2021–2022 Leatherhead 7 (0)
2022 Heybridge Swifts 5 (1)
2022–2024 Aveley 82 (6)
2024 AFC Totton 2 (0)
2024 Welling United 8 (0)
2024– Tonbridge Angels 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:58, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Garrett Christopher Kelly (born 13 April 1996) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for National League South club Tonbridge Angels.

Club career

Born in Homerton in the London Borough of Hackney, Kelly played for the youth teams of Brentwood Town and Hornchurch.[3] His first senior side was Waltham Abbey, where he made two league appearances. He had a short spell with National League South side Hungerford Town, but made no appearances before trialling with Portuguese side Imortal.[4]

Stints with Romford, Barkingside and Aveley followed, before he moved to Greece, notably trialling with Paniliakos in a friendly match against Nafpaktiakos and then trialling with Nafpaktiakos themselves the following day.[5] He was offered a contract with Nafpaktiakos, signing in September 2018.[6][7] Shortly after signing, Kelly was taken to hospital after suffering an injury in another pre-season friendly.[8]

He returned briefly to England to re-join former club Hornchurch, but only made one appearance before returning to Greece.[3][9] On his return to Greece he joined Agios Nikolaos.[10] After six months he moved to Episkopi.[4] He made fourteen appearances in the 2019–20 season before the COVID-19 pandemic halted the season, and he joined Almyros Gaziou in July 2020.[11]

Despite being offered a contract with Almyros,[12] Kelly moved to Wales after a year with the Greek club.[13] He signed for Connah's Quay Nomads ahead of the 2021–22 season.[14] However, only months later he had joined Chippenham Town, going on to make one appearance in the National League South.

Spells with Leatherhead and Heybridge Swifts - where he scored on his debut[15] - followed, before Kelly returned to Aveley in March 2022.[16] He renewed his contract ahead of each of the following two seasons, before joining Southern League side Totton in August 2024.[17][18] In October 2024, he joined Welling United.[19]

In December 2024, Kelly joined fellow National League South side Tonbridge Angels.[20]

International career

Though he was born in England, Kelly is eligible to represent the Sri Lanka national football team.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 September 2024[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Waltham Abbey 2015–16[22] Isthmian League 2 0 0 0 2[a] 0 4 0
Hungerford Town 2017–18 National League South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barkingside 2017–18[23] Essex Senior League 13 0 0 0 1[b] 0 14 0
Romford 2017–18[24] Isthmian League 9 1 0 0 2[a] 0 11 1
Aveley 2017–18[25] 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
Hornchurch 2019–20[26] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Connah's Quay Nomads 2021–22 Cymru Premier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chippenham Town 2021–22 National League South 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Leatherhead 2021–22[27] Isthmian League 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Heybridge Swifts 2021–22[28] 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
Aveley 2021–22[29] 7 2 0 0 0 0 7 2
2022–23[30] 37 2 1[c] 0 8[d] 1 46 3
2023–24[31] National League South 35 1 2[c] 0 4[e] 0 41 1
2024–25 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
Total 82 6 3 0 12 1 97 7
Totton 2024–25 Southern League 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 131 9 3 0 17 1 151 10
Notes
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the Alan Turvey Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in the Errington Challenge Cup
  3. ^ a b Appearances in FA Cup qualification
  4. ^ One appearance in FA Trophy qualification, four appearances and one goal in the Alan Turvey Trophy, one appearance in the Essex Senior Cup and two appearances in the Isthmian League promotion playoffs
  5. ^ Two appearances in the FA Trophy, one appearance in the Essex Senior Cup

References

  1. ^ a b c Garrett Kelly at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Garrett Kelly". southern-football-league.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Garrett Kelly". hornchurchfc.com. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Ένας Άγγλος στην Επισκοπή μας…" [An Englishman in our Diocese...]. episkopifc.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  5. ^ "ΕθνικήΑπίστευτο: Την Κυριακή Πανηλειακός, την Δευτέρα… Ναυπακτιακός!" [Unbelievable: On Sunday Panileiakos, on Monday... Nafpaktos!]. sportstonoto.gr (in Greek). 18 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Στη Γ Εθνική με τον Αστέρα ο Garrett Kelly!" [Garrett Kelly in the C National with Aseras!]. sportsup.gr (in Greek). 18 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Παίζει με την Α.Ε. Λευκίμμης ο Γκάρετ Κέλι!" [He plays with A.E. Garrett Kelly is white!]. mikriliga.com (in Greek). 19 October 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Γλίτωσε τα χειρότερα ο Γκάρετ Κέλι" [Gareth Kelly escaped the worst]. sinidisi.gr (in Greek). 21 October 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Garrett Kelly signs". hornchurchfc.com. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Στον Άγιο Νικόλαο ο Garrett Kelly!" [Garrett Kelly in Agios Nikolaos!]. sportsup.gr (in Greek). 12 August 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Αλμυρός: Ενίσχυση με Γκάρετ Κέλι" [Almyros: Reinforcement with Gareth Kelly]. neakriti.gr (in Greek). 16 July 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Αλμυρός: Επαφές με Γκάρετ Κέλι και Ζέεντορφ Μέντες!" [Almyros: Contacts with Garrett Kelly and Seedorf Mendes!]. grandsport.gr (in Greek). 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Αποχώρησε ο Κέλι από τον Αλμυρό" [Kelly left Almyros]. grandsport.gr (in Greek). 21 August 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  14. ^ James, Aled (31 August 2021). "The transfers from every Cymru Premier club after the end of summer window". clwbpeldroed.org. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  15. ^ Daines, Chris (12 February 2022). "Garrett signs on with a goal". pitchero.com. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  16. ^ Daines, Chris (25 March 2022). "Garrett Kelly departs". pitchero.com. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Garrett Kelly Re-Signs". pitchero.com. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Garrett Kelly Signs on". pitchero.com. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Wings sign midfielder Garrett Kelly". wellingunited.com. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Introducing Garrett Kelly". www.tonbridgeangels.co.uk. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  21. ^ Premalal, Susil (28 November 2020). "Five foreign football players apply for Sri Lanka dual citizenship". dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Waltham Abbey – Appearances – Garrett Kelly – 2015-2016". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Barkingside – Garrett Christopher Kelly Player Stats". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Romford – Appearances – Garrett Kelly – 2017-2018". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Aveley – Appearances – Garrett Kelly – 2017-2018". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  26. ^ "Hornchurch – Appearances – Garrett Kelly – 2019-2020". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  27. ^ "Leatherhead – Appearances – Garrett Kelly – 2021-2022". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Heybridge Swifts – Appearances – Garrett Kelly – 2021-2022". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  29. ^ "Aveley – Appearances – Garrett Kelly – 2021-2022". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  30. ^ "Aveley – Appearances – Garrett Kelly – 2022-2023". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  31. ^ "Aveley – Appearances – Garrett Kelly – 2023-2024". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2024.