Kieran Neil Wallace (born 26 January 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a

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for

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

. Wallace came through the ranks at

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

. After being released by Forest in 2014, Wallace had a short spell at

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. He then moved to Sheffield United where he would make 23 appearances in total. After leaving Sheffield United in 2017, Wallace spent one season with Matlock which granted him a move to League One club Burton Albion. He spent three seasons with Burton before moving to

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in 2022. In 2023, Wallace signed for

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club Hartlepool United. He has also represented England at youth level.

Club career

Nottingham Forest

Wallace started his career with

before joining

in summer 2014 on a non-contract basis.

Sheffield United

On 28 November 2014, Sheffield United completed the signing of Wallace on a deal until the end of the season. He made his debut on 13 December 2014 away at

Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Established in 1997, the current Fleetwood Town F.C. is the fourth incarnation of the club; it was originally formed in ...

in a 1–1 draw. On 26 March 2015, Wallace joined Lincoln City on loan until the end of the season. At the end of the 2014–15 season "The Blades" opted to extend their right to a further year on the contract for Wallace. During the pre-season, new manager Nigel Adkins played Wallace primarily at centre half, as opposed to his more customary midfield role. Adkins commented on how well Wallace was impressing in the new role and indeed Wallace has appeared regularly at the beginning of the season, again in a new defensive position, this time at left back. After spending the majority of the 2016–17 season on loan at

, his contract with the Blades was terminated by mutual consent on 16 August 2017.

Matlock Town, Burton Albion and Mansfield Town

In October 2017, Wallace joined Matlock Town. He joined Burton Albion in October 2018, initially on non-contract terms. In January 2019, he signed a contract until the end of the 2018–19 season. One month later, he signed a new contract until 2020. In April 2019, Wallace scored his first goal in professional football, opening the scoring in a 3–0 win over Scunthorpe United. In July 2020 he signed a new contract with the club, one of a trio of players taking a pay cut after the 2019–20 season was curtailed by coronavirus. In February 2021 Wallace suffered an

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, ruling him out until the summer. On 19 November 2021, he joined York City on loan until 3 January 2022. On 28 January 2022, Wallace joined

on a free transfer until the end of the season. He was reunited with manager Nigel Clough, who had also signed him at Sheffield United and Burton Albion. Following the conclusion of the 2021–22 season, the club triggered a clause in his contract to extend his stay for another year.

Hartlepool United

On 4 July 2023, Wallace joined

club

, re-joining his former manager at York City,

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. Wallace broke his toe in pre-season.

International career

Wallace has represented England Under-17s at international level.

Career statistics

References

External links

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England profile
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