Matthew Anthony Berkeley (born 3 August 1987) is a

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who plays as a

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. Born in England, he made two appearances for the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team in 2011.

Club career

Born in

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, Berkeley began his career with Gretna. He spent nine games on loan at Conference North side

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

in 2006. He made his debut for Workington on 4 February 2006. He scored his first goals of the loan period, netting a hat-trick against

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at Borough Park on 18 February. It was announced before Workington's trip to Northwich on 23 March that he would return to Gretna to help their

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but was released in late September 2007 after only three games for the club. On 4 October 2007, he re-signed for Workington. He scored his first goals since returning to the club on a permanent basis, scoring two in a 5–0 win over Stalybridge in the FA Cup third qualifying round on 13 October. He moved to Droylsden on 22 June 2008 to join up with manager David Pace, But a month later he joined Leigh Genesis. After a change in management in late October 2008, he left Leigh and joined up with joined up with

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before signing for

Hyde United Hyde United Football Club is a semi-professional football club in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. Formed in 1919, they were renamed Hyde F.C. between 2010 and 2015 as part of a sponsorship deal with Manchester City.The New Saints The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club, also known as The New Saints ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed y Seintiau Newydd) or TNS, are a professional football club that currently play in the Cymru Premier. They are the most successfu ...

in the 2009 January transfer window and went on to score 3 goals in 13 games in his first season. He re-joined Hyde in August 2011 after a successful trial. He made his debut for Hyde in a 2–1 opening day win against

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. In March 2012 he re-joined

. He signed for Colwyn Bay in June 2012. In February 2013 he re-joined

Droylsden Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester city centre and west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the ...

. He joined Stafford Town F.C in 2013 but later left to join

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

in January 2014.

International career

At the youth level he played in the 2007 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, scoring against

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and

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. In September 2011 he was called up to the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team for their

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qualifiers against

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and

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. He made his debut in November 2011 against

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References

External links

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Matthew Berkeley TNS stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berkeley, Matthew 1987 births Living people Citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis through descent Saint Kitts and Nevis men's footballers Men's association football forwards Saint Kitts and Nevis men's under-20 international footballers Saint Kitts and Nevis men's international footballers Footballers from Manchester English men's footballers Gretna F.C. players Altrincham F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players Droylsden F.C. players Leigh Genesis F.C. players Mossley A.F.C. players Hyde United F.C. players The New Saints F.C. players Colwyn Bay F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Stafford Town F.C. players Cymru Premier players English people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent