Shaun Kelly (born 11 December 1988) is a professional footballer who plays for City of Liverpool in the

Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. It has four divisions: the Premier Division (which stands at level 7 of the English football league system), Division One East, Division One West and Divisio ...

. He has played in Australia with Shepparton United,

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as well as in the English Football League with

Chester City F.C. Chester City Football Club was an association football team from Chester, England that played in a variety of leagues between 1885 and 2010. The club played its home games at Sealand Road from 1906 to 1991 and moved to the Deva Stadium in 1992 ...

, and various other English non-league sides.

Playing career

Kelly is a product of Chester's youth system and made his Football League debut as a late substitute against

Shrewsbury Town F.C. Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in EFL League One, League One, the third tier of English football league system, English football. The club pla ...

on 15 April 2007. In September 2007, Kelly joined Conference North side

Vauxhall Motors F.C. Vauxhall Motors Football Club is a football club based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Rivacre Park, known as the vanEupen Arena for sponsorship reasons. It was originally the works team ...

on loan to gain first-team experience. He returned to Chester during the season and replaced Paul Butler at half-time in their 3–3 draw with

Accrington Stanley F.C. Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in EFL League One, League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their ...

on 5 January 2008, going on to play regularly in the closing stages of the season. The following season brought 27 league appearances as Chester suffered relegation, with his first goal coming in a 2–1 win at

Darlington F.C. Darlington Football Club is an association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League North, at the sixth tier of English football. The club was founded in 1 ...

on 25 November 2008. He left the club in early 2010, as Chester were expelled from the Conference. He joined

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

on trial in March 2010 and put in an impressive display in a 2–1 home win for the reserves over

Burton Albion Burton Albion Football Club is a professional association football club in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club moved its home groun ...

, also managing to get onto the score sheet. The performance impressed Burton manager

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enough to offer him a contract until the end of the season. Burton later announced that the deal could not be completed on the planned day. Kelly joined

Welsh Premier League The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 20 ...

side

Bala Town Bala Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed y Bala) is a Welsh football team from Bala, Gwynedd, who play in the Cymru Premier. They play their home games at Maes Tegid. History For a full history see; '' List of Bala Town FC seasons'' Al ...

in July 2010, playing with them until he relocated to Australia and joined Shepparton United SC. In July 2012 he joined

as a mid-season signing and managed to win the club's Golden Boot award that year playing as centre back. In October 2012 he returned to England signing for Halifax Town but returned to South Melbourne for the 2013 new season. Kelly missed the entire 2014 season due to a broken bone in his foot and left the club at the end of that year. Kelly joined

Port Melbourne SC Port Melbourne SC is an Australian soccer club based in Port Melbourne, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1968 by local Greek Australians, and was promoted over the years to the Victorian Premier League in 1994. It spent th ...

ahead of the 2015 season where he was appointed captain. Following the 2016 season, Kelly joined

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side

Dandenong City SC Dandenong City Soccer Club, formerly known as Chelsea Hajduk, is an Australian soccer club based in the South-East region of Melbourne, Victoria. The club's home is at Frank Holohan Soccer Complex in the suburb of Endeavour Hills. They compete ...

He signed for

Division One West side City of Liverpool on a free transfer in August 2021.

Personal life

His younger brother James is a former youth player with

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

and is also currently his teammate at Dandenong City.

References

External links

Welsh Premier league profile
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