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Jeremy Kelly (born October 21, 1997) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Memphis 901 in the USL Championship.

Jeremy Kelly

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-10-21) October 21, 1997 (age 25)
Place of birth	Prague, Czech Republic
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Club information
Current team	Memphis 901
Number	4
Youth career
2003–2008	Racing Club de Fontainebleau
2008–2012	Triangle United
2013–2016	Carolina RailHawks
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	North Carolina Tar Heels	79	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016	Carolina RailHawks	1	(0)
2018	San Francisco City	3	(0)
2019	North Carolina FC U23	5	(0)
2020–2021	Colorado Rapids	8	(0)
2021	→ Phoenix Rising (loan)	5	(0)
2022–	Memphis 901	34	(8)
National team‡
2016	United States U20	2	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 19, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 22, 2016

Youth

Kelly signed an amateur contract with Carolina RailHawks on March 17, 2016.[1] His amateur status would allow him to play college soccer for North Carolina Tar Heels when their college season began later in the year.[2]

Kelly played four years at UNC, starting 59 of his 79 appearances and tallying one goals and 2 assists. Kelly was an obstacle to the UNC's midfield en route to consecutive NCAA College Cup appearances. He was a second-team All-ACC selection in his senior year.[3]

Professional

On January 9, 2020, Kelly was selected ninth overall in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft by Montreal Impact. His rights were then immediately traded to Colorado Rapids in exchange for $75,000 of General Allocation Money and the Rapids natural first round selection.[4]

On February 25, 2020, the Rapids officially announced the signing of Kelly to an initial one-year contract.[5] He made his MLS debut against Real Salt Lake in the MLS is Back Tournament on July 12, 2020.[6] Kelly recorded his first career assist during a 5-0 win versus Real Salt Lake on Sept. 12.[7] He finished his rookie season with one assist in 246 minutes played across eight appearances at right back, two of them starts.[8] In March 2021, Kelly joined Phoenix Rising FC on loan for the 2021 season.[9]

On July 1, 2021, Kelly was recalled from loan by the Rapids.[10] Following the 2021 season, Colorado opted to decline their contract option on Kelly.[11]

On February 18, 2022, he signed with USL Championship club Memphis 901.[12]

International

Kelly was named to Tab Ramos' U.S. U-20 squad for camp and two friendlies against New York Cosmos and New York Red Bulls II in July 2016.[13] Kelly scored in stoppage time to defeat NYRBII.[14]

Personal

Kelly was born in Prague in the Czech Republic, and lived in France until he was 10 years old. He later moved to North Carolina[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played November 7, 2021[16][17][18][19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Carolina RailHawks	2016	NASL	1	0	1	0	—		2	0
San Francisco City	2018	USL PDL	3	0	—		—		3	0
North Carolina FC U23	2019	USL League Two	5	2	—		—		5	2
Colorado Rapids	2020	Major League Soccer	8	0	—		—		8	0
	2021		0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Phoenix Rising FC (loan)	2021	USL Championship	5	0	—		—		5	0
Career total			22	2	1	0	0	0	23	2

References

External links

• Jeremy Kelly at MLSsoccer.com
• UNC bio

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