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Fiacre Blane Kelleher (born 10 March 1996) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Solihull Moors, on loan from Bradford City as a defender.

Fiacre Kelleher

Personal information
Full name	Fiacre Blane Kelleher[1]
Date of birth	(1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Cork, Ireland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s)	Central defender
Club information
Current team	Solihull Moors (on loan from Bradford City)
Number	15
Youth career
	Avondale
2012–2016	Celtic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2017	Celtic	0	(0)
2016–2017	→ Peterhead (loan)	19	(3)
2017–2019	Oxford United	0	(0)
2017–2018	→ Solihull Moors (loan)	38	(2)
2018–2019	→ Macclesfield Town (loan)	42	(1)
2019–2020	Macclesfield Town	36	(1)
2020–2021	Wrexham	42	(1)
2021–	Bradford City	9	(0)
2022–	→ Solihull Moors (loan)	13	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:13, 30 October 2022 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Born in Cork,[2] Kelleher is from Blackrock.[3] He has three older brothers who played hurling, as did he.[3][4] He is the older brother of Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher.[5]

Club career

Early career

Kelleher began his career with local Cork club Avondale, before signing for Scottish club Celtic in 2012.[3] He moved on loan to Peterhead in July 2016.[6]

He signed for English club Oxford United in June 2017.[7] He moved on loan to Solihull Moors in August 2017,[8] extending the deal in January 2018 until the end of the season.[9]

Macclesfield Town

He joined Macclesfield Town on loan in June 2018.[10] Kelleher made his professional debut on the first day of the 2018–19 season, starting the game against Swindon Town.[2] He scored his first goal for club in an EFL Cup draw with Bradford City in August, and his first league goal in a 3–3 draw with Newport County at the beginning of October.[11] After being released by Oxford at the end of the season,[12] he returned to Macclesfield and was named captain of the side for the 2019–20 season.[13]

Wrexham

On 12 September 2020, Kelleher signed for National League side Wrexham.[14]

Kelleher was released by Wrexham on 2 June 2021.[15]

Bradford City

On 29 June 2021 it was announced that he had signed a two-year contract with Bradford City.[16][17] He later said that he was "excited" to train with his new teammates.[18] He entered the starting line-up after an injury to captain Niall Canavan,[19] later saying that the club's dip in form was not enjoyable.[20]

In April 2022 he said was "gobsmacked" that the club had hired Mark Hughes as manager.[21]

He moved on loan to Solihull Moors in July 2022, for the entire season.[22]

International career

Kelleher has represented Ireland at under-19 level.[23]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 April 2022[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	2016–17	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peterhead (loan)	2016–17	Scottish League One	19	3	1	0	3	0	2[lower-alpha 1]	0	25	3
Oxford United	2017–18	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2018–19	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Solihull Moors (loan)	2017–18	National League	38	2	2	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	42	2
Macclesfield Town (loan)	2018–19	League Two	42	1	1	0	3	1	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	48	2
Macclesfield Town	2019–20	League Two	36	1	0	0	2	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	39	1
Wrexham	2020–21	National League	42	1	1	0	–		0	0	43	1
Bradford City	2021–22	League Two	9	0	1	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 3]	0	12	0
Career total			187	8	6	0	8	1	9	0	208	9

References

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