George Martin Kelly (born 12 November 1996) is an Irish association football player who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Rotherham United.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | George Martin Kelly[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Donegal, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rotherham United | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Derry City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | Derry City | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | UCD | 68 | (37) |
| 2018–2020 | Dundalk | 36 | (8) |
| 2020 | → St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 2021 | Bohemians | 31 | (21) |
| 2022– | Rotherham United | 16 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:51, 6 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
Kelly joined UCD after a brief stint with Derry City. In 2017, Kelly scored a hat-trick against, Athlone Town, securing the top scorer title for the season.[2]
After two and a half seasons in the First Division, Kelly signed with Premier Division club, Dundalk.[3] He played his first European match against Estonian side, FCI Levadia Tallinn in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. He ended the 2018 season with the rare double of First Division (for UCD) and Premier Division (for Dundalk) winner's medals, and also won the FAI Cup.
During the 2019 season, Kelly and Dundalk narrowly missed out on the treble, following a penalty shootout in the 2019 FAI Cup Final against Shamrock Rovers.[4]
Kelly was loaned to St Patrick's Athletic for the remainder of the 2020 season on 28 July 2020.[5] On 7 August 2020, he scored his first goals for the club, netting a brace as his side beat Finn Harps 2–0 at Richmond Park.[6] His only other goal for the club came in a 3–2 loss away to Finn Harps on 29 October 2020.[7]
On 22 December 2020, Kelly signed for Bohemians.[8] Kelly scored his first Premier Division hat-trick in a 5–1 victory against Dundalk.[9] Following a successful first season at the club, Kelly was the league's top scorer with 21 goals including a late equaliser against Sligo Rovers in the final game of the season. He was later named to the team of the year.[10] He helped the club reach the 2021 FAI Cup Final where they eventually lost to his former club, St Patrick's Athletic.[11]
In January 2022 he signed for EFL League One club Rotherham United.[12] On 30 April 2022, Kelly scored the second goal in a 2–0 win for Rotherham over Gillingham which secured promotion to the Championship, having come on as a substitute 10 minutes beforehand to make his first team debut.[13]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Derry City | 2015 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| UCD | 2016 | League of Ireland First Division | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 30 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 30 | 17 | |||
| 2018 | 17 | 14 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 18 | 14 | ||||
| UCD Total | 68 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 78 | 38 | |||
| Dundalk | 2018 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 2 | 43 | 14 | ||
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Dundalk Total | 36 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 16 | ||
| St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 2020 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | |||
| Bohemians | 2021 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 31 | 21 | 3 | 1 | — | 6[lower-alpha 5] | 4 | — | 40 | 26 | ||
| Rotherham United | 2021–22 | EFL League One | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 0[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | EFL Championship | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 3 | |||
| Rotherham Total | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 166 | 72 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 210 | 86 | ||
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