| Jeremy Kelly | |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1997 |
| Birth Place: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Height: | 1.75m |
| Position: | Defender, midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Crawley Town |
| Clubnumber: | 19 |
| Youthyears1: | 2003–2008 |
| Youthclubs1: | Racing Club de Fontainebleau |
| Youthyears2: | 2008–2012 |
| Youthclubs2: | Triangle United |
| Youthyears3: | 2013–2016 |
| Youthclubs3: | Carolina RailHawks |
| Collegeyears1: | 2016–2019 |
| College1: | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| Collegecaps1: | 79 |
| Collegegoals1: | 0 |
| Years1: | 2016 |
| Clubs1: | Carolina RailHawks |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018 |
| Clubs2: | San Francisco City |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2019 |
| Clubs3: | North Carolina FC U23 |
| Caps3: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs4: | Colorado Rapids |
| Caps4: | 8 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Phoenix Rising (loan) |
| Caps5: | 5 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs6: | Memphis 901 |
| Caps6: | 67 |
| Goals6: | 11 |
| Years7: | 2024 |
| Clubs7: | FC Tulsa |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | Crawley Town |
| Caps8: | 23 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2016 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Pcupdate: | 12:53, August 21, 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | December 22, 2016 |
Jeremy Kelly (born October 21, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for club Crawley Town.
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]
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] He left Memphis following the 2023 season.[13]
Kelly joined FC Tulsa on January 5, 2024,[14] but Kelly and Tulsa mutually agreed on a termination of his contract a month later.[15] On February 1, 2024, Kelly signed for EFL League Two club Crawley Town on a deal until summer 2024.[16] He made his debut for the club as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Crewe Alexandra on February 10. Kelly appeared in all three of Crawley's League Two play-off matches at the end of the 2023–24 as Crawley were promoted to League One after a 2–0 victory over Crewe Alexandra in the final.
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.[17] Kelly scored in stoppage time to defeat NYRBII.[18]
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[19]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Carolina RailHawks | 2016[20] | NASL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| San Francisco City | 2018[21] | USL PDL | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| North Carolina FC U23 | 2019[22] | USL League Two | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Colorado Rapids | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | Major League Soccer | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Phoenix Rising FC (loan) | 2021[23] | USL Championship | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Memphis 901 | 2022 | USL Championship | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 37 | 8 | ||
| 2023 | USL Championship | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 37 | 4 | |||
| Total | 67 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 12 | |||
| Crawley Town | 2023–24 | EFL League Two | 18 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | EFL League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 109 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 120 | 15 | |||
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