Michael Kay (footballer)

Michael Joseph Kay (born 9 December 1989 in Consett, England) is an English former footballer. He usually played in the right back position, but could also play as a central defender[3] and has been known to fill in as a left back on occasion.[4] He is a former England Under-17 international.[5] He is no relation to former Sunderland defender John Kay.

For other people with the same name, see Michael Kay.

Michael Kay
Personal information
Full name Michael Joseph Kay[1]
Date of birth (1989-09-12) 12 September 1989
Place of birth Consett, England[2]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1997–2007 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Sunderland 0 (0)
2010 → Gateshead (loan) 8 (1)
2011 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 22 (1)
2011–2013 Tranmere Rovers 12 (0)
2013–2015 Chester 75 (2)
Total 117 (4)
National team
2005 England U17 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Kay joined Sunderland's academy at 7 years of age[5] and progressed through the ranks before making his professional debut on 4 February 2009 against Blackburn Rovers in a FA Cup 4th Round Replay.[6] He regularly captained Sunderland's reserve team during the 2009–10 season.[5]

On 30 September 2010 he joined Gateshead on a one-month loan deal.[3] On 2 October, Kay scored on his Gateshead debut against Mansfield Town at Gateshead International Stadium.[7] On 26 October, it was announced that Gateshead had extended Kay's loan for a further 28 days.[8]

On 6 January 2011 he went on another loan, this time for a month at Tranmere Rovers[9] and made his club debut on 8 January against Walsall.[10] On 7 April Sunderland announced that he was amongst eight players to be released at the end of the season.[11] He scored his first goal for Tranmere Rovers on 25 April 2011 in a 4–0 win over Exeter City.[12]

At the end of the 2010–11 season he was offered a contract by Tranmere[13] and it has been reported by local media that he has accepted this deal.[14] In the summer of 2013, he joined Chester.

Career statistics

Club
As of 23 October 2015[15][16]
Club Season League[A] FA Cup League Cup Other[B] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland2007–080000000000
2008–090010000010
2009–100000000000
2010–110000000000
Total 0010000010
Gateshead (loan)2010–118110000091
Tranmere Rovers (loan)2010–11221000000221
Tranmere Rovers2011–126000102090
2012–136000201090
Total 341003030401
Chester2013–1430010—20330
2014–1533030—20380
2015–1611200—00112
Total 74240—40822
Career total 11646030701324
A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in The Football League and Football Conference.
B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the FA Trophy, Football League Trophy, Cheshire Senior Cup and play-offs.

References
  1. "Premier League clubs submit squad lists". premierleague.com. Premier League. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  2. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 545. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. Bowron, Jeff (30 September 2010). "Gateshead sign defender Kay on loan". Gateshead FC. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  4. Bowron, Jeff (24 October 2010). "Altrincham 0–2 Gateshead". Gateshead FC. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  5. "Reserve Player Profile Michael Kay". Sunderland AFC. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  6. "Blackburn 2 Sunderland 1". Sunderland AFC. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  7. "Gateshead 1–1 Mansfield Town". bbc.co.uk. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  8. Bowron, Jeff (26 October 2010). "Media Watch – Ian Bogie set to take a good look at Chris Fagan". Gateshead FC. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  9. "Defender Arrives at Tranmere on Loan". Tranmere Rovers. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  10. "Tranmere 3–3 Walsall". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  11. "Sunderland to release eight". Sunderland AFC. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  12. "Tranmere 4–0 Exeter". BBC Sport. 25 April 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  13. "Rovers Offer Six New Contracts". Tranmere Rovers FC. 9 May 2011. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  14. "Tranmere Rovers to consider Bayern Munich move for Dale Jennings". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  15. "Michael Kay Career Stats". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  16. "FA Cup – fourth qualifying round results and scorers". BBC Sport. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
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