Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michael Joseph Kay [1] | ||
Date of birth | 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) | |
International career | |||
2005 | England U17 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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. He is now an engineer at openreach working as a cabler on fnd fibre build.
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.
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sunderland | 2007–08 [15] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008–09 [15] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2009–10 [15] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2010–11 [15] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gateshead (loan) | 2010–11 [15] | Conference Premier | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 2010–11 [15] | League One | 22 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
Tranmere Rovers | 2011–12 [15] | League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [a] | 0 | 9 | 0 |
2012–13 [15] | League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
Chester | 2013–14 [16] | Conference Premier | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2 [b] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
2014–15 [17] | Conference Premier | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 2 [c] | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
2015–16 [18] | National League | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 [b] | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
Total | 75 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 85 | 2 | |||
Career Total | 117 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 135 | 4 |