Ciaran Kelly

Ciaran Kelly (born 4 July 1998) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians. He previously played for St Patrick's Athletic, the club where he started his professional career. He has also spent one season at Drogheda United as well as 6 months at NIFL Premiership side Ballymena United.

Club Career

Early career

Kelly started playing football with his local side in Lucan, Esker Celtic where he played from under 5's age group, right up to under 14's.He then played for Lucan United from 2012 to 2014 before moving to Peamount United where he caught the eye of St Patrick's Athletic scouts.

St Patrick's Athletic

Kelly signed for St Patrick's Athletic on his 17th birthday ahead of their underage 2015 campaigns, with Kelly eligible for both the under 17 and under 19 sides. Kelly impressed for the under 19's among an excellent squad including Fuad Sule, Aidan Keena, Darragh Markey, Jamie Lennon, JJ Lunney, Rory Feely, Conor Kane and Shane Elworthy, all of whom went on to play at senior level in the League of Ireland Premier Division or abroad. His first involvement with the first team came on 16 October 2015, when manager Liam Buckley included him on the bench for a league game with Drogheda United, although he remained an unused substitute. Kelly and the under 19's were narrowly beaten by Cork City in the final of the Enda McGuill Cup on 13 September 2016. He made his first senior appearance on 25 October 2016 when he came off the bench for Ian Bermingham in the 88th minute of a 5–2 win over champions Dundalk at Richmond Park. Unfortunately for Kelly and the Pats under 19's, on 1 November 2017, they again finished up their season up as runners up in the league, as they lost 1–0 in the final to Bohemians at Dalymount Park, in what was Kelly's last game in underage football. Kelly made 2 more appearances for the first team in the 2017 season, against Firhouse Clover and Shelbourne in the