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Matthew Kilgallon
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| Matthew Kilgallon | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Shaun Kilgallon | |
| Date of birth | January 8, 1984 (age 23) | |
| Place of birth | York, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.86m) | |
| Nickname | Killa | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sheffield United | |
| Number | 16 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Leeds United | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003-2007 2003 2007- |
Leeds United → West Ham United (loan) Sheffield United |
80 (3) 3 (0) 0 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004 — | England U21 | 5 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Matthew Shaun Kilgallon (born January 8, 1984 in York) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Sheffield United.
A product of the youth set-up at Leeds, Kilgallon first made a senior appearance for Leeds in 2004, showing signs he was a decent player in the making. During that season he scored 2 decent goals and proved he was worthy of trying out in the England Under-21 set-up. Once Leeds had dropped to the Championship, Killa (his nick-name from the Leeds lads) began to make more appearances and held down a more permanent place in the 1st 11. He played a major role in the club's run through the 2006 Premiership play-off series, helping them make the final.
He impressed many recent months, attracting interest from a number of Premiership clubs. Kilgallon played most of Leeds's matches of the first half of the season, keeping experienced centre-backs Sean Gregan and Hayden Foxe out of the team. Kilgallon was subject to a £1 million bid from Premiership-side Reading at the start of the 2006-07 season, which was rejected by Ken Bates, who described the bid as "laughable for a player of his quality" especially since Bates sees him as "the new Woody". Kilgallon held down a regular start in new manager, Dennis Wise's new look Leeds team. An ankle injury ruled him out of a few matches and after coming on as a substitute, he aggravated his injury, causing him to miss a few more matches. Kilgallon was believed to be wanted by many Premiership clubs, such as Sheffield United, Liverpool and once again Reading, but eventually signed for Sheffield United on January 8 2007 for £1.75 million going up to £2 million and also a 20% sell on clause.
Kilgallon is yet to make his Sheffield United debut.
| Sheffield United F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Kenny | 2 Bromby | 4 Davis | 5 Morgan | 6 Jagielka | 7 Shelton | 8 Stead | 9 Hulse | 10 Webber | 12 A. Quinn | 13 Bennett | 14 Sommeil | 15 Kozluk | 16 Kilgallon | 17 Montgomery | 18 Tonge | 19 Gillespie | 20 Armstrong | 21 Leigertwood | 22 Lucketti | 23 Fathi | 24 Short | 26 Geary | 27 Nadé | 28 S. Quinn | 29 Gerrard | 30 Li | 31 Law | 32 Kâzım-Richards | 33 Annerson | 34 Ashmore | 37 Marrison | 38 Hurst | 39 Seck | –– Gyaki | –– Hao | Manager: Warnock |
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