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{{short description|Irish footballer}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = George Kelly
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|11|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[County Donegal]], Ireland
| height = 
| position = [[Forward_(association_football)|Forward]]
| currentclub = [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]
| clubnumber = 12
| years1 =2014–2015
| clubs1 =[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]
| caps1 = 2
| goals1 = 0
| years2 =2016–2018
| clubs2 =[[University College Dublin A.F.C.|UCD]]
| caps2 = 67
| goals2 = 37
| years3 =2018–
| clubs3 =[[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]
| caps3 = 24
| goals3 = 3
| club-update = 1 February 2019
| nationalteam-update = 
}}
'''George "Georgie" Kelly''' (born 22 February 1993) is an Irish professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward_(association_football)|Forward]] for Irish Premier League club [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]

==Club career==
Kelly played with [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City's]] U19 squad before making his senior debut in March 2015, coming off the bench in a 1-0 loss to Dundalk.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/27213/2/ |title=Derry City 0 Dundalk 1|first=Callum |last=Divin|date=14 March 2015|publisher=Journal Media}}</ref> He went on to make two more substitute league appearances in the [[2015 League of Ireland Premier Division]], as Derry finished in seventh position. He left the club at the end of the season and joined [[University College Dublin A.F.C.|UCD]] on a football scholarship.

At UCD Kelly made 68 appearances, scoring 37 goals in two and a half seasons and winning the [[Collingwood Cup]] inter-varsity competition in 2016.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.ucd.ie/newsandopinion/mostread/ucdwinthecollingwoodcup/|title=Last-minute winner secures UCD's 43rd Collingwood Cup title|first=Jonny|last=Baxter|date=1 March 2016|publisher=ucd.ie}}</ref> His 17 goals in the [[2017 League of Ireland First Division]] is a club record.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.donegalsporthub.com/georgie-kelly-enters-ucd-history-books-season-ending-hat-trick/|title=Georgie Kelly enters UCD history books|first=Chris|last=McNulty|date=10 October 2017|publisher=donegalsportshub.com}}</ref>

He joined [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]] in the July transfer window in 2018<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://dundalksport.ie/%EF%B8%8F-listen-new-dundalk-fc-striker-georgie-kelly-speaks-to-dundalk-sport-37a88a54c892|title=New Dundalk FC striker Georgie Kelly speaks to Dundalk Sport|first=Gavin|last=McLaughlin|date=18 January 2018|publisher=Dundalk Sport}}</ref> and scored his first goal for the club in the FAI Cup the following month.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://dundalksport.ie/video-dundalk-fc-striker-georgie-kellys-reaction-to-the-2-0-win-over-finn-harps-7ae9eec955ff|title=Dundalk FC striker Georgie Kelly’s reaction to the 2–0 win over Finn Harps|first=Gavin|last=McLaughlin|date=18 January 2018|publisher=Dundalk Sport}}</ref>

Kelly made his European debut in the [[2018-19 Europa League]] for Dundalk, coming on as a substitute in the home win against [[FCI Levadia]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/match-reports/dundalk-2-1-levadia-tallinn-12949514|title=Dundalk 2-1 Levadia Tallinn|first=Paul|last=O'Hehir|date=19 July 2018|publisher=Irish Mirror}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Dundalk'''
*'''[[League of Ireland Premier Division|Premier Division]]: 1'''
**[[2018 League of Ireland Premier Division|2018]]
*'''[[FAI Cup]]: 1'''
**[[2018 FAI Cup|2018]]
*'''[[League of Ireland Cup]]: 1'''
**[[2019 League of Ireland Cup|2019]]
*'''[[President of Ireland's Cup|President's Cup]]: 1'''
**2019

'''UCD'''
*'''[[Collingwood Cup]]: 1'''
**2016

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:Republic of Ireland association footballers]]
[[Category:Derry City F.C. players]]
[[Category:University College Dublin A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:Dundalk F.C. players]]
[[Category:League of Ireland players]]
[[Category:Association football forwards]]