Personal information | |||
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Full name | Connor Alexander Kirby [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 10 September 1998||
Place of birth | Barnsley, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.74 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Buxton | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2017 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Macclesfield Town (loan) | 34 | (1) |
2020–2022 | Harrogate Town | 16 | (0) |
2021 | → Altrincham (loan) | 11 | (2) |
2022– | Buxton | 86 | (12) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC) |
Connor Alexander Kirby (born 10 September 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Buxton. He has previously had spells at Macclesfield Town, Altrincham and started his career at Sheffield Wednesday. [4]
Kirby signed his first professional contract for Sheffield Wednesday in October 2015. [5]
In April 2018 he made his first team debut for the club, playing as a substitute as Wednesday beat Reading in the Football League Championship. [6]
Kirby signed on a season-long loan at Macclesfield Town on 9 August 2019. [7]
Kirby was the first signing for Harrogate Town in their first season in the Football League. [8] On 21 April 2021, he joined National League side Altrincham on loan for the remainder of the season. [9] After a successful loan spell the previous season, Kirby returned to Altrincham on loan in July, signing until 3 January 2022. [10] On 11 September 2021, Kirby suffered a double compound fracture of his left leg, in a game against Wealdstone. [11]
On 15 July 2022, Kirby joined Buxton for their first season in the National League North following promotion. [12]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
Sheffield Wednesday | 2017–18 [13] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2018–19 [14] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Macclesfield Town (loan) | 2019–20 [15] | League Two | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 39 | 1 |
Harrogate Town | 2019–20 [16] [lower-alpha 2] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2020–21 [17] | League Two | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Altrincham (loan) | 2020–21 [18] | National League | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
2021–22 [19] | National League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Total | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | ||
Career total | 61 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 3 | ||
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