Matthew Kilgallon
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Shaun Kilgallon
Date of birth	January 8, 1984 (1984-01-08) (age 25)
Place of birth	York, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Sheffield United
Number	6
Youth career
	Leeds United
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2007 2003 2007–	Leeds United → West Ham United (loan) Sheffield United	80 (3) 03 (0) 98 (4)
National team2
2004–2005	England U21	05 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:33, 3 November 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 08:31, 8 August 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Matthew Shaun Kilgallon (born January 8 1984 in York) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Sheffield United.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Leeds United 1.2 Sheffield United 2 Statistics 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Leeds United

A product of the youth set-up at Leeds, Kilgallon first made a senior appearance for Leeds in 2004, scoring two goals that season and working his way into the England Under-21 set-up. Once Leeds had dropped to the Championship, Killa (his nick-name from his team mates) began to make more appearances and held down a more regular place in the 1st eleven. He played a major role in the club's run through to the 2006 play-offs, helping them make the final.

Kilgallon played most of Leeds's matches of the first half of the 2006-07 season in new manager, Dennis Wise's new look Leeds team, keeping experienced centre-backs Sean Gregan and Hayden Foxe out of the team.

Having been the subject of a failed £1 million bid from Premiership side Reading at the start of the 2006-07 season he was finally transferred to Sheffield United during that seasons January transfer window.

[edit] Sheffield United

Kilgallon signed for Sheffield United on January 8 2007 for £1.75 million rising to £2 million and with a 20% sell on clause.^[1] Despite recovering from an early injury he found it difficult to force himself into Neil Warnock’s plans and did not make his first team debut until the 1-0 loss at Bolton on March 31st of that year.^[2] He did not score a competitive goal for the Blades until 15 December 2007 when he netted the winner in a 1-0 home victory over local rivals Barnsley.^[3] Kilgallon became a regular in the Blades first team, his importance being highlighted when he was voted Sheffield United Player of the Season at the end of the 2008-2009 season.^[4]

[edit] Statistics

Club Performance

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Sheffield United	2009-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2008-09	40	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	46	1
	2007-08	40	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	46	2
	2006-07	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Leeds United	2006-07	19	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	22	0
	2005-06	25	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	30	1
	2004-05	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	28	0
	2003-04	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
West Ham (loan)	2003-04	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Leeds United	2002-03	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
Total		170	6	10	0	14	0	1	0	195	6
Last updated 7 August 2009

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Matthew Kilgallon player profile at sufc.co.uk
• Matthew Kilgallon career stats at Soccerbase
• leedsfans.org page for Kilgallon

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Persondata
NAME	Kilgallon, Matthew Shaun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kilgallon, Matthew
SHORT DESCRIPTION	footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1984-1-8
PLACE OF BIRTH	York, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH