Domestic-league season · Bradford.
Missed 5 of Bradford's ~48 games this season through 5 injury absences (ankle). He still appeared 18 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League One | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1074 | 6.81 |
 League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 6.6 |
 EFL Trophy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 6.47 |
Kelly's current-season form is down 29% on last season (Season 17→12), while his Rating climbed 27→30. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 33).
C. Kelly is a 28-year-old central defender at Bradford, rated 30.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 346th of 482 in the League One. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (27.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.94 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kelly.
Judged on this season alone, Kelly graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 71st of 89 of the 89 centre-backs in the League One, on 3 clean sheets and 3.939 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 17 → 12). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 30, 57th of 89 of the 89 centre-backs in the League One. At 28 Kelly is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.2 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Kelly missed 5 games through injury (ankle) out of roughly 48 this season. The 18 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.94 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 18 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (4th of 24) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.
With a Rating of 30.1, Kelly carries the 57th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the League One of 89. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.94 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~19), then tapers with age. At 28, Kelly sits on 11.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kelly's projected Rating — 30.1 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
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