Liam Kelly

Kelly's current-season form is down 60% on last season (Season 15→6), while his Rating held around 9. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 21).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Rotherham · 23rd	21	0	0	6.72	9	6
2024/25	Rotherham · 13th	28	1	1	6.96	10	15
2023/24	Coventry · 9th	16	0	2	6.84	17	17
2022/23	Coventry · 5th	20	0	0	6.63	21	6
2021/22	Coventry · 12th	16	0	1	6.81	26	9

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 12 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scotland · international

Side	Apps	G
Scotland	1	0
Scotland U21	6	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headBall-winning Defensive midfielder

L. Kelly is a 36-year-old defensive midfielder at Rotherham, rated 8.5 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (20.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.05 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kelly.

On the season, Kelly graded 6 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 4.048 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 15 → 6). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 9. At 36 Kelly is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending downRemarkably consistent

8.5

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

20.9%

Minutes

limited game time

4.05

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Rotherham finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

4.05

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 21 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (23rd of 24) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 4.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 20.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 8.5 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %20.9%

Available fixtures46 of 46

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 904.048

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.208

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~1), then tapers with age. At 36, Kelly sits on 0.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kelly's projected Rating — 8.5 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among defensive midfielders in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles24

Interceptions9

Blocks6

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

€0.3M total transfer fees · 5 moves

RotherhamJun 2024 – nowFree

CoventryJul 2017 – Jun 2024Free

Leyton OrientJul 2016 – Jul 2017

OldhamJul 2014 – Jul 2016

Bristol CityJan 2013 – Jul 2014€ 250K

Kilmarnockuntil Jan 2013

About L. Kelly

Liam Mark Kelly is a 36-year-old defensive midfielder who plays for Rotherham, born on February 10, 1990 in Milton Keynes, standing 187 cm tall. He is from Scotland. Rotherham currently sit 17th of 24 in the League Two.

This season

In the current season, L. Kelly has made 21 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 867 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

L. Kelly's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Rotherham face Chesterfield at home in the League Two.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates L. Kelly at 8.5 with a Season form score of 6. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the League One and the League Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 17 recorded seasons, L. Kelly has totalled 437 club appearances with 30 goals and 7 assists for 6 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2015/16, with 41 appearances for Oldham.

L. Kelly's career has also included time at Coventry, Leyton Orient, Oldham, Bristol City and Kilmarnock.

On the international stage, L. Kelly has represented Scotland and Scotland U21 — 7 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Rotherham finished 23rd of 24 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points