International Career
He was born in Birmingham, England but chose to play for the Republic of Ireland due to his ancestry, picking up 26 caps and scoring 9 goals (including a hat trick on his debut against Israel in Dublin on 10 November 1987).
His most famous goal for Ireland came in a February 1995 friendly clash against England in which Ireland won 1–0, with Kelly scoring just before the half hour mark. The game was abandoned shortly thereafter due to a riot started by right-wing Combat-18 extremists amongst the English fans. His final cap came in 1998.
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