Alivia Kelly
DefenderDOB 7/12/01
Alivia Kelly joined the Wellington Phoenix four rounds into the 2024-25 Ninja A-League as a replacement for Algeria international Imane Chebel.
The Boston native has “always been a defender” and had a decorated college career at the University of New Hampshire before doing her post-graduate studies at North Carolina State University.
Kelly started all 60 matches for the New Hampshire Wildcats over four years and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience and behaviour.
Phoenix head coach Paul Temple is delighted to have secured a player of Kelly’s calibre.
“As soon as it became evident we needed to bring in a new visa centre back we went through a pretty comprehensive list of available players, and Alivia really shone out on a number of levels,” Temple said.
“I think she is a player who will do very well in the A-League.
“She has good athletic and physical qualities to handle the nature of the league but has also got good ability on the ball to help the team in its style of play.”
> 2023-24 season
Alivia Kelly joined the NC State Wolfpack in 2024 and played in the prestigious Atlantic Coast Conference.
She featured in all 15 of their matches, starting four of them.
Kelly hopes to bring defensive grit to the Phoenix.
“I love being a defender” she said. “You don’t get anything shiny or special, and you have to have some intrinsic motivation to keep going because defending is hard and not everyone likes to do it.
“As a player I’m very competitive. I like to give it everything that I’ve got and that usually shines through in my performances.
“I also like to be a playmaker and be involved on the ball even though I’m a defender.”
Height
180Weight
-Age
23Born
-5
Games Played
244
Time Played
2
Starts
1
Substitute Off
22
Total Clearances
2
Blocks
5
Interceptions
Tackles
100.0%
Success Rate
Duels
62.5%
Success Rate
Areial Dual
66.7%
Success Rate
Passes
69.8%
Success Rate
63
Total passes
44
Successful passes
13
Passes per 90 mins
Long passes
44%
Success Rate
58.7%
Forward
25.4%
Left
14.3%
Right
1.6%
Backward
28.6%
Opp half
41.3%
Own half
3
Topic
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Succ. crosses
-
Assists
-
Key Passes
Total Shots
1
Shots on target
-
Goals scored
-
-
Conversion rate
-
Min per goals
-
Left foot goals
-
Right foot goals
-
Headed goals
-
Other
-
Goal inside the box
-
Goal outside the box
0
Direct free kick goals
-
Fouls won
2
Foul conceded
1
Yellow cards
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Red cards