| Michael Kay | |
| Fullname: | Michael Joseph Kay[1] |
| Birth Date: | 12 September 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Consett, England[2] |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthyears1: | 1997–2007 |
| Youthclubs1: | Sunderland |
| Years1: | 2007–2011 |
| Clubs1: | Sunderland |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2010 |
| Clubs2: | → Gateshead (loan) |
| Caps2: | 8 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2011 |
| Clubs3: | → Tranmere Rovers (loan) |
| Caps3: | 22 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2011–2013 |
| Clubs4: | Tranmere Rovers |
| Caps4: | 12 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs5: | Chester |
| Caps5: | 75 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Totalcaps: | 117 |
| Totalgoals: | 4 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2005 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Michael Joseph Kay (born 9 December 1989 in Consett, England) is an English former footballer. He usually played in the right back position, but could also play as a central defender[3] and has been known to fill in as a left back on occasion.[4] He is a former England Under-17 international.[5] He is no relation to former Sunderland defender John Kay. He is now an engineer at openreach working as a cabler on fnd fibre build.
Kay joined Sunderland's academy at 7 years of age and progressed through the ranks before making his professional debut on 4 February 2009 against Blackburn Rovers in a FA Cup 4th Round Replay.[6] He regularly captained Sunderland's reserve team during the 2009–10 season.
On 30 September 2010 he joined Gateshead on a one-month loan deal. On 2 October, Kay scored on his Gateshead debut against Mansfield Town at Gateshead International Stadium.[7] On 26 October, it was announced that Gateshead had extended Kay's loan for a further 28 days.[8]
On 6 January 2011 he went on another loan, this time for a month at Tranmere Rovers[9] and made his club debut on 8 January against Walsall.[10] On 7 April Sunderland announced that he was amongst eight players to be released at the end of the season.[11] He scored his first goal for Tranmere Rovers on 25 April 2011 in a 4–0 win over Exeter City.[12]
At the end of the 2010–11 season he was offered a contract by Tranmere[13] and it has been reported by local media that he has accepted this deal.[14] In the summer of 2013, he joined Chester.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sunderland | 2007–08 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gateshead (loan) | 2010–11 | Conference Premier | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 2010–11 | League One | 22 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Tranmere Rovers | 2011–12 | League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[16] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |||
| Chester | 2013–14[17] | Conference Premier | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 2[18] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15[19] | Conference Premier | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 2[20] | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16[21] | National League | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | |||
| Total | 75 | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 85 | 2 | ||||
| Career Total | 117 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 135 | 4 | |||