Chris Kettings

Christopher David Kettings (born 25 October 1992) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Chris Kettings
Kettings with York City in 2013
Personal information
Full name Christopher David Kettings[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-25) 25 October 1992[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–2007 Manchester City
2007–2011 Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Blackpool 0 (0)
2011 → Birmingham City (loan) 0 (0)
2011 → Woodley Sports (loan)
2012 → Morecambe (loan) 2 (0)
2013–2014 → York City (loan) 0 (0)
2014 → Hyde (loan) 17 (0)
2014–2016 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
2015 → Stevenage (loan) 0 (0)
2015 → Bromley (loan) 14 (0)
2016–2017 Oldham Athletic 0 (0)
National team
2010 Scotland U19 2 (0)
2012–2014 Scotland U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:12, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Kettings started his career with Manchester City in their Centre of Excellence before joining Blackpool in 2007, and signed a two-year scholarship in 2009 after serving two years in their Centre of Excellence. He signed a professional contract with the club in 2011 and was subsequently loaned out to Birmingham City, Woodley Sports, Morecambe, York City and Hyde. Kettings was released by Blackpool in May 2014 and signed for Crystal Palace a month later. He was with Palace for two years, having loan spells with Stevenage and Bromley before being released in June 2016 and joining Oldham Athletic a month later.

Club career

Blackpool

Born in Glasgow,[3] Kettings started his career with Manchester City's Centre of Excellence before joining Blackpool in 2007.[4][5] He was a member of the Greater Manchester under-16 squad which won the English counties national championship in April 2009, playing in the final and defeating Essex at The Den.[5] After two years with Blackpool's Centre of Excellence he signed a two-year scholarship with the youth team in May 2009.[5] Kettings was added to Blackpool's Premier League squad in February 2011 and his first involvement with the first team came as an unused substitute in a 1–1 home draw against Aston Villa on 12 February.[6][7] After his two-year scholarship he signed his first professional contract in June 2011, following Blackpool's relegation to the Championship.[4]

Kettings playing for Woodley Sports in 2011

He joined Championship rivals Birmingham City on loan on 26 August 2011,[8] playing in all five under-18 league matches during his spell before he returned to Blackpool on 1 October 2011.[9][10] Kettings then joined Northern Premier League Division One North club Woodley Sports on loan in November 2011.[4] He made his debut on 12 November 2011 in a 3–0 defeat away to Salford City.[11] On 23 January 2012, he joined League Two club Morecambe on loan for the rest of the 2011–12 season.[12] He made his debut on 11 February in a 2–1 defeat away to Bristol Rovers, with his home debut coming three days later in a 1–0 victory over Macclesfield Town.[13] These proved to be his only appearances for Morecambe, meaning he finished the loan with two appearances.[13]

Kettings joined League Two club York City on 13 June 2013 on a season-long loan.[14] He made his debut after Michael Ingham picked up an injury during the warm-up prior to York's 3–2 defeat at home to Bristol Rovers in an FA Cup first round replay on 19 November 2013.[15] Nick Pope was signed on loan by York to cover for Ingham, with Kettings then deciding to return to Blackpool on his own accord, although his loan agreement would stay in place until 5 January 2014.[16] He joined Conference Premier club Hyde on loan for the rest of 2013–14 on 24 January 2014,[17] and made his debut a day later in a 3–0 home defeat to Tamworth.[18]

Crystal Palace

Kettings was released by Blackpool in May 2014 before signing for Premier League club Crystal Palace on 19 June on a two-year contract, to provide competition for Julián Speroni and Wayne Hennessey.[19][20][21]

Kettings joined Stevenage on 14 August 2015 on a one-month loan,[22] but did not make any appearances for the League Two club.[23] He joined National League team Bromley on an emergency loan on 18 September 2015.[24] In December 2015, Kettings returned to Palace through injury.[25]

On 13 June 2016, it was announced that Kettings would be released by Crystal Palace on expiry of his contract on 30 June.[26]

Oldham Athletic

On 12 July 2016, Kettings joined League One club Oldham Athletic on a one-year contract.[27] He turned down a new contract at the end of 2016–17.[28][29]

International career

Kettings has represented Scotland at under-19 level, playing twice against Malta in 2010.[30] On 29 August 2012 he was called up to the under-21 squad for their 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 10 games against Luxembourg on 6 September and Austria on 10 September,[31] but did not play in either game.[32] He made his under-21 debut in a 2–0 win against Canada in a friendly on 16 October 2012.[32]

Personal life

Kettings has a degree from the Open University in Business and Accounting. He graduated in 2015 with a 2:1.[33]

As of September 2017, Kettings works as an Area Manager for Aldi.[34]

Career statistics
As of match played 30 April 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackpool 2010–11[35] Premier League 000000—00
2011–12[13] Championship 0000000000
2012–13[36] Championship 000000—00
2013–14[37] Championship 00———00
Total 0000000000
Morecambe (loan) 2011–12[13] League Two 2000000020
York City (loan) 2013–14[37] League Two 0010000010
Hyde (loan) 2013–14[18] Conference Premier 170———170
Crystal Palace 2014–15[38] Premier League 000000—00
2015–16[23] Premier League 00—00—00
Total 000000—00
Stevenage (loan) 2015–16[23] League Two 00———00
Bromley (loan) 2015–16[18] National League 14010—00150
Oldham Athletic 2016–17[39] League One 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
Career total 330200010360
  1. Appearance in EFL Trophy

References
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  2. "Chris Kettings". ESPN FC. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. Parks, Gordon (15 October 2012). "Scotland kid keeper Chris Kettings hails coach George Wood for getting him into under-21 side". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  4. "Woodley sign Blackpool keeper on loan". Pitchero Non League. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  5. "Young hopefuls sign up young hopefuls sign up". Blackpool F.C. 20 May 2009. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009.
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  8. "List of players under written contract registered between 01/08/2011 and 31/08/2011". The Football Association. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  9. Lewis, Peter, ed. (28 April 2012). Blues News. Birmingham City F.C. p. 27.
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  11. Giblin, Andy (13 November 2011). "Salford City 3, Woodley Sports 0". SalfordOnline. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015.
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  15. Flett, Dave (20 November 2013). "Match report: York City 2, Bristol Rovers 3 – FA Cup first round replay". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  16. Flett, Dave (26 November 2013). "York City defence told to keep it simple for Morecambe clash". The Press. York. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
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  21. Hodgson, Andy (19 June 2014). "Crystal Palace complete signing of young goalkeeper Chris Kettings". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  22. "Tottenham's Ogilvie and Crystal Palace's Kettings join Stevenage". BBC Sport. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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  24. "Crystal Palace goalkeeper Chris Kettings join Bromley on loan". BBC Sport. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  25. "Loan round-up: Williams returns to Wales". Crystal Palace F.C. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  26. "Six players released by Crystal Palace". Crystal Palace F.C. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  27. "Signing: Goalkeeper joins on one-year deal". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  28. Chambers, Matthew (5 July 2017). "Young Leeds goalkeeper on Latics radar". Oldham Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  29. "Oldham Athletic retained list 2016/17". Oldham Athletic A.F.C. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  30. "Profiles". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  31. "Kettings receives international call". Blackpool F.C. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  32. "Profiles". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  34. Chris Kettings at LinkedIn
  35. "Games played by Chris Kettings in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  36. "Games played by Chris Kettings in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  37. "Games played by Chris Kettings in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  38. "Games played by Chris Kettings in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  39. "Games played by Chris Kettings in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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