Nya Kirby
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| Full name | Nya Jerome Kirby[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 January 2000[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Islington, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | AFC Croydon Athletic | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2017 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Crystal Palace | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Blackpool (loan) | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Oxford City | 27 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | AFC Croydon Athletic | 62 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | England U16 | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | England U17 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | England U18 | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | England U19 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:35, 25 April 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Nya Jerome Kirby (born 31 January 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for AFC Croydon Athletic.
Kirby played youth football for Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace, before moving on loan to Blackpool in January 2019.[4]
He made his debut for Blackpool on 29 January 2019, coming off the bench in a 2–2 draw with Wycombe Wanderers and winning the 85th minute penalty which Harry Pritchard scored to earn a point.[5]
Kirby made his senior debut for Crystal Palace on 15 September 2020 against AFC Bournemouth in the second round of the EFL Cup.[6]
On 22 January 2021, Kirby joined League Two club Tranmere Rovers on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[7]
Kirby was released by Crystal Palace at the end of the 2021–22 season.[8]
In August 2023, he signed for Oxford City.[9] He scored his first goal for the club on 28 August 2023, opening the scoring in a 4–0 win over Boreham Wood.[10] He left after one season, joining AFC Croydon Athletic shortly after and making his league debut against Ramsgate on 10 August 2024.[11][12]
International career
He has represented England at under-17, under-18[13] and under-19 international youth levels.[4]
He was a member of the team that won the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup,[14] scoring the decisive penalty in the round of 16 against Japan[15] and was a second-half substitute against Spain in the final.[16] Kirby also represented England under-19 at the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[17]
