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| club-update = 17:58, 27 October 2015 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = }} Neil Martin Kilkenny (born 19 December 1985) is a football player who plays for Preston North End. A midfielder, he began his career in the youth system at Arsenal, and went on to play league football for Oldham Athletic, Birmingham City and Leeds United before joining Bristol City in 2011. ==Early life and career== Born in Enfield, Middlesex, Kilkenny moved to Australia with his family at the age of four, and grew up in Brisbane.〔 When 7, he played for a club in west Brisbane called St. Catherines United. A promising schoolboy footballer, he captained the Queensland schools' representative team. When Kilkenny was eleven, the family returned to England to maximise his chances of making a career in the game. At twelve, he was invited to join Arsenal's youth development scheme, and while a student at Ravenscroft School, Barnet, he played for Middlesex Schools and appeared for Arsenal's under-17 team. In July 2002 he began a two-year scholarship programme in Arsenal's Academy. By the 2003–04 season, he had graduated to Arsenal's under-19 team〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Youth Team Page 2003/2004 )〕 and once been an unused substitute for the reserves,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Reserve Team Page 2003/2004 )〕 and had played international football for Republic of Ireland under-19s, qualifying via Irish paternal grandparents, and for England under-18s. However, he became unhappy at Arsenal, chose to leave the club, and after trials with clubs including Aston Villa, Manchester City〔 and Leicester City, he joined Birmingham City on a free transfer in January 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Neil Kilkenny」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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