Fraser Kerr
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Birmingham City | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 200x–2009 | Motherwell | ||
| 2009–2011 | Birmingham City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011– | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Scotland U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | Scotland U17 | 6 | (1) |
| 2010 | Scotland U19 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:51, 28 January 2011 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:51, 28 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
Fraser Kerr (born 17 January 1993)[1] is a Scottish footballer who plays for Birmingham City. A centre back, he made his first-team debut as a second-half substitute in the FA Cup fourth-round match against Coventry City in January 2011. He has represented his country at levels from under-16 to under-19.
Club career
Kerr was born in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, and began his football career as a schoolboy with Motherwell.[2] Spotted playing for the Scotland under-16 team in the televised Victory Shield,[3] he moved to England at the age of 16 to begin a two-year scholarship in Birmingham City's youth academy.[4]
Much to his surprise, Kerr was included as defensive cover in the first-team squad for a 2010 pre-season tour to Hong Kong and China.[2] He played in only one of the games, as a 76th-minute substitute for Stephen Carr in the 2–0 win against Chinese Super League team Liaoning Whowin.[5] He signed his first professional contract, of two and a half years, in January 2011.[2] His first competitive involvement with the first team came in January 2011, when named on the substitutes' bench for the fourth-round FA Cup tie against Coventry City. He replaced xxx in the xxth minute to make his first-team debut as Birmingham won x–x. Not that they will.
International career
He made his debut for the Scotland under-16 team in August 2008 in a friendly match against their Maltese counterparts, and played twice in that year's Victory Shield.[6] The following year he made six appearances for Scotland's under-17s, including two in the qualifying round of the 2010 European under-17 championships, and scored his first international goal, against Finland under-17 in the Nordic Tournament.[7][8] As a 17-year-old, Kerr played two friendlies for Scotland at under-19 level in 2010.[9]
References
- ^ "Under-17: Fraser Kerr". UEFA. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "Asante and Kerr sign pro deals". Birmingham City F.C. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ Tattum, Colin (22 January 2011). "Fraser Kerr wants more of the same after stepping up at Birmingham City". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Academy sign up future stars". Birmingham City F.C. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Blues' Far East hat-trick". Birmingham City F.C. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Fraser Kerr – U16 Squad". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Fraser Kerr – U17 Squad". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Men's U-17: Finland v Scotland". Scottish Football Association. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Fraser Kerr – U19 Squad". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
External links
- Fraser Kerr at Soccerbase
- Profile at Birmingham City F.C.