Mickey Demetriou

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Mickey Demetriou
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Demetriou following Shrewsbury Town's promotion to League One in 2015
Personal information
Full name Michael David Demetriou
Date of birth (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Durrington, England
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Shrewsbury Town
Number 18
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Worthing
Bognor Regis Town
Jerez Industrial
2010−2011 Eastbourne Borough 10 (0)
2011−2014 Kidderminster Harriers 108 (2)
2014−2016 Shrewsbury Town 43 (3)
2015 → Cambridge United (loan) 15 (0)
International career
2013–2014 England C
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:08, 8 May 2016

Mickey Demetriou (born 12 March 1990) is an English football player who plays as a defender. He will be released at the end of his contract with Shrewsbury Town on 30 June 2016. He has also played internationally for England C, making his debut against Bermuda on 4 June 2013.[2][3]

Club career

Early career

Demetriou began his career as a striker, playing for non-league sides Worthing and Bognor Regis Town. He was then invited to join the Glenn Hoddle Academy in Spain, where he was converted into a defender, and had a spell playing for Jerez Industrial.[4]

Eastbourne Borough

On his return to England, Demetriou joined Eastbourne Borough on non-contract terms on 28 January 2011.[5] He made his Conference debut the following day as an 82nd-minute substitute for Steven Masterton in a 1–1 home draw with Grimsby Town, and made nine more appearances over the season.

Kidderminster Harriers

After departing Eastbourne, Demetriou signed a one-year contract with fellow Conference team Kidderminster Harriers on 20 June 2011.[6] He made his debut on 24 September, filling in for Jamille Matt for the final five minutes of a 2–1 win over Mansfield Town at Field Mill. On 7 February 2012, Demetriou extended his contract with Kidderminster until the end of the 2013–14 season.[7]

He got his first goal on 4 September 2012, a last-minute equaliser away to Braintree Town via a 20-yard strike called a "stunner" by the Essex Chronicle.[8] The following 12 January, he scored his only other goal for the Harriers, a free kick to open a 2–0 win in the season's trip to Mansfield.[9]

Shrewsbury Town

Demetriou made the step up to the Football League, joining League Two side Shrewsbury Town on a free transfer following the expiry of his Kidderminster deal, on a two-year contract on 3 June 2014.[10][11] He scored the winning goal on his debut, against Tranmere Rovers on 16 August 2014,[12] and subsequently scored on two further occasions that season, an injury-time equaliser in a 2–1 win at Carlisle United,[13] and a consolation against Northampton Town, as Shrewsbury lost by the same score and ended an unbeaten home record in the league.[14]

Demetriou was a first-team regular as Shrewsbury won promotion back to League One at the first attempt, which was secured after a 1−0 away win at Cheltenham Town on 25 April 2015.[15] However, he was placed on the transfer list before the start of the following season, with manager Micky Mellon believing he would not get many opportunities to play in the first-team, having fallen down the pecking order behind new signings Mat Sadler and Matt Tootle.[16]

On 1 September 2015, Demetriou signed a half-season loan deal with League Two's Cambridge United.[17] Hours later, he made his debut, playing the entirety of a 0–2 home defeat to Dagenham & Redbridge in the first round of the Football League Trophy and was awarded 'Man of the Match' by the official sponsors.[18][19]

After returning to Shrewsbury, Demetriou made his first League One start of the season away to Millwall on 9 April 2016. When goalkeeper Mark Halstead was sent off with a minute remaining and no substitutions remained, Demetriou took over in goal to face Lee Gregory's penalty; he guessed the right way but did not save, and Shrewsbury lost 3–1.[20] After picking up a knee injury in the same match, he was later ruled out of action for the rest of the season,[21] when he was subsequently released.[22]

International career

In November 2014, Demetriou was approached by the Cyprus national football team, to whom he qualifies through a grandfather.[23]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 May 2016.
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Eastbourne Borough 2010−11[24] Conference Premier 10 0 0 0 − 0 0 10 0
Kidderminster Harriers 2011−12[25] 26 0 0 0 − 0 0 26 0
2012−13[26] 43 2 1 0 − 1 0 45 2
2013−14[27] 39 0 3 0 − 0 0 42 0
Total 108 2 4 0 − 1 0 113 2
Shrewsbury Town 2014−15[28] League Two 42 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 49 3
2015−16[29] League One 1 0 − 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 43 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 50 3
Cambridge United (loan) 2015−16[29] League Two 15 0 2 0 − 1 0 18 0
Career total 176 5 9 0 3 0 3 0 190 5

Footnotes

A. ^ "Other" consists of 2 appearances in the Football League Trophy and 1 appearance in the Football Conference National playoffs.

Honours

Shrewsbury Town

References

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