| Intro | English footballer |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 12 March 1990, Durrington, West Sussex |
| Age: | 30 years |
| Star sign | Pisces |
Mickey Demetriou (born 12 March 1990) is an English football player who plays as a defender for Newport County. He has played internationally for England C, making his debut against Bermuda on 4 June 2013.
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.
Eastbourne Borough
On his return to England, Demetriou joined Eastbourne Borough on non-contract terms on 28 January 2011. 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. 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.
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. 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.
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. He scored the winning goal on his debut, against Tranmere Rovers on 16 August 2014, and subsequently scored on two further occasions that season, an injury-time equaliser in a 2–1 win at Carlisle United, and a consolation against Northampton Town, as Shrewsbury lost by the same score and ended an unbeaten home record in the league.
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. 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.
On 1 September 2015, Demetriou signed a half-season loan deal with League Two’s Cambridge United. 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.
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. After picking up a knee injury in the same match, he was later ruled out of action for the rest of the season, when he was subsequently released.
Newport County
On 10 January 2017, Demetriou joined League Two side Newport County on a contract until the end of the 2016–17 season.
International career
In November 2014, Demetriou was approached by the Cyprus national football team, to whom he qualifies through a grandfather.
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 | Conference Premier | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Kidderminster Harriers | 2011−12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2012−13 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | − | 1 | 0 | 45 | 2 | |||
| 2013−14 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
| Total | 108 | 2 | 4 | 0 | − | 1 | 0 | 113 | 2 | |||
| Shrewsbury Town | 2014−15 | League Two | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 3 |
| 2015−16 | 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 | League Two | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | − | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Newport County | 2016−17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.
- “Mickey Demetriou Football Stats 2010/2011”. Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- “Mickey Demetriou Football Stats 2011/2012”. Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- “Mickey Demetriou Football Stats 2012/2013”. Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- “Mickey Demetriou Football Stats 2013/2014”. Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- “Mickey Demetriou Football Stats 2014/2015”. Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ “Mickey Demetriou Football Stats 2015/2016”. Soccerbase. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
Honours
Shrewsbury Town
- League Two runner-up, second-place promotion: 2014−15