Kyle Nix

Kyle Ashley Nix (born 21 January 1986) is an Australian-born English former footballer and coach who played as a midfielder.

Nix was born in Sydney, Australia to English parents and moved to England at an early age.

Nix started his football career with the youth teams at Manchester United and Aston Villa, before he joined Sheffield United.

He had a loan spell with Barnsley, but left Sheffield to join non-league Buxton.

His debut came in a League Cup tie against League Two side Shrewsbury Town, which United won on penalties, when he came on as a 90th-minute substitute.

His only other appearance for Sheffield United also came as a substitute in the League Cup against Reading.

He was part of Villa's youth team which lost in the final of the 2004 FA Youth Cup to Middlesbrough.

In July 2005, he was signed by Sheffield United of the Championship on a one-year deal.

Towards the end of the 2005–06 season he was sent on loan to League One side Barnsley where he stayed for three months.

Barnsley won promotion to the Championship although Nix did not play in any games.

He returned to Sheffield United but he was among seven players to be released by manager Neil Warnock.

Nix had an unsuccessful trial at Peterborough United, and one at Grimsby Town which was curtailed by an ankle ligament injury, and played a reserve team outing for Rotherham United.

But after failing to win a place at any of the three league teams, he turned to non-league football.

He played seven games for Buxton during the 2006–07 season, before he joined Parkgate where he spent the remainder of the season.

He first appeared for Northern Premier League side Buxton, making his debut against Bridlington Town on 11 November 2006.

He played seven times for Buxton, scoring one goal, which came in a 9–0 Derbyshire Senior Cup victory over Blackwell Miners Welfare.

For the rest of the 2006–07 season he turned out for Northern Counties East League side Parkgate.

He also scored once for Parkgate—in a 4–3 Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup semi-final defeat to Stocksbridge Park Steels.

He joined Bradford City for whom he made his debut in league football in August 2007.

After two seasons with City, he was released from his contract and returned to non-league with Mansfield Town.

He played two years with Mansfield during which time he reached the FA Trophy final before moving to another Conference side Gateshead.

Internationally, Nix has represented England at youth level, playing for the U16, U18 and U20 teams, and semi-professional levels.

Nix was born in Sydney, Australia, while his father, Peter, was playing football there.

Peter had been a left winger, whose own professional career included 22 league games for Rotherham United.

When the family returned to Rotherham, South Yorkshire, Nix started his own football career.

Nix's brother Korey is also a footballer.

Nix started his football career in England as a youth player for Premier League side Manchester United, before joining Aston Villa's youth side on a 3 year deal.

In summer 2007, he was offered a short-term deal with League Two side Bradford City following a successful trial, teaming back up with Stuart McCall, who Nix knew from his days at Sheffield United.

He made his Bradford debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a League Cup game scoring his first senior goal.

His league debut came three days later in the first league game to be played at Shrewsbury Town's new ground the New Meadow.

He was offered a longer-term deal at City, before becoming a regular first team player.

His first league goal was a long-range equaliser as Bradford drew 1–1 with Chesterfield on 8 December 2007 before he added a second in successive games in a 2–1 defeat to Peterborough United.

His goals helped to win him a contract extension in January until the end of the 2007–08 season.

Later that month he improved his run of goals by scoring in three successive matches to help Bradford to five points from three games within the space of eight days.

Nix stayed in the team for the remainder of the season, but it was not until April that he scored again, with a long-range volley against Brentford, as he bid for a new contract for the 2008–09 season.

On 29 April 2008, Nix was offered a new deal, which he signed the following week to remain at Bradford for another season.

Nix started Bradford's first two games of the 2008–09 season in place of Joe Colbeck, who was suspended following a red card against Milton Keynes Dons at the end of the previous campaign.

However, when Colbeck was available again, Nix was dropped to the substitutes' bench, with new signing Paul McLaren partnering Lee Bullock, who had returned from injury, in central midfield.

Nix struggled for form but was also playing with an ankle injury, which eventually forced him to take a hospital scan in November.

He was one of six club midfielders to be injured at the time.