Playing position Apps (Gls) Height 1.77 m | Years Team 2009–2011 Port Vale | |
Date of birth (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 25) Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England Current team British Virgin Islands national football team (Defender) | ||
Matthew Bell (born 3 January 1992) is a British Virgin Islands international footballer who plays for English Nantwich Town. He came through the youth team at Port Vale, and has played for Mansfield Town, Stafford Rangers, Leek Town, Solihull Moors, Kidsgrove Athletic, and Nantwich Town.
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Club career
Bell came through the youth ranks at Port Vale and turned professional with the League Two club under Micky Adams in April 2010. However he failed to make a first team appearance at Vale Park and was released in May 2011.
He signed a one-year contract with Conference National club Mansfield Town in June 2011. Manager Paul Cox stated that "He has a lovely left foot, is tenacious, has high fitness levels and can play at left-back, left-midfield and even in central midfield". He was loaned out to Northern Premier League side Stafford Rangers in December 2011 and Leek Town in March 2012.
He signed with Kidsgrove Athletic in February 2015. He joined Nantwich Town in May 2015.
International career
Bell was called up to the British Virgin Islands squad and made his debut on 26 March 2015, in a 3–2 defeat to Dominica at Windsor Park in the First Round of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He played in the reverse fixture three days later, a 0–0 draw which eliminated the British Virgin Islands from the competition.