Joshua Anthony Kelly (born 19 December 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Woking on loan from club AFC Wimbledon.
Kelly started his career in the youth team at Ascot United before joining Windsor in 2014 aged 15. He made his first team debut as a 16-year-old in February 2015.
In summer 2015, Kelly joined the under-18 team at Maidenhead United and made his first team debut in October 2016. After two loan spell away from the club, Kelly returned to Maidenhead in summer 2018 and began to feature much more frequently in the first team across the next two seasons. He initially left the club at the end of the 2019-20 season with the intention of joining an English Football League club, but no move materialised and he returned to the Magpies ahead of the new campaign. In the 2021âÂÂ22 season he reached double figures in a National League season for the first time and won the golden boot, manager's player, and players' player awards at the end of the season.
Kelly went on loan to Chalfont St Peter during the 2016âÂÂ17 season.
In 2017âÂÂ18, Kelly spent the entire season on loan at Walton Casuals, where he was the club's top scorer with 39 goals.
On 22 July 2022, Kelly signed a three-year deal at Solihull Moors, joining for an undisclosed fee. He scored 25 goals in 79 games in all competitions for the Moors.
On 1 February 2024, Kelly signed for League Two club AFC Wimbledon for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal with the option for a third. He scored his first goals for Wimbledon when he scored twice in a 3âÂÂ2 loss at Tranmere Rovers on 20 April 2024.
On 1 September 2025, Kelly joined National League side, Woking on loan for the remainder of the 2025âÂÂ26 campaign.
In March 2019, Kelly was called up to the Northern Ireland U21 squad for two friendly matches in Marbella, playing in matches against Bulgaria U21 and Mexico U21. The Irish Football Association were not sure of Kelly's eligibility when these matches were played, and it later transpired that he was not eligible to play for Northern Ireland.
AFC Wimbledon