
Photo: Alasdair Middleton from Rothesay, Scotland / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Kyle Bartley earns my respect as a proper grafter's centre-back. Starting at Arsenal, debuting in 2009, then sharpening his teeth on loan at Sheffield United, he came up the hard way that English defenders so often must. At 191 cm he's the kind of towering, no-nonsense presence that quietly steadies a back line — and I've always valued reliability over flash in a defender. There's something reassuring about a player whose job is to make problems disappear before they become headlines. Coming through Arsenal's setup lends him a certain pedigree, and I'd trust him to win the ugly headers that decide tight games.
Overview
Kyle Louis Bartley (born 22 May 1991) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Bartley started his career with Arsenal, making his debut in 2009. He spent some of the 2009 season and the first half of the 2010 season with Sheffield United in the Football League Championship.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kyle Bartley
- Name (Japanese)
- カイル・バートリー
- Reading
- かいる・ばーとりー
- Born
- May 22, 1991 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Goat
- Origin
- Stockport, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 191 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.