Kyle Nix

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

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

[14] He played seven times for Buxton, scoring one goal,[2] which came in a 9–0 Derbyshire Senior Cup victory over Blackwell Miners Welfare.

[15] 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.

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.

[21] 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.

[28] Nix started Bradford's first two games of the 2008–09 season in place of Joe Colbeck,[29][30] who was suspended following a red card against Milton Keynes Dons at the end of the previous campaign.

[31] 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.

[33] He returned to action later that month as a second-half substitute against his father's former team Rotherham United, at the Don Valley Stadium.

[35] Nix spent two weeks of summer on holiday in Mexico with three former Bradford colleagues, Joe Colbeck, Dean Furman and Nicky Law.

[37][38] Nix made his debut for Mansfield in their opening day 4–0 victory against Crawley Town,[39][40] and scored his first goal for his new club at the end of September during a 3–1 defeat to Barrow.

[41] Nix enjoyed a run of games in the first team and was described by manager David Holdsworth as one of the club's "best players" until he suffered an ankle injury, which required surgery at a hospital in Northallerton and kept him out of first-team action until the new year.

[46] During the follow pre-season, Holdsworth allowed Nix to attend a trial with Dutch Eerste Divisie side Sparta Rotterdam.

"[49][50] His first game of the season was as a late substitute for Adam Smith moments after Mansfield conceded an equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Kettering Town.

[55] During the summer, he had trials with fellow Conference side Gateshead, scoring a penalty in a friendly against Carlisle United on 16 July 2011, before the game was abandoned after an hour due to torrential rain.

[63] Following a brief spell at UR La Louviere Centre in Belgium where he did not play a competitive match Nix moved to Chiangrai United F.C.

[69] Nix also holds an Australian passport, which he picked up in summer 2008, when he returned to the country for the first time since he left as a youngster in order to coach at Mitchelton Football Club.