Billy Kee

Billy Kee

Personal information
Full name	Billy Rodney Kee
Date of birth	1 December 1990 (1990-12-01)
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Burton Albion
Number	29
Youth career
2007–2009	Leicester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2009–2010	Leicester City	0	(0)
2009–2010	→ Accrington Stanley (loan)	37	(9)
2010–2011	Torquay United	44	(9)
2011–	Burton Albion	18	(12)
National team‡
2008–	Northern Ireland U19	8	(4)
2009–	Northern Ireland U21	7	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:27, 31 December 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:12, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Billy Rodney Kee (born 1 December 1990, in Leicester, England) is a footballer who plays for Burton Albion. He has also represented Northern Ireland at Under 19 and Under 21 level.

Career

Kee is a stocky forward whose game is based on power and being good in the air. He started to this season's Academy League by scoring 14 goals in 5 games for the club. Kee's biggest game in a Leicester shirt was against Crystal Palace Under 19s in the FA Youth Cup where he was on the score sheet and was Man of the Match, beating Swedish Under-19s goalkeeper Robin Mattsson with a strike.

On 17 July 2009, it was announced that Kee had agreed his first professional contract at Leicester after considering leaving the club. On the same day, a six-month loan deal at Accrington Stanley was also announced. Kee made his League debut for Accrington, playing 84 minutes before being replaced by Michael Symes as Stanley lost 1–0 to Rotherham United.

On 17 May 2010, Kee was released by Leicester along with Stephen Clemence, Levi Porter, Robbie Burns, Carl Pentney, Astrit Ajdarevic and Alex Cisak.

On 3 June 2010, it was announced Kee had signed a two-year contract with League Two club Torquay United.

Kee started the season by scoring eight goals in six pre-season fixtures including four against Tiverton Town and a hat-trick against Weymouth in a 5–1 win. At the start of the season Kee was given the no. 8 shirt formerly worn by the departing Tim Sills. Kee made his debut in the first game of the 2010–11 season in a 3–0 win over Northampton, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute replacing another new signing of that summer, Martin Gritton. Despite being in great goalscoring form in pre-season, Kee did not get his first competitive Gulls' goal until the 27 November 2010, scoring the second goal in a 2–0 vs newly promoted Oxford. He then scored his only goal outside the last twenty minutes of any game with a forty-first-minute goal from the penalty spot in the second round of the FA Cup against League One Walsall.

Kee had to wait another five weeks before his next goal. He scored against Oxford for the second time in the season. He scored just 12 days later in 2-1 defeat to Morecambe. After this the goals began to flow due to the departure of United's main Striker Elliot Benyon. Kee scored in wins over Stockport and Barnet on 5 February 2011 and 12 February 2011 respectively. On 25 April 2011, Kee scored in a 3–3 draw with Burton Albion, side-footing the ball in from 20 yards out.

At the beginning of the 2011-12 season, Kee found himself out of favour at Torquay, new manager Martin Ling preferring to use new signings Taiwo Atieno and Rene Howe as his first-choice pairing, often leaving Kee on the bench.

Kee joined Burton Albion on 26 August 2011, for a fee believed to be £20,000. Kee made his debut in a 2-2 draw against Torquay United. Kee scored his first goal in a 2-0 victory over Swindon Town. Since Kee went on to score against Gillingham, Bradford City, Macclesfield Town, Hereford United, scored twice AFC Wimbledon. On 29 October 2011, Kee scored his first hat-trick against Barnet in a 6-3 victory for Burton. Due to his goalscoring form for Burton Albion, Kee was named npower League 2 Player of the Month for November.

International career

On 6 September 2009, Kee, whilst on loan to League Two side Accrington Stanley, was called up to the senior Northern Ireland squad for the first time, replacing the injured Kyle Lafferty.

Personal life

Billy went to school at Rawlins Community College in Quorn, Leicestershire.

Career statistics

Correct as of 7 May 2011

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2009–10	Leicester City	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009–10	Accrington Stanley (loan)	League Two	37	9	5	0	42	9
2010–11	Torquay United	League Two	39	9	7	1	46	10
2011-12	Torquay United	League Two	4	0	0	0	4	0
2011-12	Burton Albion	League Two	18	12	0	0	18	12

External links

• Billy Kee career stats at Soccerbase