Billy Ketkeophomphone

Billy Ketkeophomphone

Personal information
Full name	Billy Ketkeophomphone
Date of birth	(1990-03-24) 24 March 1990
Place of birth	Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Auxerre
Number	14
Youth career
	Racing Paris
2006–2007	INF Clairefontaine
2007–2009	Strasbourg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	Strasbourg	30	(3)
2011–2012	Sion	1	(0)
2012–2015	Tours	101	(21)
2015–2018	Angers	53	(6)
2018–	Auxerre	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:10, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Billy Ketkeophomphone (French: [bili kɛtkeofɔmfɔn] Lao: [binli ketkɛopʰɔːmpʰɔːn]; born 24 March 1990) is a French footballer of Lao origin who currently plays for AJ Auxerre.

Career

Early career

Born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Ketkeophomphone began his career with Racing Paris, before joining Clairefontaine football school in 2006. After one year, he left the club to sign for RC Strasbourg. In summer 2008, he was promoted to the first team. He made his debut against SC Bastia on 1 December 2009 in the National playing 44 minutes.

On 20 May 2011, he signed a five-year contract with Swiss Super League side FC Sion. On 31 January 2012, Ketkeophomphone and Sion mutually agreed to terminate the player's contract. The player subsequently returned to France to sign a four-year deal with Tours.

Angers SCO

On 16 June 2015, Ketkeophomphone signed with promoted side Angers SCO. He was the first footballer of Southeast Asian descent to have played in Ligue 1. On 4 October, he was the first footballer to score a goal in Ligue 1 against FC Bastia. He played 38 Ligue 1 games that season, scoring 6 goals.

In his second season he sustained a knee injury restricting him to only five games, but still managed to score one goal.

Auxerre

On 31 August 2018, the last day of the 2018 summer transfer window, Ketkeophomphone joined Ligue 2 side AJ Auxerre.

External links

• Profile at worldfootball.net