Andy King (footballer, born 1988)
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King lining up for Wales in 2016
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| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Andrew Philip King | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 October 1988 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Barnstaple, England | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||
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Current team
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Leicester City | ||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Chelsea | ||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Leicester City | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2006– | Leicester City | 310 | (54) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Wales U19 | 7 | (0) | ||||||
| 2007–2010 | Wales U21 | 10 | (2) | ||||||
| 2009– | Wales | 39 | (2) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:28, 2 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:19, 7 October 2016 (UTC) |
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Andrew Philip "Andy" King (born 29 October 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Leicester City.
He has made over 350 appearances across all competitions for Leicester, where he has spent his entire career. He won the League One, Championship and Premier League in 2009, 2014 and 2016 respectively, making him the first player to win the top three divisions with the same team in the Premier League era. He is also Leicester's all-time highest scoring midfielder and all-time most capped player.
Born in England, King is a Wales international, qualifying through his grandfather. He made his international debut in 2009, and has gone on to earn over 30 caps. He was part of their team that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2016.
King was born in Barnstaple, Devon on holiday and was brought up in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He attended Furze Platt Senior School and joined Chelsea when he was nine years old. After being released in 2004 when he was 15 years old, he joined the Leicester City youth academy.
He was given a squad number for the 2006–07 season. During that season, King scored eight goals in 21 appearances for the Leicester academy side, which saw them win the FA Premier League Group B.
King was offered his first professional contract with Leicester on 5 May 2007. He also went on trial with Conference National team York City in August, and after playing in a pre-season friendly against Sheffield he turned down a possible loan move to the club on the advice of his agent. King made his first team debut in a 0–0 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on 2 October 2007, before scoring his first senior goal with a 35 yard shot described as a "rocket" in a 2–1 defeat to Southampton on 1 December. He made 11 league appearances as Leicester were relegated to League One at the end of the 2007–08 season.
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