Jimmy Kebe
Kébé playing for Reading in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jimmy Boubou Kébé | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Vitry-sur-Seine, France | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m) | ||
| Playing position | Right winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2008 | Lens | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Lens B | 57 | (5) |
| 2006–2007 | → Châteauroux (loan) | 18 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | → Boulogne (loan) | 16 | (5) |
| 2008–2013 | Reading | 175 | (29) |
| 2013–2015 | Crystal Palace | 6 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Leeds United (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2004 | Mali U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Mali | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:19, 1 May 2014 (UTC). |
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Jimmy Boubou Kébé (born 19 January 1984) is a French-born Malian footballer who currently is a free agent. He plays as a winger, and is a Malian international.
Kébé born in Vitry-sur-Seine, France started his footballing career at Lens. However, played predominately for the B side Lens B. Before having successful loan spells at clubs Châteauroux and Boulogne.
On 16 January 2008, Kébé agreed to join Reading after being spotted by the then scout Brian McDermott, but his then club US Boulogne initially refused to let him end his season-long loan early. Kébé went on strike in order for Boulogne to release him from his loan spell early to join Reading. On 28 January 2008, Reading announced that Kébé had signed a 2½ year contract with them, moving for an undisclosed fee.
He made his debut for Reading as a substitute, coming on for John Oster late into a 1–0 away defeat to Everton on 9 February 2008 and should have opened his Reading account minutes later. He scored his first Reading goal in the 1–2 home defeat against Southampton on 22 November 2008. On 6 December 2008 he was sent off for the first time in his Reading career for aiming an elbow towards Barnsley defender Dennis Souza.
Kébé has since extended his contract until the summer of 2012. 2010 saw an up-turn in Kébé's goal-scoring form, notching up 13 goals in the Championship in the 2010 calendar year. On 21 August 2010, Kébé played his 100th game for Reading, appearing in a 1–1 draw with Nottingham Forest at the Madejski Stadium.
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