Jimmy Kébé
Personal information
Full name	Jimmy Boubou Kébé
Date of birth	19 January 1984 (1984-01-19) (age 25)
Place of birth	Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France
Height	6 ft 1½ in (1.87 m)
Playing position	Winger/Striker
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	14
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002–2008 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–	Lens → Châteauroux (loan) → Boulogne (loan) Reading	00 (0) 18 (2) 16 (5) 55 (3)
National team
2006–	Mali	08 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Jimmy Boubou Kébé (born 19 January 1984 in Vitry-sur-Seine) is a France-born Malian football winger. He currently plays for Reading in the Coca Cola Championship. His fellow Reading teammates have labeled him as "lightning quick, elegant and tall" and "positive and very fast." ^[1]

[edit] Club career

On 16 January 2008, Kébé agreed to join Reading, but his then club US Boulogne initially refused to let him end his season-long loan early.^[2] On 28 January 2008, Reading announced that Kébé had signed a 2½ year contract with them, moving for an undisclosed fee.^[3] 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.^[4] He scored his first Reading goal in the 1-2 home defeat against Southampton on the 22nd of November 2008.^[5]. On the 6th of December 2008 he got sent off for the first time in his Reading career for aiming an elbow towards Barnsley defender Dennis Souza.^[6]. Having fallen out of favour at Reading, he has attracted attention from a number of lower league clubs including Brentford and Notts County.

[edit] International career

He was part of the Mali team in the 2004 Summer Olympics, which exited in the quarter finals, finishing top of Group A, but losing to Italy in the next round.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jimmy Kébé profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Jimmy Kébé career stats at Soccerbase
• FrenchLeague.com profile
• national-football-teams.com
• Jimmy Kébé French league stats at lfp.fr (French)

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