Kevin Betsy
Personal information
Full name	Kevin Eddie Lewis Betsy
Date of birth	20 March 1978 (1978-03-20) (age 31)
Place of birth	Woking, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Wycombe Wanderers (on loan from Southend United)
Number	29
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–1998 1998–2002 1999 1999 2002 2002–2004 2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2007–2008 2007 2008 2008– 2009–	Woking Fulham → Bournemouth (loan) → Hull City (loan) → Barnsley (loan) Barnsley Hartlepool United Oldham Athletic Wycombe Wanderers Bristol City → Yeovil Town (loan) → Walsall (loan) Southend United → Wycombe Wanderers (loan)	07 0(8) 15 0(1) 05 0(0) 02 0(0) 05 0(0) 94 (15) 06 0(1) 36 0(5) 71 (13) 18 0(1) 05 0(1) 16 0(2) 43 0(3) 13 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:43, 28 November 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kevin Eddie Lewis Betsy (born 20 March 1978) is an English professional footballer who plays for Wycombe Wanderers on loan Southend United. He is of Seychellois descent but has rejected the chance to play for the Seychelles national team.^[1]

[edit] Career

Betsy started his career at Woking, represening England at semi professional level and being named Conference Player of the Year in 1998, before Kevin Keegan moved in to sign him for Fulham during the 1998–99 season for £150,000. He made his debut at Anfield against Liverpool and spent three years at Fulham and also played in the Premiership for Fulham under Jean Tigana. He had loan spells at Bournemouth and Hull City before Barnsley came in for him in March 2002 for a fee of £200,000. He made over 90 appearances for the club and scored 17 goals and was the clubs top goal scorer in 2002–03 season with 11 goals. After a short loan spell at Hartlepool United he signed for Oldham Athletic in September 2004. After turning down Oldham's offer of a new contract, Betsy moved to Wycombe Wanderers in July 2005, signing a two year contract.

Betsy in action for Bristol City.

Betsy was a regular in the Wycombe team during the 2005–06 season. He was also a regular goalscorer for the club, most notably with a hat-trick against Mansfield Town in September 2005 and in April 2006. Betsy was honoured by his fellow professionals by being named in the Professional Footballers's Association (PFA) "Team Of The Year" for League Two and helped Wycombe reach the Play offs.

In January 2007, it was announced that Betsy had joined League One Bristol City for an initial fee of £150,000.^[2] He was ever present in the city line up helping the Robins gain Promotion to Championship. With opportunities limited in the Championship, Betsy joined Yeovil Town on loan in October 2007.^[3] He returned to Bristol City on 7 November.

On 31 January 2008, Betsy joined Walsall for the rest of the season on loan.^[4] Betsy signed for Southend United on 7 August 2008, on a two-year contract.^[5]

On 1 September 2009, just 188 seconds before the close of the window, Betsy re-signed on loan for Wycombe Wanderers until 2 January 2010.^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kevin Betsy profile at bcfc.co.uk
• Kevin Betsy profile at saddlers.co.uk
• Kevin Betsy profile at wwfc.com
• Kevin Betsy profile at oldhamathletic.co.uk
• Kevin Betsy profile at hartlepoolunited.co.uk
• Kevin Betsy profile at barnsleyfc.co.uk
• Kevin Betsy career stats at Soccerbase