Kevin Anthony Lisbie (born 17 October 1978 in Hackney, England) is an English footballer who qualifies to play international football for Jamaica, currently signed to Ipswich Town but on loan to Colchester United.

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He made his professional debut for Charlton Athletic football club during the 1996–97 season. He joined Queens Park Rangers on a months loan in December 2000.^[1] He was placed on the transfer list by Charlton in February 2002,^[2] but eventually signed a new two year-deal with Charlton in May.^[3] Reading had been tracking Lisbie, but ended their interest in late 2003, but manager Alan Pardew said he would wait until Lisbie's contract with Charlton would come to an end.^[4] Possibly his best moment in a Charlton shirt was his stunning hat-trick against Liverpool in a 3-2 win over the Merseyside club in September 2003.^[5] Lisbie signed a new three-year deal with Charlton in June 2004.^[6] He was a regular for Charlton during the 2004–05 season, until he started suffering from a series of nosebleeds, which revealed a benign tumour in the back of his nose, which was treated over the summer of 2005.^[7]

Lisbie made a month's loan move to Norwich City in September 2005 and was recalled by Charlton in October.^[8][9] Later that season, he completed a months loan move to Derby County in February 2006, as the club tried to resolve an injury crisis.^[10] Lisbie was ruled out for three months with a shoulder injury in October 2006,^[11] and returned for Charltons game against Bolton Wanderers in January 2007.^[12] Lisbie was released by Charlton in July and joined Colchester United in August 2007, following a successful trial period.^[13][14] Lisbie signed a three-year deal with Ipswich Town for fee of £600,000 in July 2008,^[15] despite Colchester offering him a new contract days earlier.^[16]

He returned to Colchester United on a season long loan on 3 August 2009.^[17].

On his second debut for Colchester United he scored two goals to help Colchester beat recently relegated Norwich 7–1.

He has represented the Jamaican national team.

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[edit] External links

• Kevin Lisbie player profile at cu-fc.com
• Kevin Lisbie player profile at cafc.co.uk
• Kevin Lisbie career stats at Soccerbase