Kevin McLeod

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Kevin McLeod
Personal information
Full name Kevin McLeod
Date of birth 12 September 1980
Place of birth Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Height 5'11" (180 cm)
Position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Colchester United
Number 20
Youth clubs
1996 - 2000 Everton
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
2000 - 2003
2003 - 2003
2003 - 2005
2005 - 2006
2006 - present
Everton
Queen's Park Rangers (loan)
Queen's Park Rangers
Swansea City
Colchester United
5 (0)
9 (2)
58 (4)
40 (7)
0 (0)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 2 July 2006[1].

Kevin McLeod (born 12 September 1980 in Liverpool, England) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Colchester United in the Football League Championship. His preferred position is as a left-sided midfielder.

McLeod began his career as a trainee with Everton. He found his first-team opportunities limited, making only five League appearances for the club, all as a substitute. He subsequently spent two periods on loan with Queen's Park Rangers in 2003 before making a permanent move to the club in August of the same year for a fee of £250,000. He spent much of his time at Queen's Park Rangers on the substitutes' bench, however.

McLeod joined up with former Rangers assistant manager Kenny Jackett at Swansea City in February 2005 for an undisclosed fee.

In 2006, McLeod was transfer-listed for a breach of club discipline and Jackett urged him to leave Swansea[2]. He earned a dramatic lifeline, however, after an injury crisis and slump in form necessitated his return to the team[3].

To the end of the 2005/06 season, McLeod had played 35 times for Swansea City in all competitions (with a further 11 appearances as a substitute) and had scored seven goals.

He joined Colchester United on August 31, 2006 on a free transfer.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Soccerbase: Kevin McLeod. Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2 July 2006.
  2. ^ Transfer-listed McLeod hits out. BBC News. Retrieved on 2 July 2006.
  3. ^ Carry On Kevin. South Wales Evening Post. Retrieved on 2 July 2006.


Colchester United F.C. - Current Squad

1 Davison | 2 Halford | 3 White | 4 Jackson | 5 Brown | 6 Watson | 7 Duguid | 8 Cureton | 9 Keith | 10 İzzet | 11 Iwelumo | 12 Baldwin | 13 Gerken | 14 Garcia | 15 Guy | 16 Elokobi | 18 Barker | 19 Richards | 20 McLeod | 21 King | 23 Cousins | 24 Ephraim | 27 Hughes | 29 Wareham | 30 Paine | Manager: Williams