Kevin Hill (footballer)
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| Kevin Hill | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Hill | |
| Date of birth | March 6, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Exeter, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Torquay United | |
| Number | 11 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997- | Torquay United | 474 (52) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Kevin Hill (born March 5, 1976) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Torquay United. He primarily plays in midfield, but has also featured in defence and up front for Torquay. Despite not being the tallest of footballers one of his great assets is his strength in the air, almost appearing to have springs in his boots at times. His committed style and loyalty makes him one of the crowd favourites at Plainmoor.
Hill was born in Exeter and was playing for non-league side Torrington, and working in a local supermarket, when Kevin Hodges signed him for Torquay United in August 1997. He made his league debut on August 9, 1997 in a 2-1 defeat away to Macclesfield Town, Macclesfield's first game as a league side after promotion from the Conference.
He quickly became a regular in the side and has remained so under a number of different managers. In the 2000-01 season, he was Torquay's leading goalscorer, including a crucial goal in the last game of the season away to Barnet, which saw Barnet relegated to the Conference and Torquay surviving. The circle was turned when he was a regular in the 2003-04 promotion winning side under Leroy Rosenior. In February 2006 he played his 400th game for Torquay against Bury in a 0-0 draw [1]. This amount of performances for one club is a major achievement at this level of football.
Hill was awarded a testimonial in 2007, culminating in a match with local rivals Plymouth Argyle at Plainmoor.
On Monday 5th May 2008, Kevin made his record equalling 473rd appearance for Torquay in a playoff semi final defeat (1-4 on the day 3-5 on aggregate) at home to local rivals Exeter City. Kevin marked the occasion by scoring Torquays goal.
Saturday 10th May 2008 saw Kevin Hill beat the appearance record set by Dennis Lewis by coming on with 3 minutes to go in the FA Trophy final between Torquay United & Ebbsfleet United F.C. (Ebbsfleet winning 1-0 following a goal scored by former Gull Chris McPhee).
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Kevin Hill's career stats at Soccerbase
[edit] All time playing career
| Season | Team | Division | League Apps | League Goals | Cup Apps | Cup Goals |
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| 1997-98 | Torquay United | 3 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | Torquay United | 3 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999-2000 | Torquay United | 3 | 43 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2000-01 | Torquay United | 3 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 2001-02 | Torquay United | 3 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002-03 | Torquay United | 3 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003-04 | Torquay United | 3 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | Torquay United | 2 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005-06 | Torquay United | 2 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
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