Jaimes McKee

Jaimes McKee

Jaimes McKee with TSW Pegasus played a League Cup match in February 2012
Personal information
Full nameJaimes Anthony McKee
Date of birth14 April 1987
Place of birthBirmingham, England
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionStriker / Winger
Club information
Current team
Pegasus
Number23
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2005–2007Hong Kong FC33(24)
2007–2010Kitchee26(6)
2009–2010→ Southern (loan)0(0)
2010–2011Hong Kong FC14(4)
2011–Pegasus54(27)
Total127(61)
National team‡
2011–Hong Kong14(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 March 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 November 2014

Jaimes Anthony McKee (Chinese: 占美斯·安東尼·麥基, born 14 April 1987), is a Hong Kong-English footballer who plays striker or winger for Sun Pegasus. He is the grandson of Frank McKee, the former Birmingham City midfielder. He was the top scorer of Hong Kong Senior Shield in 2006–07 season and the Hong Kong First Division League top scorer in 2012–13 season.

McKee captains Sun Pegasus since 2012 till now. He scored his debut goal for Hong Kong national team on 13 November 2014, against North Korea. He commonly beats on the ground to vent his frustration after missing shots, leading Hong Kong football fans to call him Dum-chun (Chinese: 抌春).

Early life

McKee was born on 14 July 1987 in Birmingham, England. He moved to Dubai with his family when he was 2 years old.[1] McKee's family then moved to Hong Kong in 1997 where he began playing football.[1] McKee studied at King George V School in Hong Kong and played in the inter-school football competition of the Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation. Since 2014, McKee has been spotted with Hong Kong socialite and yoga enthusiast, Melissa Albarus.[2]

Club career

Hong Kong FC

McKee started his senior career with the Hong Kong Football Club. He scored his first senior goal for the club against Eastern in the 80th minute on 16 October 2005.[3] Even though during his first season he wasn't a regular first team forward, he scored an impressive 19 goals in 18 games in the second division league.[4][5] McKee scored two hat-tricks during his first season, once against Korchina[6] on 13 November 2005 and another against Kwok Keung on 12 February 2006.[7]

During the 2006–07 Hong Kong First Division League season, McKee scored two goals for the Hong Kong Football Club against league winners South China.[8][9] McKee was selected by Casemiro Mior for Hong Kong League XI after this incredible performance. He is the youngest player ever and the first Hong Kong FC player to be called up for the selection team.[9][10] However, McKee was injured before the 2007 Lunar New Year Cup, and Ivan Jević replaced him.[11][12]

Along with Hong Kong Football Club's relegation, McKee was pursued by Sun Hei.[9][13] However, he joined Kitchee in 2007, saying it might be difficult to start in such a large club.[14]

Kitchee

McKee made his Kitchee debut on 16 September 2007 in a 2–2 first division league draw with Eastern. He came off the bench on the 71st-minute for Cheung Kin Fung.[15] McKee's first goal for Kitchee in the league match was against the Hong Kong Rangers at the Mong Kok Stadium on 14 October 2007.[16] He was predominantly a substitute player for Kitchee during this time. However, in the league game against Wofoo Tai Po on 12 April 2008, he made a comeback by scoring two goals.[17]

McKee got off to a great start of the season by scoring in the 12th minute against a new club TSW Pegasus on 7 September 2008.[18] He established himself as a regular first team player before the game against Sun Hei on 7 October 2008.[19] However, he was not the main player for Kitchee during his studies at the University of Hong Kong,[20] even he scored two goals surprisingly as a substitute player and led Kitchee 3–2 defeat Happy Valley on 15 March 2008.[18]

Back to Hong Kong FC

McKee returned to the Hong Kong Football Club in 2010-11 season as the club was promoted to first division. As a result, the team became semi-professional.[21][22] He did not make an appearance in the opening game of the Hong Kong FC,[23] but his name appeared on the players list of the Hong Kong FC in the match against TSW Pegasus on 10 September 2010.[24]

He scored his first goal after returning to the Hong Kong FC in the league match against Citizen on 23 October 2010, but Hong Kong FC could not defeat Citizen.[25]

The Hong Kong Football Club was relegated to the lowest position in 2010–11 Hong Kong First Division League, but TSW Pegasus admired McKee's performance and invited him to join the team.[26] In early June 2011, McKee's former club Kitchee and last season's Hong Kong First Division League champions, made an agreement with McKee,[27][28] However they decided instead to contract a foreign player.[29] McKee finally appeared on the team member list of TSW Pegasus.[30]

Pegasus

McKee celebrates scoring with Admir Raščić and Deng Jinghuang in 2013.

McKee played as start-up player for TSW Pegasus in the team's first league game of the 2011-12 season. He scored his first goal of the season in the match against Hong Kong Sapling as a substitute for Leandro Carrijo in the 15th minute.[31][32]

In the first round of the 2011–12 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield against his former club Kitchee, McKee scored twice and led TSW Pegasus to a 2–1 win.[33][34] On 23 October 2011, McKee scored in a 2–3 loss against Kitchee at the Tseung Kwan O, meaning he has scored in every match against his old club.[35]

On 25 February 2012, McKee responded with a spectacular brace in the extra-time of the quarter-final match against Sham Shui Po in League Cup. McKee scored a hat-trick and TSW Pegasus won the game.[36] In the quarter-final match on 11 March, McKee scored twice against Citizen and his team won 4–1.[37]

On the final day of the 2012-13 Hong Kong First Division League season, McKee scored five goals against Biu Chun Rangers to take his tally to 16 goals and top of the scoring chart.[38]

International career

McKee playing for Hong Kong against UAE on 15 October 2013.

McKee held a British passport but his permanent residency in Hong Kong has now allowed him to become a Hong Kong passport holder. He is able to represent the Hong Kong national football team.[1]

On 2 December 2011, McKee was called up by caretaker Hong Kong coach Liu Chun Fai for the Hong Kong national football team to play against Guangdong in the 2012 Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup.[39] McKee played as start-up right winger in the second leg of the Cup on 1 January 2012 and Hong Kong team won the 2012 Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup through penalty shootout.[40]

On 1 January 2014, Mckee scored his first goal for the Hong Kong national football team in the second leg of Guangdong-Hong Kong Cup.

On 13 November 2014, McKee scored his first international goal against North Korea in which Hong Kong lost by 1:2.

As of 1 April 2015

Honours

Club

Hong Kong Hong Kong FC

International

 Hong Kong

Individual

Statistics

Club statistics

As of 24 March 2015
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hong Kong League FA Cup & Shield LC & Play-off Asia Total
2005–06 Hong Kong FC Second Division 18[4]19[5]5[41]4[5]--2323
2006–07 First Division 15[42]5[42]2[41]2[41]4[43]1[43]-218
2007–08 Kitchee First Division 12[44]3[44]2[45][46]0[45][46]2[47]0[47]00163
2008–09 14[19]3[19]1[48]0[48]1[49]0[49]-163
2009–10 0000--00
Southern Third Division 00---00
2010–11 Hong Kong FC First Division 1442021-185
2011–12 Pegasus First Division 1548535-2614
2012–13 181672--2518
2013–14 1865400-2310
2014–15 Premier League 312021-72
Total Hong Kong 1276134171480017586
Career total 1276134171480017586

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (traditional Chinese (HK)) 知識啓發力量麥基誓圓父夢, Ming Pao, 25 April 2009
    2. ↑ http://issuu.com/saikung/docs/saikung_jul13
    3. ↑ Match Results: 2nd Division HKFC 3:1 Eastern 2005-10-16, Hong Kong Football Association, 16 October 2005
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Match Results: 2005–06 Hong Kong Second Division League, Hong Kong Football Association, 14 May 2006
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Top Scorer - 2005-06 2nd Division League, Hong Kong Football Association, 14 May 2006
    6. ↑ Match Results: 2nd Division HKFC 5:0 Korchina 2005-11-13, Hong Kong Football Association, 13 November 2005
    7. ↑ Match Results: 2nd Division Kwok Keung 1:6 HKFC 2006-02-12, Hong Kong Football Association, 12 February 2006
    8. ↑ Match Results: 1st Division HKFC 3:2 South China 2006-11-17, Hong Kong Football Association, 17 November 2006
    9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 (traditional Chinese (HK)) 業餘球員極速殺入港聯 麥基「賀歲」創先河, Hong Kong Sun Daily, 15 February 2007
    10. ↑ 2007 Lunar New Year Cup, Hong Kong Football Association, 12 February 2007
    11. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 麥基因傷退役耶域治補上 港聯熱身賽兩蛋贈師弟, Sing Pao Daily News, 18 February 2007
    12. ↑ Jaimes Anthony Mckee withdrawn from Hong Kong League XI, Hong Kong Football Association, 16 February 2007
    13. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 晨曦睇中港會射手麥基, Sing Pao Daily News, 1 May 2007
    14. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 甲組球隊巡禮(二) 傑志, Hong Kong Football Association, 1 September 2007
    15. ↑ Match Results: 1st Division Kitchee 2:2 Eastern 2007-09-16, Hong Kong Football Association, 16 September 2007
    16. ↑ Match Results: 1st Division Kitchee 3:1 Rangers 2007-10-16, Hong Kong Football Association on 14 October 2007
    17. ↑ Match Results: 1st Division Kitchee 2:1 Wofoo Tai Po 2008-04-12, Hong Kong Football Association, 12 April 2008
    18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Match Results: 1st Division TSW Pegasus 0:1 Kitchee 2008-09-07, Hong Kong Football Association, 7 September 2008
    19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Match Results: 2008-09 Coolpoint Ventilation First Division League, Hong Kong Football Association, 10 May 2009
    20. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 綠茵場外：麥基學業踢波雙線發展 , Apple Daily, 13 Decvember 2007
    21. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 港會星級陣容重返甲組 , Apple Daily, 8 August 2010
    22. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 港會人腳鼎盛熱身大捷 , Ta Kung Pao, 8 August 2010
    23. ↑ Match Results: 1st Division NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po 1:1 HKFC 2010-09-04, Hong Kong Football Association, 4 September 2010
    24. ↑ Match Results: 1st Division TSW Pegasus 5:1 HKFC 2010-09-10, Hong Kong Football Association, 10 September 2010
    25. ↑ Match Results: bma 1st Division Football League Citizen 4:1 HKFC 2010-10-23, Hong Kong Football Association, 23 October 2010
    26. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 港甲夏季轉會市場不平淡, Ta Kung Pao, 30 May 2011
    27. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 傑志證實鄭少偉欲離隊, Ta Kung Pao, 11 June 2011
    28. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 傑志下月開操麥基回巢, Apple Daily, 17 June 2011
    29. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 傑志棄斟前拉科鋒將 增聘亞援, Ta Kung Pao, 20 June 2011
    30. ↑ Staff/Team Member List for Division 1 - Season of 2011/2012, TSW Pegasus, 18 July 2011
    31. ↑ Match Results: bma 1st Division Football League - TSW Pegasus 4:1 Biu Chun Rangers, Hong Kong Football Association, 9 September 2011
    32. ↑ Match Results: bma 1st Division Football League - TSW Pegasus 4:0 Hong Kong Sapling, Hong Kong Football Association, 18 September 2011
    33. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 飛馬傑志首回合各一言和, Hong Kong Daily News, 2 October 2011
    34. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 麥基再建功踢傑志出局, Sing Pao, 7 October 2011
    35. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) bma甲組足球聯賽　傑志 3:2 天水圍飛馬, Hong Kong Football Association, 23 October 2011
    36. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 喜運佳聯賽盃半準決賽　天水圍飛馬 4:1 深水埗(加時3:0), Hong Kong Football Association, 25 February 2012
    37. ↑ Match Results: Halewinner League Cup - TSW Pegasus 4:1 Citizen, Hong Kong Football Association, 11 March 2012
    38. ↑ Chan Kin-wa (5 May 2013). "Tai Po relegated after Yokohama's stoppage time equaliser". Retrieved 6 May 2013.
    39. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK)) 麥基、高梵被召踢省港盃, Apple Daily, 2 December 2011
    40. ↑ (simplified Chinese) 杨智两扑点球受伤离场 广东4-5无缘冠军, Sohu ,1 January 2012
    41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Fixtures - 2005-06 Junior Shield, Hong Kong Football Association, 19 February 2006
    42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Match Results: 2006-07 Coolpoint Ventilation First Division League, Hong Kong Football Association, 29 April 2007
    43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 Fixtures - 2006-07 League Cup, Hong Kong Football Association, 17 March 2007
    44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 Match Results: 2007-08 Coolpoint Ventilation First Division League, Hong Kong Football Association, 27 April 2008
    45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 Fixtures - 2007-08 FA Cup, Hong Kong Football Association, 18 May 2008
    46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Fixtures - 2007-08 Senior Shield, Hong Kong Football Association, 23 December 2007
    47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 Fixtures - 2007-08 League Cup, Hong Kong Football Association, 24 March 2008
    48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Fixtures - 2008-09 Senior Shield, Hong Kong Football Association, 21 December 2008
    49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Fixtures - 2008-09 League Cup, Hong Kong Football Association, 4 April 2009

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