Kevin Lisbie

Kevin Lisbie

300px Lisbie at Leyton Orient in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Kevin Anthony Lisbie
Date of birth	(1978-10-17) 17 October 1978
Place of birth	Hackney, England
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Unattached
Youth career
0000–1996	Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2007	Charlton Athletic	155	(16)
1999	→ Gillingham (loan)	7	(4)
1999	→ Reading (loan)	2	(0)
2000–2001	→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)	2	(0)
2005	→ Norwich City (loan)	6	(1)
2006	→ Derby County (loan)	7	(1)
2007–2008	Colchester United	42	(17)
2008–2011	Ipswich Town	41	(6)
2009–2010	→ Colchester United (loan)	41	(13)
2010–2011	→ Millwall (loan)	19	(4)
2011–2015	Leyton Orient	111	(46)
2015	→ Stevenage (loan)	3	(0)
2015–2016	Barnet	3	(0)
International career‡
2002–2004	Jamaica	10	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:42, 11 January 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2006

Kevin Anthony Lisbie (born 17 October 1978) is a footballer who plays as a striker. Born in London, he earned 10 international caps for Jamaica.

Career

Charlton Athletic

Born in Hackney, London, Lisbie made his professional debut for Charlton Athletic during the 1996–97 season.

He joined Queens Park Rangers on a month-long loan in December 2000. He was placed on the transfer list by Charlton in February 2002, but eventually signed a new two year-deal with Charlton in May. Reading had been tracking Lisbie, but ended their interest in late 2003, although Reading manager Alan Pardew said he would wait until Lisbie's contract with Charlton would come to an end. Possibly his best moment in a Charlton shirt was a hat-trick against Liverpool in a 3–2 win over the Merseyside club in September 2003. Lisbie signed a new three-year deal with Charlton in June 2004. 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.

Lisbie made a month-long loan move to Norwich City in September 2005 and was recalled by Charlton in October. Later that season, in February 2006, he spent a month on loan at Derby County as the club tried to resolve an injury crisis. Lisbie was ruled out for three months with a shoulder injury in October 2006, and returned for Charlton's game against Bolton Wanderers in January 2007.

Lisbie was released by Charlton in July of that year after struggling to break into the first team. Several loan spells away from the club made it clear that his future lay elsewhere.

Colchester United

In August 2007, following a successful trial period, Lisbie joined Colchester United. Over the season Lisbie scored 17 goals and finished the club's top scorer, but could not prevent Colchester's relegation from the Championship. Colchester, trying to fend off interest in Lisbie from their East Anglian rivals Ipswich Town, offered him a new contract. However, Ipswich triggered a release clause in Lisbie's contract and the transfer was agreed between the two clubs.

Ipswich Town

Lisbie signed a three-year deal with Ipswich Town for fee of £600,000 in July 2008. Despite a promising start to his Ipswich career, he struggled to hold down a regular first-team spot.

He was released from his contract at Ipswich Town in May 2011.

Loan to Colchester United

In August 2009, Lisbie rejoined Colchester United, now playing in League One, on a season-long loan deal. He scored a brace in his second debut for the club in a 7–1 victory against Colchester's recently relegated rivals Norwich City. Lisbie, who had become a fan favourite with Colchester fans in his previous spell there, finished as the club's top scorer again with 13 goals as the club finished 8th in League One. Colchester and their fans were keen to keep him at the club permanently, but Lisbie revealed that he would not return to the club, although he still expected that he would not play for Ipswich again.

Loan to Millwall

Lisbie was quickly signed on another season-long loan deal, this time by Kenny Jackett's Millwall side after they secured a return to the Championship in 2010. Lisbie's season was blighted by injury and finished that particular season with 4 goals in 19 appearances.

Leyton Orient

Kevin Lisbie signed on a free transfer for League One side Leyton Orient on a four-month contract, on 9 September 2011.

During the 2013 January transfer window, Orient accepted an offer from Sheffield United for Lisbie, but the striker turned down talks with the Blades. Orient immediately offered Lisbie a new 18-month contract which he signed on 2 February 2013.

On 4 March 2014, Lisbie signed a new one-year contract extension with Orient.

After a very successful period at Orient, Lisbie suffered a shoulder injury which ruled him out of the first team for much of the early part of the 2014–15 season. On his return, he found it difficult to re-establish his place among several other strikers at the club. On 17 March 2015, he signed on a month's loan with League Two Stevenage with his contract expiring at the end of the season.

Barnet

Lisbie signed for Barnet on 29 May 2015. Following injury problems, he played just four times for the Bees, all as substitute, before leaving the club on 11 January 2016 in search of first-team football, having fallen behind John Akinde, Aaron McLean and Michael Gash in the pecking order.

International career

Lisbie was capped 10 times by Jamaica between 2002 and 2004. He made his debut in a 5–0 friendly defeat against the United States. Lisbie scored twice for Jamaica, both goals coming in 2003, in friendlies against Australia and El Salvador.

International goals

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	7 September 2003	Madjeski Stadium, Reading	Australia	1–1	1–2	Friendly
2.	16 November 2003	The National Stadium, Kingston	El Salvador	2–0	3–0	Friendly

Career statistics

As of match played 30 May 2015.

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Charlton Athletic	1996–97	First Division	25	1	1	0	3	0	—		29	1
	1997–98	First Division	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	1
	1998–99	Premier League	1	0	0	0	1	0	—		2	0
	1999–2000	First Division	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2000–01	Premier League	18	0	2	0	2	2	—		22	2
	2001–02	Premier League	22	5	2	0	2	0	—		26	5
	2002–03	Premier League	32	4	1	0	0	0	—		33	4
	2003–04	Premier League	9	4	0	0	1	1	—		10	5
	2004–05	Premier League	17	1	0	0	2	0	—		19	1
	2005–06	Premier League	6	0	1	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2006–07	Premier League	8	0	0	0	1	0	—		9	0
	Total		155	16	8	0	13	3	0	0	176	19
Gillingham (loan)	1998–99	Second Division	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Reading (loan)	1999–2000	Second Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Queens Park Rangers (loan)	2000–01	First Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
Norwich City (loan)	2005–06	Championship	6	1	0	0	0	0	—		6	1
Derby County (loan)	2005–06	Championship	7	1	0	0	0	0	—		7	1
Colchester United	2007–08	Championship	42	17	1	0	0	0	—		43	17
Ipswich Town	2008–09	Championship	41	6	1	0	3	1	—		45	7
	2009–10	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2010–11	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		41	6	1	0	3	1	—		45	7
Colchester United (loan)	2009–10	League One	41	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	43	13
Millwall (loan)	2010–11	Championship	20	4	1	0	2	0	—		23	4
		Total	61	17	2	0	3	—		-	66	17
Leyton Orient	2011–12	League One	37	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	38	12
	2012–13	League One	28	16	3	0	2	0	1	0	34	16
	2013–14	League One	39	16	0	0	2	2	1	0	42	18
	2014–15	League One	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	2
	Total		111	46	4	0	5	2	2	0	122	48
Stevenage (loan)	2014–15	League Two	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Barnet	2015–16	League Two	3	0	1	0	0	0	—		4	0
Career total			440	108	17	0	24	6	2	0	483	114

International

Jamaica national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2002	4	0
2003	4	2
2004	2	0
Total	10	2

External links

• Kevin Lisbie career statistics at Soccerbase

• Kevin Lisbie joins the Bees!
• Kevin Lisbie leaves the Hive
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