Colin McKee (born 22 August 1973) is a Scottish former

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. His usual position was as a forward, but he was equally adept at playing on the wing.

Career

McKee began his career at

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, joining the club in 1989 after he was spotted playing for the Scotland schoolboys side. In 1992, he made the starting line-up for the

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final against Crystal Palace, along with future United stars such as

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, Nicky Butt,

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and

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. United won the final 6–3 on aggregate, and McKee was offered a professional contract in August 1992. He went on loan to

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for a month in January 1993, making two appearances for the Shakers. He returned to Manchester United, winning the Denzil Haroun Reserve Team Player of the Year award in 1993, but struggled to break into the first team, making only one appearance before being sold to

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in September 1994 along with

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in a combined deal worth £350,000. On the creation of player squad numbers in the

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for the 1993–94 season, McKee was issued with the number 17 shirt, which became the property of the much more famous

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, who joined United from Newcastle four months after McKee's departure. McKee stayed at Kilmarnock for three years, his longest stay at any club. He made 78 appearances for the club – two in the

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took him on a one-month trial in March 1998, but he failed to earn a contract with them and was allowed to leave. In June 1998, he signed for

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, but only made four appearances for the club before being released yet again in October 1998. He spent the rest of the 1998–99 season with two clubs; first he signed for Queen of the South, where he made two appearances, and then he moved to Ross County on a free transfer, making one more appearance before finding himself unattached again. Summer 1999 saw McKee join his fifth club in two years when he put pen to paper for

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, but yet again he made only two appearances before moving on to Queen's Park. He saw out the season with Queen's Park, making seven appearances for the Glasgow club, and then moved again, this time to

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. McKee retired from professional football soon after, calling time on a career that lasted twelve years and with ten clubs.

Honours

Individual * Denzil Haroun Reserve Team Player of the Year: 1992–93

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McKee, Colin 1973 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Premier League players Manchester United F.C. players Bury F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Scottish expatriates in Iceland Falkirk F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Ross County F.C. players Stirling Albion F.C. players Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur players Queen's Park F.C. players Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Scottish Football League players Fauldhouse United F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players

Career

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