Elliot Kebbie (born 11 September 1994) is an English former professional footballer. A graduate of

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...

's academy, he played as a defender or

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Atlético Madrid C Atlético Madrid C was a Spanish football club that played in the Tercera División and played their home games at the ''Nuevo Cerro del Espino''. They were the second reserve team of Atlético Madrid. History Club Names Season to season ---- ...

, Rangers and

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

and the England U-16 team.

Career

Club

Elliot Kebbie is the son of the former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

and

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player, and rugby union

coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers Transportation * Co ...

Brimah Kebbie. Kebbie joined

from Brighouse Juniors at the age of seven, remaining in the club's youth system for nine years. After spending two months on trial with

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

in 2011, Kebbie eventually signed for

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

in January 2012. Kebbie went on loan to Rangers in August 2012, before being forced to return to his home town after being struck down by the

Epstein–Barr virus The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), formally called ''Human gammaherpesvirus 4'', is one of the nine known human herpesvirus types in the herpes family, and is one of the most common viruses in humans. EBV is a double-stranded DNA virus. It is b ...

, which forced him out of the game for eighteen months. On 23 January 2014, Kebbie signed a short-term contract with Premier League side

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Kingston upon Hull, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving ...

, to aid his rehabilitation before then going on trial with

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...

in July 2014. He joined Brighouse Town in October 2014. In July 2015, Kebbie had overcome a post viral fatigue syndrome and joined Salford City, before signing briefly for

Bradford Park Avenue Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in , at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The name derived from their former hom ...

, and then immediately a six-month contract with Barnsley's development squad on 12 July 2016. In November 2016 Kebbie went on trial with

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...

but decided upon regular first team football at Sandefjord in Norway.

Sandefjord

In January 2017, Kebbie joined

on trial, eventually signing for the club and making his debut for Sandefjord on 5 April 2017, in a 3–0 defeat to Rosenborg.

Billericay Town

In August 2017 Kebbie returned to England to sign for

Billericay Town Billericay Town Football Club is a football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of and play at New Lodge. They are the second most successful club in FA Vase history, having won the competition on three o ...

. After a few weeks with Billericay Town it was alleged that club owner

Glenn Tamplin Glenn David Tamplin (born January 1972) is an English businessman, investor and former football club owner and manager. Tamplin became known for his time at Billericay Town, of which he was the co-owner, director and manager. He is also the pri ...

wanted to reduce his wages and even offered him a payoff before also sending 'Gangster Threats' to Kebbie. He left the club in February 2018.

International

Born in England, Kebbie is of Sierra Leonean descent through his father. In August 2009, Kebbie was called up to the England U-16 squad, playing three matches.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

*
Sandefjord Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kebbie, Elliot 1994 births Living people Footballers from Huddersfield English men's footballers England men's youth international footballers English people of Sierra Leonean descent Sportspeople of Sierra Leonean descent Atlético Madrid C players Rangers F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Brighouse Town F.C. players Salford City F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Sandefjord Fotball players Billericay Town F.C. players Eliteserien players Isthmian League players Men's association football defenders English expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway English expatriate sportspeople in Norway Leeds United F.C. players