Kio, Andy

Early career

Born in Dublin . At first I wanted to become a rugby player , but then I decided to become a football player. He played football in the Dublin teams Cabinteely and St. Josephs Boys. "

Leeds United

At the age of sixteen he moved with his family to Leeds , where he began to play football in the club of the same name. In 2003, when Andy was 20 years old, he was declared for the first Leeds team, but until 2005 he had not played a single match for the club. He leased twice to the clubs “ Scunthorpe United ” and “ Take ”, for which he played 12 and 4 matches, respectively. For both teams scored 2 goals.

Scunthorpe United

On February 14, 2005, Scunthorpe bought the footballer from Leeds for £ 50,000. In the 2005/06 season, he, along with Billy Sharp, represented the best attack in the First League . For two, they scored 38 goals, 15 of which Kio scored.

On January 12, 2007, Andy left the team, not wanting to renew the contract with her, thereby becoming a free agent. In total, during the time spent in the team, he played for her in 86 matches, in which he scored 19 goals.

Wolverhampton

January 23, 2007 Kio signed a contract with Wolverhampton , designed for 3.5 years. Until the end of the 2006/07 season, he scored 5 goals for the “wolves”. In the 2007/08 season, the player scored 11 goals for the team (8 of which are in the League). In the 2008/09 season, in which his team won first place in the Championship and won the right to play in the Premier League , the player played in 42 matches in which he hit the opponents' goal 5 times.

In the second round of the 2009/10 season, the Wolverhampton met with Wigan on a visit. Kio scored the only goal in the match and his team celebrated their first away victory in England’s top division since 1984 ^[2] . A little later, in December 2009, Andy got an ankle injury, which caused him to be out of action for 3 months. After recovery, he only appeared on the field several times as part of the “wolves”. He was extremely lacking in playing practice, and he was first leased to Cardiff and then leased to Bristol . He played for the Welsh club in 16 matches, scoring 2 goals in them, and for Bristol - 9 matches in which he scored 1 goal.

Return to Leeds United

On August 15, 2011, it became known that Andy Kio returned on loan to Leeds ^[3] . He played his first match for the “whites” on August 16, when the Leeds hosted the Hull City on their field ^[4] . Andy scored his first goal for the team of Simon Grayson on September 23 in a match with Brighton , pushing his team ahead ^[5] . On January 1, 2012, his lease agreement with the Whites ended, and he returned to Wolves.

Millwall

At the end of January 2012, Andy signed a contract with the Millwall Football Club for a period of 3.5 years. The transfer amount, according to information provided by the transfermarkt website, was £ 242,000 ^[6] . On February 4, in a match with West Ham , a football player made his debut with the Lions ^[7] . He scored the first goal for the team on February 14, at the goal of Brighton ^[8] .

He was first invited to the first Irish national team in March 2007. May 23 of the same year in a friendly match against the Ecuador national team made his debut. He scored his first goal for the national team in a friendly match with the national team of Serbia on May 24, 2008.

Team Goals

Team

Scunthorpe

• Second place in the Second League of England, access to the First League: 2004/05
• Victory in the First League of England, entry into the Championship: 2006/07

Wolverhampton

• Winning the Championship, reaching the Premier League: 2008/09

Personal

• Player of the Year in Ireland: 2008/09

• Player profile on Transfermarkt
• Soccerway Profile
• National Football Teams profile