Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dion Jermaine Kelly-Evans [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 21 September 1996||
Place of birth | Coventry, England [2] | ||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Woking | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2015 | Coventry City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Coventry City | 40 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Kettering Town | 39 | (3) |
2019–2022 | Notts County | 98 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Boreham Wood | 13 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Banbury United | 10 | (0) |
2024– | Woking | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:47, 7 April 2024 (UTC) |
Dion Jermaine Kelly-Evans (born 21 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Woking.
On 21 May 2015, Kelly-Evans signed his first professional contract with Coventry City on a one-year deal which would begin 1 July 2015. [3]
He made his professional début on 8 May 2016, the last game of the 2015–16 season, against Oldham Athletic coming on for Andy Rose at Half-time. [4] He came on as a substitute as Coventry won the 2017 EFL Trophy Final. [5]
He was released by Coventry at the end of the 2017–18 season after helping them gain promotion back to EFL League One. [6]
In August 2018 he signed for Kettering Town winning the Evo-Stik League South Premier Central. Also named Chiefs Executive Player Of The Season. [7]
On 1 August 2019, Kelly-Evans signed for Notts County helping them qualify for the play-offs in each of his three seasons on County’s quest back to the EFL League Two. [8] Kelly-Evans was released at the end of the 2021–22 season. [9]
On 1 July 2022, Kelly-Evans joined Boreham Wood. [10]
Following a spell with Banbury United, Kelly-Evans returned to the National League, to join Woking on a deal until the end of the 2023–24 campaign. [11]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Coventry City | 2015–16 [12] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2016–17 [13] | League One | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
2017–18 [14] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
Kettering Town | 2018–19 [15] | Southern League Premier Division Central | 39 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 44 | 3 | |
Notts County | 2019–20 [16] | National League | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
2020–21 [17] | National League | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
2021–22 [18] | National League | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
Total | 79 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 97 | 1 | ||
Boreham Wood | 2022–23 [19] | National League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
Banbury United | 2023–24 [20] | National League North | 10 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
Woking | 2023–24 [21] | National League | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
Career total | 181 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 217 | 4 |
Kelly-Evans is the twin brother of fellow former Coventry City player Devon Kelly-Evans. [22]
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