Dion Kelly-Evans

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Dion Kelly-Evans
Personal information
Full name Dion Jermaine Kelly-Evans [1]
Date of birth (1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 27) [2]
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
0000–2015 Coventry City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Career

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]

Career statistics

As of 7 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Coventry City 2015–16 [12] League One 1000000010
2016–17 [13] League One33010106 [lower-alpha 1] 0320
2017–18 [14] League Two 2010003 [lower-alpha 1] 060
Total270201090390
Kettering Town 2018–19 [15] Southern League Premier Division Central393203 [lower-alpha 2] 0443
Notts County 2019–20 [16] National League 180105 [lower-alpha 3] 0240
2020–21 [17] National League331005 [lower-alpha 4] 0381
2021–22 [18] National League280403 [lower-alpha 5] 0350
Total7915000130971
Boreham Wood 2022–23 [19] National League130001 [lower-alpha 6] 0140
Banbury United 2023–24 [20] National League North 10000100
Woking 2023–24 [21] National League130130
Career total181490102602174
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  2. Two appearances in FA Trophy and one in Southern League Premier Division Central play-offs
  3. Four appearances in FA Trophy and one in National League play-offs
  4. Four appearances in FA Trophy, including 2019–20 FA Trophy semi-final played in September 2020 after being cancelled due to COVID-19 and one appearance in National League play-offs
  5. Two appearances in FA Trophy and one appearance in National League play-offs
  6. Appearances in the FA Trophy

Personal life

Kelly-Evans is the twin brother of fellow former Coventry City player Devon Kelly-Evans. [22]

Honours

Coventry City

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