Kevin Betsy
Kevin Eddie Lewis Betsy (born 20 March 1978) is a football coach and former professional footballer. He is currently assistant head coach at Cambridge United.
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Betsy in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Eddie Lewis Betsy | ||
| Date of birth | 20 March 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Woking, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Woking | 50 | (8) |
| 1998–2002 | Fulham | 15 | (1) |
| 1999 | → AFC Bournemouth (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Hull City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Barnsley (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Barnsley | 89 | (16) |
| 2004 | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Oldham Athletic | 36 | (5) |
| 2005–2007 | Wycombe Wanderers | 71 | (13) |
| 2007–2008 | Bristol City | 18 | (1) |
| 2007 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Walsall (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Southend United | 43 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 39 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | Wycombe Wanderers | 48 | (6) |
| 2012–2015 | Woking | 138 | (26) |
| Total | 586 | (88) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998 | England C | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Seychelles | 7 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2019 | England U16 | ||
| 2019–2020 | England U17 | ||
| 2020–2021 | England U18 | ||
| 2021–2022 | Arsenal U23 | ||
| 2022 | Crawley Town | ||
| 2023– | Cambridge United (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He started his career with Woking but went on to make a name for himself with Fulham where he became part of the squad that earned promotions in 1999 and 2001 that made the club a Premier League team. He made one appearance in the top tier of English football, becoming the first Seychellois player to play in the Premier League. He then also spent time on loan with AFC Bournemouth, Hull City, and Barnsley before joining the latter on a permanent deal in 2002. Betsy made 94 league appearances, scoring 15 goals in a two-year period with the Tykes before moving to Hartlepool United. His time with Pool was short and he moved on to Oldham Athletic and then Wycombe Wanderers. In 2007, he signed for Bristol City and whilst there spent loan spells with Yeovil Town and Walsall. A year after signing for City he moved on again to Southend United before returning to Wycombe following a loan spell. In 2012, he re-signed for Woking.
Born in England, Betsy qualified to represent the Seychelles through his grandparents and earned his first cap in 2011.
Following a move into coaching, Betsy worked as a coach for the England U16 team, later taking up similar roles with the U17 and U18 teams. He later spent a season as U23 coach of Arsenal before managing Crawley Town briefly in 2022. In June 2023 Betsy was announced as assistant head coach at Cambridge United.