Billy Ketkeophomphone

Billy Ketkeophomphone (French: [bili kɛtkeofɔmfɔn] Lao: [binli ketkɛopʰɔːmpʰɔːn]; born 24 March 1990[1]) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for SO Cholet.

Billy Ketkeophomphone
Ketkeophomphone with Tours in February 2015
Personal information
Full name Billy Ketkeophomphone
Date of birth (1990-03-24) 24 March 1990
Place of birth Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Cholet
Number 17
Youth career
Racing Paris
2006–2007 INF Clairefontaine
2007–2009 Strasbourg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Strasbourg 30 (3)
2011–2012 Sion 1 (0)
2012–2015 Tours 101 (21)
2015–2018 Angers 53 (6)
2018–2019 Auxerre 13 (0)
2019– Cholet 12 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:47, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Ketkeophomphone began his career with Racing Paris, before joining Clairefontaine football school[2] in 2006. After one year, he left the club to sign for RC Strasbourg. In summer 2008, he was promoted to the first team.[3] He made his debut against SC Bastia on 1 December 2009 in the National[4] playing 44 minutes.[5]

On 20 May 2011, he signed a five-year contract with Swiss Super League side FC Sion. On 31 January 2012, Ketkeophomphone and Sion mutually agreed to terminate the player's contract. The player subsequently returned to France to sign a four-year deal with Tours.[6]

Angers

On 16 June 2015, Ketkeophomphone signed with promoted side Angers SCO.[7] He was the first footballer of Southeast Asian descent to have played in Ligue 1. On 4 October, he was the first footballer to score a goal in Ligue 1 against FC Bastia.[8] He played 38 Ligue 1 games that season, scoring 6 goals.

In his second season he sustained a knee injury restricting him to only five games, but still managed to score one goal.

Auxerre

On 31 August 2018, the last day of the 2018 summer transfer window, Ketkeophomphone joined Ligue 2 side AJ Auxerre.[9]

Cholet

On 20 November 2019, Ketkeophomphone joined Championnat National side SO Cholet.[10]

Personal life

Born to Laotian parents who moved to France in the 1980s, Ketkeophomphone has expressed interest in representing Laos internationally.[11]

References
  1. Billy Ketkeophomphone Racing Club de Strasbourg
  2. Billy Ketkeophomphone - Racing Club de Strasbourg - racingstub.com
  3. Racing club de Strasbourg - Billy Ketkeophomphone
  4. Strasbourg - Bastia : Les groupes
  5. La fiche de Billy Ketkeophomphone. Football - L'Equipe.fr
  6. "Ketkeophomphone à Tours". SoFoot (in French). 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  7. "Billy Ketkeophomphone to Angers official (in French)". m.lequipe.fr. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4umFIpr1hmI
  9. "Mercato : Boucher part à Angers, Michel et Ketkeophomphone arrivent". L'Yonne républicaine (in French). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  10. "BILLY KETKEOPHOMPHONE SIGNE AU SO CHOLET". socholet.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  11. Denmat, Théo. "Billy Ketkeophonphone: "J'ai un prénom, c'est juste Billy"". SoFoot.com (in French). Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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