Kevin Conboy (born 15 October 1987) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Esbjerg fB

Conboy is the son of a Danish father and an English mother and holds Danish and British citizenship. He joined Jerne IF's youth department from an early age. Afterwards, he moved to the

Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Found ...

youth academy. In 2006, he joined the second team and was promoted to the first team in January 2008. He made his professional debut on 12 April 2008 when he came on as a substitute for Andreas Klarström in the 23rd minute of Esbjerg's 2–1 defeat to

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was pr ...

. In the course of the rest of the season, he made four more appearances as the team finished in seventh place in the table. Until the relegation of the club after the 2010–11 season, Conboy had played 76 league games for Esbjerg fB.

NEC

For the 2011–12 season, Conboy signed a contract with

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club NEC. On 25 September 2011, he made his debut in a 2–0 defeat to

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merg ...

. On 11 March 2012, he scored his first goal in a 3–1 win over

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after an assist from Ryan Koolwijk. This remained his only goal in 26 games this season. NEC finished eighth in the league and failed to qualify for

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in the first round of the post-season play-offs against Vitesse. During three seasons with NEC, Conboy scored eight goals in 116 league appearances.

Utrecht

In September 2015, Conboy moved to

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Nethe ...

on a two-year contract. After playing for Jong FC Utrecht on 14 September 2015 in the 3–2 win over Jong FC Groningen in the

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, he made his debut for the first team on 19 September 2015 when he came on as a substitute for

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in the 67th minute of a 3–1 loss away against

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. He was sidelined with a back injury during the second half of the season. He made nine total appearances that season. Finishing fifth in the league, Utrecht qualified for the play-offs to participate in the qualification for the Europa League, in which they lost in the final to

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to t ...

. On 2 October 2016, Conboy scored his first goal for Utrecht in a 3–2 loss to

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. Conboy made two appearances in the

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that season and 17 appearances in the league in which Utrecht finished fourth. In the following play-off round for Europa League qualification, Utrecht won against

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 Jul ...

and AZ; Conboy did not make an appearance, however.

Randers

In August 2017, Conboy returned to the

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where he joined

Randers FC Randers FC () is a professional football club based in Randers, East Jutland, Denmark, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of R ...

Return to Esbjerg fB

On 16 January 2020, Conboy returned to

. On 9 July 2021 Esbjerg confirmed, that Conboy, alongside three teammates, had been removed from the first team and sent down to train with the U19s. It came in the wake of a riot between players from the squad and the club's new coach, Peter Hyballa. According to Danish media, the squad was very dissatisfied with the coach's methods, describing it as Hyballa was ''... photographing players in underpants, punching the players, shaming them in front of their teammates, verbal torture and a training program so hard that the injuries was rolling in''. After Hyballa decided to resign, Conboy was promoted to the first team squad again in mid-August.EfB-duo er tilbage i truppen: En frisk start
bold.dk, 16 August 2021 Conboy left Esbjerg at the end of the 2021-22 season.

Honours

NEC *

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as th ...

: 2014–15

References

External links

Official Danish Superliga statistics

{{DEFAULTSORT:Conboy, Kevin 1987 births Living people Danish men's footballers People from Esbjerg Denmark international footballers Esbjerg fB players Danish Superliga players NEC Nijmegen players FC Utrecht players Randers FC players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Association football defenders Danish people of English descent Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark