Personal information | |||
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Full name | Devon Jerome Kelly-Evans[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 21 September 1996||
Place of birth | Coventry, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Leamington | ||
Youth career | |||
–2015 | Coventry City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2018 | Coventry City | 14 | (1) |
2017 | → Nuneaton Town (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2017 | → Nuneaton Town (loan) | 7 | (2) |
2018–2021 | Nuneaton Borough | 19 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Leamington | 85 | (8) |
2023–2024 | Quorn | 18 | (2) |
2024– | Leamington | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:58, 19 March 2024 (UTC) |
Devon Jerome Kelly-Evans (born 21 September 1996) is an English football who plays as a midfielder for Leamington.
Kelly-Evans made his professional debut as a substitute on 23 August 2016 in a 6-1 Football League Cup defeat to Norwich City, coming on to replace Ben Stevenson after 67 minutes.[3] Towards the end of the 2016–17 season, Devon Kelly-Evans was sent out on loan to Nuneaton Town, where he made 11 appearances and scored two goals.[4]
On 12 September 2017, Devon Kelly-Evans made his league debut for Coventry City, replacing Stuart Beavon in the 87th minute of a 2–0 win over Carlisle United.[5] He then scored his first senior goal for the Sky Blues in a 2–0 over Exeter City on 23 September 2017.[6]
He was released by Coventry at the end of the 2017–18 season.[7]
He signed for Nuneaton Borough on 15 June 2018 on a two-year deal.[8] In August 2021 he moved up a league to local Warwickshire side Leamington.[9] On 4 May 2022 Kelly-Evans scored the first goal for Leamington as they won the Birmingham Senior Cup 3-1 against Stourbridge.
In November 2023, Kelly-Evans joined Northern Premier League Midlands Division club Quorn.[10] He returned to Leamington in March 2024.[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 | 2016–17[12] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2017–18[13] | League Two | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
Coventry City | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
Nuneaton Town (loans) | 2016–17[14] | National League North | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ~ | ~ | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
Career totals | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
Kelly-Evans is the twin brother of Notts County player Dion Kelly-Evans.[15]