Andy King

King's first goal of the season also marked his 250th Leicester appearance.

Andrew Philip King (born 29 October 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Bristol City.

He spent the majority of his career with Leicester City, making 379 appearances across all competitions and scoring 62 goals.

After being released in 2004 when he was 15 years old, he joined the Leicester City youth academy.

He was given a squad number for the 2006–07 season.

During that season, King scored eight goals in 21 appearances for the Leicester academy side, which saw them win the FA Premier League Group B.

King was offered his first professional contract with Leicester on 5 May 2007.

He also went on trial with Conference National team York City in August, and after playing in a pre-season friendly against Sheffield he turned down a possible loan move to the club on the advice of his agent.

King made his first team debut in a 0–0 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on 2 October 2007, before scoring his first senior goal with a 35-yard shot described as a "rocket" in a 2–1 defeat to Southampton on 1 December.

He made 11 league appearances as Leicester were relegated to League One at the end of the 2007–08 season.

King's impressive start the following season earned him a new three-year contract on 21 August 2008.

He scored his first goal of the season in a 3–2 League Cup defeat to Fulham on 27 August, scoring from 18 yards.

He went on to score nine league goals to help Leicester secure their promotion as League One champions.

King finished the season scoring 4 times in 32 games across all competitions, King's lowest goal and appearance tally since becoming a first team regular in the 2008–09 season.

He won the League One, Championship and Premier League titles in 2009, 2014 and 2016 respectively, making him the first and only player to win the top three divisions with the same team in the Premier League era.

Born in England, King is a Wales international, qualifying through his grandfather.

He made his international debut in 2009, and has gone on to earn 50 caps.

His performances earned him the club's young player of the season award on 28 April 2009.

He was also nominated for players' player of the season and player of the season awards, but lost out to teammates Matty Fryatt and Steve Howard.

King dedicated his award to team captain Stephen Clemence, who missed the entire season through injury.

During pre-season, King believed the Leicester squad was good enough to challenge for promotion.

He scored his first goal of the season in a 1–0 win over Plymouth Argyle at the Walkers Stadium on 21 November 2009.

Following a fine start to the 2009–10 season, King said on 23 November there is a firm belief that the team can win promotion to the Premier League.

He drew praise from then-manager Nigel Pearson after scoring his fourth goal of the season in a 2–1 FA Cup win over Swansea City on 2 January 2010.

His overall performance earned him the players' player of the year award on 28 April 2010 which he shared with teammate Jack Hobbs.

King had his best season yet in terms of goalscoring in 2010–11, as he ended up the club's top scorer, netting 15 times in the league and 16 times in all competitions from midfield.

He earned himself a four-year contract on 15 April 2011, keeping him at the club until 2015.

Three days later, King's form that season was acknowledged by his fellow professionals as he was named in the Championship's PFA Team of the Year with teammate Kyle Naughton.

He then took the club's players' player of the season award for the second season in a row.

King began the 2011–12 season with a goal drought, scoring just one goal in his first 14 games of the season, but got back on track, netting a brace against West Ham United on 29 October 2011, the first game following Sven-Göran Eriksson's sacking as manager, before adding his fourth of the season at home to Blackpool a month later.

However, the latter part of his season was disrupted due to injury.

King regained his form at the beginning of the following season though, scoring a goal in both the opening 2012–13 Championship fixtures against Peterborough United and Charlton Athletic respectively.

King's central midfield partner often changed between Matty James and Danny Drinkwater with former forming a formidable partnership with King in the latter part of the season as Leicester attempted to get their promotion push back on track.

King scored his 50th goal for Leicester on the final day of the 2012–13 season away at Nottingham Forest, a game that city won 3–2, a result that clinched 6th place and the final play-off position.

King scored 7 times during the 2012–13 season in 48 games.

King started the 2013–14 Championship season how he finished the last: Scoring twice in the first 8 games, both fantastic strikes against Birmingham City and Blackpool.

The former was voted the Foxes goal of the month for August and the latter a show in for September's award.

He was part of the team that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2016.

King was born in Barnstaple, Devon on holiday and was brought up in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

He attended Furze Platt Senior School and joined Chelsea when he was nine years old.