Andrew Philip "Andy" King is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Leicester City.
He attended Furze Platt Senior School and joined Chelsea when he was nine years old. After being released in 2004 when he was 15 years old, he joined the Leicester City youth academy.He has made over 330 appearances across all competitions for Leicester, where he has spent his entire career. He won the League One, Championship and Premier League in 2009, 2014 and 2016 respectively, making him the first player to win the top three divisions with the same team in the Premier League era. He is also Leicester's all-time highest scoring midfielder.
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 over 30 caps. King was a regular in Wales' successful UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying campaign. He was given a straight red card in the 47th minute on 13 October 2014, in a home qualifier against Cyprus, for a foul on Constantinos Makrides. However Wales won 2–1, the same score at the time of the red card. Manager Chris Coleman blamed the attitude of himself and his staff for aggressively rallying the team prior to King's red card.
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