Chris Kamara
Kamara pictured at a charity event in April 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Christopher Kamara | ||
| Date of birth | 25 December 1957 | ||
| Place of birth |
Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
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| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974 | Royal Navy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1977 | Portsmouth | 63 | (7) |
| 1977–1981 | Swindon Town | 147 | (21) |
| 1981 | Portsmouth | 11 | (0) |
| 1981–1985 | Brentford | 152 | (28) |
| 1985–1988 | Swindon Town | 87 | (6) |
| 1988–1990 | Stoke City | 60 | (5) |
| 1990–1991 | Leeds United | 20 | (1) |
| 1991–1993 | Luton Town | 49 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | → Sheffield United (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Sheffield United | 16 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Bradford City | 23 | (3) |
| 2012 | Welshpool Town | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 643 | (71) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1998 | Bradford City | ||
| 1998 | Stoke City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Christopher "Chris" Kamara (born 25 December 1957) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who now works as a presenter and football analyst at Sky Sports.
As a player he was known as a tough-tackling midfielder. He joined the Royal Navy at the age of 16, before being signed up to Portsmouth in November 1974. He spent three years at the club before being sold on to Swindon Town for £14,000. He returned to Portsmouth in 1981 for a £50,000 fee, but was traded to Brentford in October 1981. He spent four years with the "Bees" before leaving the club after picking up a runners-up medal in the Football League Trophy in 1985.
He re-signed with Swindon Town in August 1985 and helped the club to two successive promotions into the Second Division. He moved on to Stoke City in 1988, and a successful spell with the club won him a move to Leeds United in 1990. He helped the club to the Second Division title in 1989–90, but was never a first team regular before being sold to Luton Town for £150,000 in 1991. He had loan spells with Premier League clubs Sheffield United and Middlesbrough, before joining Sheffield United on a permanent basis in 1993. The following year he joined Bradford City as a player-coach.
He was appointed Bradford City manager in November 1995 and took the club from a relegation scrap to promotion out of the Second Division via the play-offs in 1996. He left the club in January 1998 and quickly took the reins at Stoke City, before he left the "Potters" in April 1998. From there he became a broadcaster with Sky Sports.
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