Kit Symons
Symons (front) as manager of Fulham in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Jeremiah Symons | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Basingstoke, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Portsmouth | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1995 | Portsmouth | 160 | (10) |
| 1995–1998 | Manchester City | 124 | (4) |
| 1998–2001 | Fulham | 102 | (13) |
| 2001–2005 | Crystal Palace | 49 | (0) |
| Total | 435 | (27) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–2001 | Wales | 36 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003 | Crystal Palace (caretaker) | ||
| 2007 | Crystal Palace (caretaker) | ||
| 2008 | Colchester United (caretaker) | ||
| 2014 | Fulham (caretaker) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Fulham | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Christopher Jeremiah "Kit" Symons (born 8 March 1971) is a professional association football manager and former Welsh international footballer. As a professional player, he had lengthy spells at Portsmouth, Manchester City and Fulham as well as earning 36 caps for the Wales national football team.
Symons was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire. He made more than 100 League appearances for each of his first three clubs – Portsmouth, Manchester City and Fulham. He played for Fulham until December 2001, when he was signed by Crystal Palace for £400,000, the club at which he finished his playing career after 60 senior appearances.
Symons won 36 caps for Wales, scoring twice. His first appearance was against the Republic of Ireland on 19 February 1992 and his last appearance was on 6 October 2001 against Belarus. Symons qualified to play for Wales because his father was from Cardiff.
He became caretaker manager at Palace, and following the subsequent appointment of Iain Dowie he combined the roles of player and assistant manager, as the club gained promotion to the Premier League.
After Peter Taylor was dismissed as Palace manager on 8 October 2007, Symons was confirmed as caretaker manager before the appointment of Neil Warnock three days later. Palace did not play during this time. Following Warnock's appointment, Symons stepped down from his position of assistant manager and left the club on 15 October 2007.
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