Kevin Russell (footballer)

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Kevin Russell
Personal information
Full name Kevin John Russell
Date of birth December 6, 1966 (1966-12-06) (age 41)
Place of birth    Paulsgrove, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth clubs
1982-84 Brighton
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1982-1984
1984-1987
1987-89
1989-91
1990
1991
1991
1992
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995
1995-2002		 Brighton
Portsmouth
Wrexham
Leicester
→ Peterborough United (loan)
→ Cardiff City (loan)
→ Hereford United (loan)
→ Stoke City(loan)
Stoke
Burnley
Bournemouth
Notts County
Wrexham		 000 0(0)
004 0(1)
084 (43)
043 (10)
007 0(3)
003 0(0)
003 0(1)
005 0(1)
040 0(5)
028 0(6)
030 0(1)
011 0(0)
198 (17)   
National team
1984-85 England U-18 6

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 14 May 2002.
* Appearances (Goals)

An England Youth international[1]Kevin Russell (nicknamed Rooster early in his career because of his quiff[2]); later to lose all his hair[3]) was a professional footballer (soccer player) who played for 11 clubs in a career spanning nearly 20 years. Released by Brighton after an apprenticeship Russell returned to his hometown club Portsmouth but appearances were limited[4] and he moved onto Wrexham during the 1987 close season. In the first of his two spells with the club he scored at a rate of just over a goal every two games.[5]. In 1989 he joined Leicester but was loaned out four times[6]. The last of these loans secured a permanent move to Stoke City but after one season he moved onto Burnley. Short spells with Bournmouth and Notts County followed before a move back to the Racecourse Ground Here, at last, Russell found a permanent home- he was to play nearly 200 more league games for The Robins in a deeper role, eventually being rewarded with a testimonial against Manchester United [7].He remained at the club until being sacked in January 2007[8].


[edit] References

  1. ^ Six u-18 caps in the 1984/85 season AFS DataBase
  2. ^ Portsmouth Sports Mail- “Russell to start against Hull”: article by Mike Neasom, 14 February 2007
  3. ^ Humourous chant
  4. ^ ”Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball” Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 ISBN 1874287252
  5. ^ “The PFA Premier League and Football League Players’ Records 1946-98” Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1852915854
  6. ^ Loan details
  7. ^ The Independent(London), 5/19/05
  8. ^ Sacked from Wrexham