Kevin Russell (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername= Kevin Russell


fullname = Kevin John Russell
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1966|12|6
cityofbirth = Paulsgrove
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=8
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears = 1982-84
youthclubs = Brighton
years = 1982-1984
1984-1987
1987-89
1989-91
1990
1991
1991
1992
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995
1995-2002
clubs = Brighton
Portsmouth
Wrexham
Leicester
→ Peterborough United (loan)
→ Cardiff City (loan)
→ Hereford United (loan)
→ Stoke City(loan)
Stoke
Burnley
Bournemouth
Notts County
Wrexham
caps(goals) = 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)
nationalyears = 1984-85
nationalteam = England U-18
nationalcaps(goals) = 6
pcupdate = 14 May 2002
ntupdate =

An England Youth international [ Six u-18 caps in the 1984/85 season AFS DataBase] Kevin Russell (nicknamed "Rooster" early in his career because of his quiff [Portsmouth Sports Mail- “Russell to start against Hull”: article by Mike Neasom, 14 February 2007] ); later to lose all his hair [ [http://www.footballchants.org/viewChants.php?divs=D3&teams=71&let=W&teamname=Wrexham Humourous chant] ] ) 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 [”Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball” Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 ISBN 1874287252] 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. [“The PFA Premier League and Football League Players’ Records 1946-98” Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1852915854] . In 1989 he joined Leicester but was loaned out four times [ [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/leicester/leicester.htm Loan details] ] . 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 [The Independent(London), 5/19/05] .He remained at the club until being sacked in January 2007 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/6253233.stm Sacked from Wrexham] ] .

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