Phil Kite

Infobox Football biography
playername = Phil Kite


fullname = Philip Kite
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1962|10|26|df=y
cityofbirth = Bristol
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = { [height|ft=6|in=1))
nickname =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 1979 - 1980
youthclubs = Bristol Rovers
years = 1980 - 1984
1984
1984 - 1987
1986
1987 - 1989
1989 - 1990
1990 - 1993
1991
1992
1992
1992
1993
1993 - 1994
1994 - 1996
clubs = Bristol Rovers
→ Tottenham Hotspur (loan)
Southampton
→ Middlesbrough (loan)
Gillingham
A.F.C. Bournemouth
Sheffield United
→ Mansfield Town (loan)
→ Plymouth Argyle (loan)
→ Rotherham United (loan)
→ Crewe Alexandra (loan)
→ Stockport County (loan)
Cardiff City
Bristol City
caps(goals) = 96 (0)
00 (0)
04 (0)
02 (0)
70 (0)
07 (0)
11 (0)
11 (0)
02 (0)
01 (0)
05 (0)
05 (0)
18 (0)
06 (0)
nationalyears = 1978 - 1979
nationalteam = England Schoolboys
nationalcaps(goals) =

Phil Kite (born 26 October 1962 in Bristol, England) is a former football goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach, who is now the club physio for Bristol Rovers.

Playing career

He joined Bristol Rovers as an apprentice goalkeeper in 1979, and signed his first professional contract on his 18th birthday in October 1980. After making 96 league appearances for Rovers, he moved on to Southampton. He went on to make league appearances for thirteen different clubs, but missed a large amount of playing time through injury, and only a two-year spell at Gillingham saw him play regularly as an established first-choice keeper. In 1996, he left Bristol City to re-join his first club, Bristol Rovers, as physio, goalkeeping coach and backup goalkeeper.

Physio career

He began studying towards his physiotherapy qualification in 1991 and completed his studies in 1995. Since re-joining Bristol Rovers he has retired from playing, and relinquished his coaching duties to Steve Book. He now works exclusively as a physio and is in the process of gaining the necessary qualifications to become a chartered physiotherapist.

References

* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=4240 Phil Kite] from soccerbase.com. Retrieved 28 November 2006.
* [http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/ManagementTeam/0,,10328~622382,00.html Phil Kite] from bristolrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2006.