Kevin Sharp (footballer)

Kevin Sharp (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername= Kevin Sharp


fullname =
height = 5 ft 9 in / 1.75 m
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|9|19
cityofbirth = Ontario
countryofbirth = Canada
currentclub = Northwich Victoria
clubnumber = 3
position = Left-back
youthyears = 1991-1992
1986-1987
youthclubs = AJ Auxerre
Poulton Youth FC
years = 1992-1995
1995-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007 2007-
clubs = Leeds United
Wigan
Wrexham
Huddersfield Town
Scunthorpe United
Shrewsbury Town
Hamilton Academical Northwich Victoria
caps(goals) = 018 0(0)
179 (10)
015 0(0)
039 0(0)
046 0(2)
030 0(1)
008 0(0)
007 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 2008-01-02
ntupdate =

Kevin Sharp (born September 191974 in Ontario) is a Canadian-born footballer who plays as a left-back for Northwich Victoria.

He began his career as at French club AJ Auxerre, but left in 1992 for England, where he has spent the vast majority of his career. His first English club was Leeds United, joining for a £60,000 fee. He made just 17 league appearances in three years at the Yorkshire club, then one of the top clubs in England.

Moving to Wigan in November 1995 for a £100,000 fee, he made 217 appearances in six years. Wigan won promotion to Division Two in 1997.

In November 2001 he joined Wrexham on a free transfer. He played just 15 times for the Welsh club, and Wrexham were relegated from Division Two that season. In August 2002, Sharp left for Huddersfield Town on another free transfer. Sharp played regularly, but again his club were relegated from Division Two. Yet again moving to a Division 2 club on a free transfer and yet again relegated, Sharp completed an unhappy hat-trick with Scunthorpe United.

A season in the newly-renamed fourth tier of English football, Football League Two, ended in promotion for Scunthorpe, but Sharp was to stay in the division. He had made 46 league appearances - exactly half of Scunthorpe's league matches over the two years with the club. Sharp joined Shrewsbury prior to the 2005-06 season, with manager Gary Peters installed him as club captain. However, in early 2006, loss of form resulted in Shrewsbury fans turning against him, and Peters was forced to drop him from the team at the end of February 2006. Playing on only two further occasions in the following six weeks, he was released.

Sharp joined Hamilton Academical, in the Scottish Football League First Division, on an amateur basis in November 2006. He made his debut against Livingston in December 2006. Kevin was released by the club at the end of January 2007 due to the return of other experienced players in his position. He then joined Northwich Victoria, where he is a player-coach.

He represented England at the youth level.

External links

*soccerbase|id=7193 |name=Kevin Sharp (footballer)
* [http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/471.html Profile at leedsfans.org.uk]


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