Chris Kamara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Chris Kamara

English association football player and manager

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1957

Place of Birth: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player, sports commentator

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Chris Kamara

  • Christopher Kamara (born 25 December 1957) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who now works as a presenter and football analyst at Sky Sports. As a player, he was known as a tough-tackling midfielder.
  • He joined the Royal Navy at the age of 16, before being signed up to Portsmouth in November 1974.
  • He spent three years at the club before being sold on to Swindon Town for £14,000.
  • He returned to Portsmouth in 1981 for a £50,000 fee, but was traded to Brentford in October 1981.
  • He spent four years with the "Bees" before leaving the club after picking up a runners-up medal in the Football League Trophy in 1985. He re-signed with Swindon Town in August 1985 and helped the club to two successive promotions into the Second Division.
  • He moved on to Stoke City in 1988, and a successful spell with the club won him a move to Leeds United in 1990.
  • He helped the club to the Second Division title in 1989–90, but was never a first team regular before being sold to Luton Town for £150,000 in 1991.
  • He had loan spells with Premier League clubs Sheffield United and Middlesbrough, before joining Sheffield United on a permanent basis in 1993.
  • The following year he joined Bradford City as a player-coach. He was appointed Bradford City manager in November 1995 and took the club from a relegation scrap to promotion out of the Second Division via the play-offs in 1996.
  • He left the club in January 1998 and quickly took the reins at Stoke City, before he left the "Potters" in April 1998.
  • From there he became a broadcaster with Sky Sports and has since appeared as a presenter on numerous other television programmes.

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