Kalvin Mark Phillips (born 2 December 1995) is an English professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for club
Manchester City
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and the
England national team.
A
Leeds United academy graduate, Phillips made his first-team debut in 2015. In the
2019–20 season, Phillips was a member of the Leeds team coached by
Marcelo Bielsa
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (, nicknamed ''El Loco Bielsa'' , meaning "The Crazy Bielsa"; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional football manager who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Leeds United. He is a forme ...
that won the
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
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. Following this season, Phillips made his international debut for the England national team, and was part of the England team that finished runner-up at
UEFA Euro 2020
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.
Early life
Phillips was born in
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
, West Yorkshire. He attended
the Farnley Academy
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The Farnley Academy is built on the site of Cow Close Secondary Sc ...
during his secondary school years.
Club career
Leeds United
Early career
![Kalvin Phillips Leeds United](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Kalvin_Phillips_Leeds_United.jpg)
Phillips played for local club Wortley from 2003 to 2010 before joining
Leeds United
Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...
's academy aged 14. He progressed through the club's youth ranks and signed his first professional deal with the club in the summer of 2014, retaining him for the
2014–15 season.
During the 2014–15 season, Phillips became the captain of the development and under-18 teams. Phillips joined the first team for the trip to
Sunderland
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in the
FA Cup
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third round on 4 January 2015; he was unused substitute in a 1–0 defeat. On 30 March, academy coach
Jason Blunt said he felt Phillips would become a future fans favourite. Phillips made further appearances on the bench in league matches over the following months, and made his professional debut against
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...
in 4–3 defeat on 6 April. Along with
Sam Byram
Samuel Mark Byram (born 16 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for Championship club Leeds United.
Club career
Byram was born in Thurrock, Essex, before moving north, where he attended Ralph Butter ...
,
Charlie Taylor,
Alex Mowatt
Alex James Mowatt (born 13 February 1995) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for club West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion.
Club career Leeds United
Mowatt was born in Doncaster and ...
and
Lewis Cook, Phillips was the latest graduate of a promising group of academy players to regularly feature under former youth manager
Neil Redfearn
Neil David Redfearn (born 20 June 1965) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, who was most recently head coach of Sheffield United Women.
Redfearn played 790 matches in the Football League, the sixth highest ...
in the
2014–15 season. On 11 April, he retained his position in the Leeds starting 11, making his home debut against
Cardiff City at
Elland Road
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The g ...
, and marked the match with his first senior goal in only his second appearance, although the match finished in a 2–1 defeat.
At the end of the season, he signed a new two-year contract.
On 31 July 2015, Phillips was given the number 27 shirt for the upcoming
2015–16 season. However, with Redfearn replaced as head coach during the summer, Phillips made just 10 league appearances over the course of the season under head coaches
Uwe Rösler
Uwe Rösler (; born 15 November 1968) is a German football manager and former professional footballer.
As a player he was a centre forward, notably playing in the Premier League for Manchester City, where he was the leading goalscorer for three ...
and then
Steve Evans.
2016 to 2019
In June 2016, only days after the appointment of new head coach
Garry Monk
Garry Alan Monk (born 6 March 1979) is an English football manager and former professional player who played as a centre back, and was most recently the manager of Championship club Sheffield Wednesday. His managerial career includes spells at ...
, Phillips was offered a new three-year contract at Leeds. On 23 June, Phillips signed the new 3-year contract extension to stay at the club until the summer of 2019. On 27 August 2016, Phillips scored his first goal of the 2016–17 season, with a long-range
free kick
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Association football
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against
Nottingham Forest
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in a 3–1 defeat. After an injury to captain
Liam Bridcutt
Liam Robert Bridcutt (born 8 May 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Blackpool. Born in England, he represented the Scotland national team.
Bridcutt started his career with Chelsea, but did not make a le ...
in September 2016, Phillips, alongside
Eunan O'Kane
Eunan Charles O'Kane ( ; born 10 July 1990) is a professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for Leeds United.
Born in Northern Ireland, he represented the country at various youth international levels before switching to t ...
or
Ronaldo Vieira, established himself as an important player in Leeds' central midfield. Phillips' impressive form for Leeds saw him win the
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
In this system ...
Young Player of the Month Award for October 2016.
On 9 December 2016, Phillips was given his first professional red card after giving away a penalty in a 2–0 defeat against then league leaders
Brighton & Hove Albion
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by turning away a goal-bound shot with his arm, the penalty was converted by
Glenn Murray
Glenn Murray (born 25 September 1983) is an English former professional footballer and football pundit who played as a striker. His career spanned 19 years from 2002 until 2021.
Best known for his two spells with Brighton & Hove Albion, Murra ...
.
On 6 August 2017, the opening day of the
2017–18 Championship season, Phillips scored a brace to ensure Leeds beat
Bolton Wanderers
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3–2. On 9 September he scored his third goal of the season in the match against
Burton Albion
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. His fifth of the season came on 27 October in a 2–1 defeat in the Yorkshire derby against
Sheffield United
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. He started the season partnering O'Kane in the centre of Leeds' midfield, although after a good start to the season, Leeds suffered a lack of form prior to the dismissal of head coach
Thomas Christiansen
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in February 2018. Phillips and O'Kane found themselves in and out the team with Vieira given more opportunities and the arrival of
Adam Forshaw in January 2018. Phillips ended the season with seven goals and three
assists, which represented the best scoring season of his career so far.
On 19 July 2018, Phillips revealed he had been training as a
centre-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
and a
deep-lying playmaker
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
ahead of the 2018–19 season, as part of new head coach
Marcelo Bielsa
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (, nicknamed ''El Loco Bielsa'' , meaning "The Crazy Bielsa"; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional football manager who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Leeds United. He is a forme ...
's tactics. As the season started, he was deployed as the
holding midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
in a 4–1–4–1 formation. Phillips was utilised as a deep-lying
defensive midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for Leeds under Bielsa, playing as a centre-back if the team lined up in a three-man defence.
In October 2018, his impressive form in his new positions under Bielsa's management saw Phillips briefly linked with a possible call up to
Gareth Southgate
Gareth Southgate (born 3 September 1970) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a defender and midfielder. He has been the manager of the England national team since 2016.
Southgate won the League Cup w ...
's
England national team. After a knee injury to captain
Liam Cooper
Liam David Ian Cooper (born 30 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and captains club Leeds United and the Scotland national team.
Cooper came through the youth academy at Hull City before making his debut wi ...
on 1 December 2018 in a 1–0 win against Sheffield United, Phillips deputised several matches playing as an outright centre-back until Cooper's return in mid-January. After returning to his defensive midfielder position, he scored his first goal of the season in Leeds' 1–1 draw against
Middlesbrough
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Until the early 1800s, the a ...
on 9 February 2019, netting the equaliser in the 11th minute of injury time. In March 2019, he was selected to the
2018–19 Championship EFL Team of the Season and on 4 May 2019, Phillips was named the ''
Yorkshire Evening Post
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'' Player of the Year for the 2018–19 season.
During the
2018–19 season, Phillips made 46 appearances in all competitions, scoring one goal, after Leeds finished the regular season in third place. Leeds qualified for the play-offs, and Phillips started the fixtures against sixth-placed
Derby County
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Founded in 1884 ...
.
[ Despite Leeds taking a 1–0 win away into the home leg, Leeds lost 4–2 in the second leg, with Leeds down to 10 men after the red card of ]Gaetano Berardi
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...
, and saw Derby progress to the final
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against Aston Villa
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4–3 on aggregate.
2019 to 2022
In July 2019, Leeds opened contract talks with Phillips over a new contract. On 8 August 2019, it was revealed that Leeds had rejected bids for Phillips during the 2019 transfer window in order to keep him at the club, with bids for Phillips rejected at around £27 million. In September 2019, he signed a new five-year contract with Leeds. On Leeds United's centenary week, Phillips scored the winning goal against Birmingham City
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Since 2011, the first te ...
, with the match finishing 1–0 which took place in front of another large crowd at Elland Road. In November 2019, Phillips' Leeds form in defensive midfield under Marcelo Bielsa saw calls for him to be called up to the England squad. England manager Gareth Southgate watched Phillips in January 2020 ahead of a possible call up. After the English football season was paused in March 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
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, the season was resumed during June. Phillips would go on to score a free kick in Leeds' 3–1 win over Blackburn Rovers
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on 4 July 2020, however his season would be ended just a week later following a knee injury picked up in the 1–0 win over Swansea City. Despite this, Leeds would shortly go on to be promoted to the Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
as champions when a 1–0 victory over Barnsley
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was followed by both West Bromwich Albion
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and Brentford
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Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...
losing their matches. On 7 August, he was named in ''The Guardian
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''s Championship Team of the Season for 2019–20. On 8 September 2020, Phillips was named in the Professional Footballers' Association
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The aims of ...
's 2019–20 Championship Team of the Season.
On 12 September 2020, Phillips made his first appearance in the Premier League
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in the opening game of the season in the 4–3 defeat against reigning Premier League champions Liverpool
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at Anfield
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, with Phillips gaining an assist for Jack Harrison's goal.
On 8 February 2021, Phillips made his 200th appearance for Leeds in a 2–0 win over Crystal Palace
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, joining a select group of just 70 players that have made over 200 appearances for the club, including then current teammates Stuart Dallas
Stuart Dallas (born 19 April 1991) is a Northern Irish professional Association football, footballer who plays for Premier League club Leeds United F.C., Leeds United and the Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland national team ...
and Liam Cooper
Liam David Ian Cooper (born 30 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and captains club Leeds United and the Scotland national team.
Cooper came through the youth academy at Hull City before making his debut wi ...
who also hit the milestone that season.
In the last game of the season on 23 May 2021, Phillips scored his first Premier League goal, a free kick in Leeds' 3–1 win over West Bromwich Albion.
Manchester City
Phillips signed for Premier League champions Manchester City
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on 4 July 2022 on a six-year contract, for a reported initial fee of £42 million, potentially rising to £45 million in add-ons. On 7 August, Phillips made his league debut after coming on as a substitute for Rodri in a 2–0 away win over West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...
. Phillips though suffered from injury problems and underwent surgery on his shoulder in September. As of late December he had only made four appearances for City, all of them from the bench. When he returned from the World Cup in mid-December 2022, manager Pep Guardiola complained that he was overweight.
International career
Phillips was eligible to play for his country of birth, England
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, as well as Jamaica
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and the Republic of Ireland
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through his heritage. He ultimately chose to represent England and was called by Gareth Southgate
Gareth Southgate (born 3 September 1970) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a defender and midfielder. He has been the manager of the England national team since 2016.
Southgate won the League Cup w ...
for the first time in August 2020, before receiving his first cap on 8 September versus Denmark
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in the UEFA Nations League
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The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...
. He was only the third player in the 21st century to represent England prior to making an appearance in the top division of a country, after Jack Butland
Jack Butland (born 10 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Manchester United, on loan from Crystal Palace.
Butland began his career with Birmingham City, and made his debut in the Football League ...
and Wilfried Zaha
Dazet Wilfried Armel Zaha (born 10 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Crystal Palace and the Ivory Coast national team.
Zaha advanced into the Crystal Palace first team from their academy, in 2010. In ...
. In an interview after being called up, Phillips spoke of his intention to give his first England shirt to Marcelo Bielsa after the Leeds United manager handed him a playing shirt from his old club Newell's Old Boys
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, along with a message to him and his family to commemorate his first international call-up.
Phillips was chosen to represent England at UEFA Euro 2020
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, where he won praise from pundits, fans and the world's press for his combative, dynamic displays. He started every game that England played during the tournament all the way up to the final
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, where they were eventually beaten on penalties by tournament winners Italy
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. Phillips was named England's 2020–21 Men's Player of the Year. He made two substitute appearances at the 2022 World Cup
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in Qatar.
Style of play
After starting his career as a box-to-box
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or central midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, Phillips was converted into a defensive midfielder by Marcelo Bielsa before the start of the 2018–19 season. He is known for his range of short sharp passing, long ball distribution and ability to start attacks whilst covering his defensive duties, with him described as a 'lynchpin'.
Marcelo Bielsa described his style "He's very good at getting the ball and putting it into another space, a better space. He's very good when he has to cover the team when our full-backs go in attack. And when we are outnumbered, he is very good with his defending." Phillips was also converted into playing as a centre back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
under Bielsa.
For his similar style of play, Phillips was given the nickname "Yorkshire
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Pirlo" by Leeds fans in homage to Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo (; born 19 May 1979) is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is head coach of Süper Lig club Fatih Karagümrük. Considered one of the best deep-lying playmakers ever, Pirlo was renowned for his visio ...
. Following his performance for England against Croatia
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at the Euro 2020, he was described as “brilliant at finding little pockets of space that turn a simple passing move into a dangerous attack.”
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Leeds United
*EFL Championship
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: 2019–20
England
*UEFA European Championship
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runner-up: 2020
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Individual
*EFL Young Player of the Month
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: October 2016[
* EFL Championship Team of the Year: 2018–19
*]PFA Team of the Year
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: 2019–20 Championship
* England Men's Player of the Year: 2020–21
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References
External links
Profile
at the Manchester City F.C. website
Profile
at the Football Association website
*
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1995 births
Living people
Footballers from Leeds
English footballers
Association football midfielders
Leeds United F.C. players
Manchester City F.C. players
English Football League players
Premier League players
England international footballers
UEFA Euro 2020 players
2022 FIFA World Cup players
Black British sportspeople
English people of Irish descent
English people of Jamaican descent