Kevin Philip Sharp (born 19 September 1974) is a former footballer. Born in Canada, he represented England at youth level.

Career

He began his career as at French club AJ Auxerre, but left in 1992 for England, where he spent the vast majority of his career. His first English club was Leeds United, joining for £60,000. He made just 17 league appearances in three years at the Yorkshire club, then one of the top clubs in England. Moving to Wigan Athletic in November 1995 for a £100,000 fee, he made 216 appearances in six years. Wigan won promotion to

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in 1997. Whilst at Wigan he also played in the final as they won the

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. 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 this time to

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. 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

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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.

International career

He represented England at youth level. Sharp was part of the victorious England team at the

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beating Turkey 1–0 in the final. He played regularly at left back.

Coaching career

He then joined

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, where he was a player-coach. In June 2009 Sharp was appointed as player/assistant manager at

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of the Conference North - a position he no longer holds.

Football agent

Sharp is now a licensed football agent, with his clients including Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips.

Career statistics

References

External links

*
Profile at leeds-fans.org.uk
*https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jun/29/forgotten-story-england-under-18-1993
England FA profile
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