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Kevin Phillips

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Born
1973 (50 years old)

Birth Place

Hitchin, England

Position
Manager

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Height
170 cm

Weight
70 kg

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Free

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Player Manager ID
2005189

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Soccer

Team
South Shields

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League
English National League North

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Kevin Mark Phillips (born 25 July 1973) is an English former professional footballer who is currently manager of NPL Premier Division club South Shields.

A former forward, Phillips was the Premier League top scorer in the 1999–2000 season with 30 goals for Sunderland, a tally which won him the European Golden Shoe. He remains the only Englishman to win the trophy. He also had spells at Watford, Southampton, Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City, Blackpool, Crystal Palace, and Leicester City.

Between April 1999 and February 2002, Phillips made eight appearances for England but failed to score. His debut came when he was one of five international debutants selected by manager Kevin Keegan for the friendly match away to Hungary. Phillips had an opportunity to score in the first half, but his shot hit the keeper's legs. In the 74th minute, Phillips was replaced by fellow debutant Emile Heskey.

In the final warm-up match before the Euro 2000 tournament, Phillips failed to score in a 2–1 victory against Malta, with the BBC describing him as having "that slightly desperate look of all fringe players who have been left precious little time to impress". Despite this, Phillips was selected by Keegan as part of the England squad for Euro 2000, but he remained an unused substitute.

In his final appearance for England, he came on as a half-time substitute in a friendly against the Netherlands on 13 February 2002, in which he had a chance to equalise when he forced keeper Edwin van der Sar into an error; Van der Sar then produced a point-blank save from David Beckham's follow-up.

Phillips is married to Julie. They have four children: Millie, twins Toby and Tia, and Alfie.

Phillips' cousin-in-law is Labour politician Jess Phillips.

Career Honours

Championship 2013-2014 Leicester	Football League Cup 2010-2011 Birmingham	Championship 2007-2008 West Brom	Premier League Golden Boot 1999-2000 Sunderland
Premier League Player of the Season 1999-2000 Sunderland	European Golden Shoe 1999-2000 Sunderland	Championship 1998-1999 Sunderland