Kamari Doyle
English footballer (born 2005)
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Kamari Olivier Newby Doyle (born 1 August 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for EFL League One club Reading, on loan from the academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kamari Olivier Newby Doyle[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Reading (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2023 | Southampton | ||
| 2024 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Southampton | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | → Exeter City (loan) | 20 | (3) |
| 2025 | → Crawley Town (loan) | 21 | (7) |
| 2025– | → Reading (loan) | 41 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | England U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2023 | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | England U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2024 | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:36, 12 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Doyle was born to an English mother and a Jamaican father. Doyle trained with Southampton staff in Bath, Somerset from the age of seven. He would later travel down from Bristol with his grandfather to attend Southampton academy sessions.[2]
Career
Southampton
Doyle played as a sixteen year-old for Southampton in the EFL Trophy away against Charlton Athletic on 5 October 2021.[3][4] During the season Doyle signed a pre-contract agreement that his first professional contract with Southampton that would come into effect upon his seventeenth birthday.[5] Doyle and Southampton won the Under-18 Premier League South in 2021–22.[6]
During the 2022–23 season, Doyle played as Saints B won the Premier League 2 Division 2, it was the second consecutive youth league win for Doyle.[7] He also featured prominently as the Southampton under-18 team reached the semi-finals of the 2022–23 FA Youth Cup.[8]
On the penultimate week of the season he was one of three academy players promoted to train with the first team squad for the Premier League clash against Brighton & Hove Albion on 21 May 2023.[9] Doyle was subsequently named in the match day squad and appeared in the second half as a substitute for his senior professional debut.[10][11]
Brighton & Hove Albion
On 26 January 2024, he joined the youth academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee.[12]
Loans
On 16 August 2024, Doyle joined League One side Exeter City on a season-long loan deal.[13] He registered his first senior goal on 31 August 2024, scoring directly from a free kick during a 2–0 away win against Bolton Wanderers.[14]
On 27 January 2025, Doyle was recalled from his loan at Exeter, and loaned to fellow League One club Crawley Town.[15] He scored his first goal for the club on 11 February 2025 in a 3–1 victory against Stevenage.[16]
On 4 August 2025, Doyle joined League One side Reading on a season-long loan deal.[17]
Style of play
Considered a two-footed player, who can receive and pass with either foot as well as strike free-kicks with either foot, it has been reported that Doyle has been mentored to a degree by James Ward-Prowse at Southampton. He has played for Southampton, England U-20s, Exeter City (on loan), and Crawley Town (on loan) in a wide range of central and attacking midfield positions, including the number 10 role.[18]
International career
An England youth international, Doyle scored his first goal for the England U17s against Norway in June 2022.[19]
On 6 September 2023, Doyle made his England U19 debut during a 1–0 defeat to Germany in Oliva.[20]
On 15 November 2024, Doyle made his England U20 debut as a substitute during a 4-0 win over Germany at Chesterfield.[21]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 17 March 2026
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southampton | 2022–23[22] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023–24[23] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Brighton and Hove Albion | 2023–24[23] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Exeter City (loan) | 2024–25[24] | League One | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| Crawley Town (loan) | 2024–25[24] | League One | 21 | 7 | – | – | – | 21 | 7 | |||
| Reading (loan) | 2025–26 | League One | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 42 | 4 |
| Career total | 79 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 15 | ||
Notes
- Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy