Phil Kite (footballer)
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 Phil Kite attending to an injured Byron Anthony | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Kite | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1980 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1984 | Bristol Rovers | 96 | (0) |
| 1984 | → Tottenham Hotspur (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1984–1987 | Southampton | 4 | (0) |
| 1986 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1987–1989 | Gillingham | 70 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | (0) |
| 1990–1993 | Sheffield United | 11 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 1992 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1992 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1992 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Stockport County (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Cardiff City | 18 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Bristol City | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 238 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1978–1979 | England Schoolboys | ||
| 1981 | England Youth | 5 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Phil Kite (born 26 October 1962) is a former football goalkeeper, goalkeeping coach and physiotherapist. He retired in 2015 from his role as physio at Bristol Rovers, the club he supported as a boy.[2]
Born in Bristol, England, Kite joined Bristol Rovers as an apprentice goalkeeper in 1979, and signed his first professional contract on his 18th birthday in October 1980. After making 96 league appearances for Rovers, he moved on to Southampton. He went on to make league appearances for thirteen different clubs, but missed a large amount of playing time through injury, and only a two-year spell at Gillingham saw him play regularly as an established first-choice keeper. In 1996, he left Bristol City to re-join his first club, Bristol Rovers, as physio, goalkeeping coach and backup goalkeeper.
