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{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Infobox Football biography

{{other people| playername= Kevin Sharp}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kevin Sharp

| image =

| fullname = Kevin Philip Sharp<ref>{{Hugman|17770|accessdate=17 April 2017}}</ref>

| fullname =

| height = 5&nbsp;ft&nbsp;9&nbsp;in / 1.75&nbsp;m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1974|9|19}}

| nickname =

| birth_place = [[Sarnia]], [[Ontario]], Canada

| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1974|9|19}}

| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defence]]

| cityofbirth = [[Ontario]]

| youthyears1 = 1991–1992

| countryofbirth = [[Canada]]

| youthclubs1 = [[AJ Auxerre]]

| currentclub = Unattached

| years1 = 1992–1995

| clubnumber =

| years2 = 1995–2001

| position = [[Fullback (football)|Left-back]]

| years3 = 2001–2002

| youthyears = 1991-1992

| years4 = 2002–2003

| youthclubs = [[AJ Auxerre]]

| years5 = 2003–2005

| years = 1992-1995<br>1995-2001<br>2001-2002<br>2002-2003<br>2003-2005<br>2005-2006<br>2006-2007

| years6 = 2005–2006

| clubs = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]<br>[[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan]]<br>[[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]<br>[[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]<br>[[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]]<br>[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]<br>[[Hamilton Academical]]

| years7 = 2006

| caps(goals) = 18 (0)<br>179 (10)<br>15 (0)<br>39 (0)<br>46 (2)<br>30 (1)<br>8 (0)

| years8 = 2006–2007

| nationalyears =

| years9 = 2007–2008

| nationalteam =

| years10 = 2009

| nationalcaps(goals) =

| clubs1 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]

| pcupdate = [[2007-01-03]]

| clubs2 = [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]]

| ntupdate =

| clubs3 = [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]

| clubs4 = [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]

| clubs5 = [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]]

| clubs6 = [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]

| clubs7 = [[Guiseley A.F.C.|Guiseley]]

| clubs8 = [[Hamilton Academical F.C.|Hamilton Academical]]

| clubs9 = [[Northwich Victoria F.C.|Northwich Victoria]]

| clubs10 = [[Harrogate Town A.F.C.|Harrogate Town]]

| caps1 = 17

| caps2 = 178

| caps3 = 15

| caps4 = 39

| caps5 = 46

| caps6 = 30

| caps7 = 6

| caps8 = 8

| caps9 = 7

| caps10 = ?

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 10

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = ?

| totalcaps = 346+

| totalgoals = 13+

| nationalyears1 = 1992–1993

| nationalteam1 = [[England national under-18 football team|England U18]]

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

'''Kevin Philip Sharp''' (born [[19 September 19]][[1974]] in [[Ontario]]) is a former [[Canada|Canadian]]Association [[football (soccer)|footballer]]. whoBorn playsin asCanada, ahe [[fullbackrepresented (football)|left-back]]England at youth level.

==Career==

He began his career as at [[France|French]] club [[AJ Auxerre]], but left in 1992 for England, where he has spent the vast majority of his career. His first English club was [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]], joining for a £60,000 fee. He made just 17 league appearances in three years at the [[Yorkshire]] club, then one of the top clubs in England.

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 F.C.|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 F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] in November 1995 for a £100,000 fee, he made 217216 appearances in six years. Wigan won promotion to [[Football League Second Division|Division Two]] in 1997. Whilst at Wigan he also played in the final as they won the [[1998–99 Football League Trophy]].<ref>{{cite news

|url=http://www.cockneylatic.co.uk/match-reports/1998-1999/1399-wigan-athletic-1-millwall-0

|title=Auto Windscreens Shield Final - Sunday 18th April 1999

|publisher=cockneylatic.co.uk

|accessdate=17 June 2019

|archive-date=17 June 2019

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617105727/http://www.cockneylatic.co.uk/match-reports/1998-1999/1399-wigan-athletic-1-millwall-0

|url-status=dead

}}</ref>

In November 2001 he joined [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] on a free transfer. He played just 15 times for the [[Wales|Welsh]] club, and Wrexham were relegated from Division Two that season. In August 2002, Sharp left for [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|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 andthis yettime again relegated, Sharp completed an unhappy hat-trick withto [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]].

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 in English football|2005-06 season]], with manager [[Gary Peters (footballer)|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 F.C.|Hamilton Academical]], in the [[Scottish Football League First Division]], on an amateur basis in [[November 2006]]. He made his debut against [[Livingston F.C.|Livingston]] 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.

==ExternalInternational linkscareer==

He represented England at youth level. Sharp was part of the victorious England team at the [[1993 UEFA European Under-18 Championship]] beating Turkey 1–0 in the final. He played regularly at left back.

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==Coaching career==

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He then joined [[Northwich Victoria F.C.|Northwich Victoria]], where he was a player-coach. In June 2009 Sharp was appointed as player/assistant manager at [[Harrogate Town A.F.C.|Harrogate Town]] 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 F.C.|Leeds United]] midfielder [[Kalvin Phillips]].{{cn|date=January 2021}}

==Career statistics==

{{ENFA|name=Kevin Sharp}}

{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |[[FA Cup]]

! colspan="2" |[[EFL Cup|League Cup]]

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

|-

!Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

|-

| rowspan="5" |[[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]

|[[1992–93 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1992–93]]

|[[Premier League]]

|4

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|4

|0

|-

|[[1993–94 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1993–94]]

|Premier League

|10

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|10

|0

|-

|[[1994–95 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1994–95]]

|Premier League

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|2

|0

|-

|[[1995–96 Leeds United A.F.C. season|1995–96]]

|Premier League

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

|1{{efn|Appearance in [[UEFA Cup]]}}

|0

|2

|0

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!17

!0

!0

!0

!0

!0

!1

!0

!18

!0

|-

| rowspan="8" |[[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]]

|[[1995–96 Wigan Athletic F.C. season|1995–96]]

|[[Football League Third Division|Division Three]]

|20

|6

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|21

|6

|-

|[[1996–97 Wigan Athletic F.C. season|1996–97]]

|Division Three

|35

|2

|1

|0

|1

|0

|1{{efn|name=FLT|Appearances in [[Football League Trophy]]}}

|0

|38

|2

|-

|[[1997–98 Wigan Athletic F.C. season|1997–98]]

|[[Football League Second Division|Division Two]]

|38

|0

|2

|0

|2

|0

|2{{efn|name=FLT}}

|0

|44

|0

|-

|[[1998–99 Wigan Athletic F.C. season|1998–99]]

|Division Two

|31

|2

|1

|0

|1

|0

|8{{efn|Six appearances one goal in Football League Trophy, two appearances in [[EFL League One play-offs|Division Two play-offs]]}}

|1

|41

|3

|-

|[[1999–2000 Wigan Athletic F.C. season|1999–00]]

|Division Two

|21

|0

|4

|0

|1

|0

|5{{efn|Three appearances in Division Two play-offs, two appearances in Football League Trophy}}

|0

|31

|0

|-

|[[2000–01 Wigan Athletic F.C. season|2000–01]]

|Division Two

|31

|0

|1

|0

|3

|1

|2{{efn|Appearances in Division Two play-offs}}

|0

|37

|1

|-

|[[2001–02 Wigan Athletic F.C. season|2001–02]]

|Division Two

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|1

|0

|1{{efn|name=FLT}}

|0

|4

|0

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!178

!10

!10

!0

!9

!1

!19

!1

!216

!12

|-

|[[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]

|[[2001–02 Wrexham F.C. season|2001–02]]

|Division Two

|15

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|15

|0

|-

|[[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]]

|[[2002–03 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season|2002–03]]

|Division Two

|39

|0

|1

|0

|2

|0

|1{{efn|name=FLT}}

|0

|43

|0

|-

| rowspan="3" |[[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]]

|[[2003–04 Scunthorpe United F.C. season|2003–04]]

|Division Three

|40

|2

|5

|0

|2

|0

|4{{efn|name=FLT}}

|0

|51

|2

|-

|[[2004–05 Scunthorpe United F.C. season|2004–05]]

|[[EFL League Two|League Two]]

|6

|0

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|7

|0

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!46

!2

!6

!0

!2

!0

!4

!0

!58

!2

|-

|[[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]]

|[[2005–06 Shrewsbury Town F.C. season|2005–06]]

|League Two

|30

|1

|0

|0

|2

|0

|0

|0

|32

|1

|-

|[[Guiseley A.F.C.|Guiseley]]

|[[2006–07 Northern Premier League|2006–07]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=2006-07 Appearances & Goals|url=https://guiseleyafcmemorabilia.vpweb.co.uk/2006-07-appearances-and-goals|access-date=2021-10-08|website=Guiseley AFC Memorabilia|language=en-US|archive-date=27 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927201509/https://guiseleyafcmemorabilia.vpweb.co.uk/2006-07-appearances-and-goals|url-status=dead}}</ref>

|[[Northern Premier League]] Premier Division

|6

|0

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|3{{efn|Two appearances in [[FA Trophy]], one appearance in [[Northern Premier League Challenge Cup]]}}

|0

|10

|0

|-

! colspan="3" |Career total

!331

!13

!18

!0

!15

!1

!28

!1

!392

!15

|-

|}

{{notelist}}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*{{Soccerbase|name=Kevin Sharp (footballer)}}

*[http://www.leeds-fans.org.uk/leeds/players/471.html Profile at leeds-fans.org.uk]

*https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jun/29/forgotten-story-england-under-18-1993

*[http://www.thefa.com/England/All-Teams/Players.aspx?p=315690 England FA profile]

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