Kit Symons

Christopher "Kit" Symons (born 8 March 1971, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England) is a former Wales international footballer who is currently an Academy coach of Premier League side Fulham.
==Club playing career==
He made more than 100 League appearances for each of his first three clubs – Portsmouth, Manchester City and Fulham. He played for Fulham until December 2001, when he was signed by Crystal Palace for £400,000, the club at which he finished his playing career after 60 senior appearances.
==International career==
Symons won 36 caps for Wales, scoring twice. His first appearance was against the Republic of Ireland on 19 February 1992 and his last appearance was on 6 October 2001 against Belarus. Symons qualified to play for Wales because his father was from Cardiff.
==Coaching and management==
He became caretaker manager at Palace, and following the subsequent appointment of Iain Dowie he combined the roles of player and assistant manager, as the clubgained promotion to the Premier League.
After Taylor was dismissed from the Eagles on 8 October 2007, Symons was confirmed as Caretaker Manager until the appointment of Neil Warnock three days later (Palace did not play during this time). Following Warnock's appointment, Symons stepped down from his position of Assistant Manager and left the club on 15 October.
Symons joined Colchester United on 16 January 2008 following Micky Adams' resignation as assistant manager the previous week. He was appointed as Colchester's caretaker-manager in September 2008 after the departure of Geraint Williams. He led the club to two wins in five games, in the process becoming the bookie's favourite to get the job full time. However, he left the club after Paul Lambert took over as manager.
Symons was subsequently employed by Fulham as Senior Scout and Academy Coach.
In January 2012 Symons was appointed to the Wales national football team coaching staff under team manager Chris Coleman.
==Career statistics==
Club performance	Club performance	Club performance	League	League	Cup 	Cup 	Total	Total
Season 	Club 	League 	Apps 	Goals 	Apps 	Goals 	Apps 	Goals
England 	England 	England 	League	League	FA Cup	FA Cup	Total	Total
1988–89 	Portsmouth 	Second Division 	2 	0 	 	 	 	
1989–90 	Portsmouth 	Second Division 	1 	0 	 	 	 	
1990–91 	Portsmouth 	Second Division 	1 	0 	 	 	 	
1991–92 	Portsmouth 	Second Division 	46 	1 	 	 	 	
1992–93 	Portsmouth 	First Division 	41 	2 	 	 	 	
1993–94 	Portsmouth 	First Division 	29 	3 	 	 	 	
1994–95 	Portsmouth 	First Division 	40 	4 	 	 	 	
1995–96 	Portsmouth 	First Division 	1 	0 	 	 	 	
1995–96 	Manchester City 	Premier League 	38 	2 	 	 	 	
1996–97 	Manchester City 	First Division 	44 	0 	 	 	 	
1997–98 	Manchester City 	First Division 	42 	2 	 	 	 	
1998–99 	Fulham 	Second Division 	45 	11 	 	 	 	
1999-00 	Fulham 	First Division 	29 	2 	 	 	 	
2000–01 	Fulham 	First Division 	24 	0 	 	 	 	
2001–02 	Fulham 	Premier League 	4 	0 	 	 	 	
2001–02 	Crystal Palace 	First Division 	9 	0 	 	 	 	
2002–03 	Crystal Palace 	First Division 	25 	0 	 	 	 	
2003–04 	Crystal Palace 	First Division 	15 	0 	 	 	 	
2004–05 	Crystal Palace 	Premier League 	0 	0 	 	 	 	
Total 	England 	England 	436 	27 	 	 	 	
Career total 	Career total 	Career total 	436 	27 	 	 	 	
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