Kevin Phillips (ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila)

**Kevin Mark Phillips** (an haife shi a ranar 25 ga Yuli 1973) tsohon ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Ingila wanda kwanan nan shi ne babban kocin National League North AFC Fylde .

A matsayinsa na ɗan wasan gaba, Phillips ya fara aikinsa da Southampton amma bai shiga ƙungiyar farko ba kuma aka sake shi. Daga nan ya sanya hannu a ƙungiyar da ba ta cikin gasar ba ta Baldock Town inda ya burge, inda ya koma Watford a shekarar 1994. A shekarar 1997, Phillips ya sanya hannu a ƙungiyar First Division ta Sunderland . A kakarsa ta farko ya zira kwallaye 35 a duk gasa, mafi yawan kwallaye a kakar wasa ga ɗan wasan Sunderland tun bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, sannan kuma shine ɗan wasan da ya fi zura kwallaye a gasar. Phillips ya zira kwallaye 23 a wasanni 26 na gasar a kakar wasa mai zuwa yayin da aka naɗa Sunderland a matsayin zakaran gasar First Division. Ya sami kiran farko zuwa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila a shekarar 1999. A kakar wasa ta 1999-2000, Phillips ya zira kwallaye 30 a gasar Premier League don samun matsayi a cikin ƙungiyar PFA ta Shekara . Wannan ƙwallo ta sa ya sami kyautar Golden Boot da kuma takalmin zinare na Turai . Shi ne ɗan Ingila na farko da ya lashe kyautar kuma har yanzu shi kaɗai ne ya cimma ta a gasar Premier. An sanya sunan Phillips a cikin tawagar da za ta fafata a gasar UEFA Euro 2000 duk da cewa bai buga wasa a gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai ba. Ya buga wasa na takwas kuma na ƙarshe a Ingila a shekarar 2002. Phillips ya sake shafe shekaru uku yana wasa a ƙungiyar Wearside, inda ya buga wasanni 235 kuma ya zura kwallaye 130 kafin ya tafi Southampton a shekarar 2003 bayan da Sunderland ta faɗi daga gasar.

Bayan shekaru biyu da Southampton da kuma ɗaya da Aston Villa, Phillips ya rattaba hannu a kulob din Championship na West Bromwich Albion . A kakar wasa ta biyu da ya yi da West Brom, Phillips ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar da ta lashe gasar, inda aka naɗa shi a matsayin ɗan wasan Championship na kakar wasa ta bana . A shekarar 2008, ya sanya hannu a ƙungiyar West Midlands ta Birmingham City, inda ya lashe gasar League Cup a kakar wasa ta uku. Ya shafe shekaru biyu tare da ƙungiyar Championship ta Blackpool, kafin daga baya ya koma Crystal Palace a matsayin aro. Tare da Palace, Phillips ya zira kwallaye biyu a wasan ƙarshe na playoff da tsohuwar ƙungiyarsa Watford, don samun damar shiga gasar Premier. A watan Janairun 2014, Phillips ya sanya hannu a kan Leicester City, wacce ta lashe gasar Championship. Ya yi ritaya a ƙarshen kakar wasa ta 2013-14.

Ya fara aikinsa na koyarwa tare da ƙungiyarsa ta ƙarshe ta Leicester City a matsayin mataimakin kocin ƙungiyar farko. Bayan wasu ayyukan koyarwa da Derby County da Stoke City, ya fara aikinsa na kocin da South Shields . Tare da South Shields, ya lashe gasar Premier ta Arewa a kakar wasa ta biyu kafin ya tafi a ƙarshen kakar wasa. A watan Janairun 2024, an tabbatar da shi a matsayin sabon kocin Hartlepool United .

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### Farkon aikina
An haifi Phillips a Hitchin, Hertfordshire.  Ya fara wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a matsayin mai horo tare da Southampton, inda ya yi shekaru shida, huɗu a matsayin ɗalibi, kafin a ɗauke shi a matsayin mai horarwa a 1989.  A lokacin ƙuruciya, ana ɗaukar Phillips a matsayin ƙarami da ba zai iya buga wasa a gaba ba  kuma an buga shi a gefen dama,  a inda ya buga wasanni biyu a ƙungiyar reserve a 1990.  Ya kasa samun maki a Southampton kuma manaja Chris Nicholl ya sallame shi, ya koma Hertfordshire inda ya sanya hannu a ƙungiyar da ba ta cikin Lig ba mai suna Baldock Town a lokacin bazara na 1991. 

Phillips ya kafa kansa a cikin ƙungiyar a lokacin rabin lokaci na biyu na kakar wasa ta 1994-95, kuma yana wasa akai-akai kafin ya ji rauni a ƙafa a watan Maris na 1996, da farko an gano cewa ya samu karyewar gashi kuma daga baya aka gano cewa akwai rami a cikin jijiyar ƙafarsa, wanda hakan ya hana shi buga wasa na tsawon shekara guda.    An fitar da Watford daga Division One a 1995-96, kuma lokacin da Phillips ya dawo ƙungiyar, suna cikin rabin farko na Division na Biyu, kuma suka ƙare a matsayi na 13.   A watan Yulin 1997, Phillips ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar zuwa Sunderland kan kuɗin £325,000, wanda wataƙila zai iya ƙaruwa zuwa sama da £600,000. 

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