nationalcaps birth_date pcupdate years youthyears caps goals nationalyears name fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
7 3 2 january 1979 17:00 , 27 august 2010 -lrb- utc -rrb- 000 -- 2006 2006 -- 2007 2007 -- 2008 2008 -- ? 2010 -- 1996 1999 1999 -- 2001 2001 000 ? -- 1996 12 4 28 175 13 18 42 1 1 0 30 0 0 0 1997 1999 kevin nicholls kevin john richard nicholls 15:14 , 9 may 2011 -lrb- utc -rrb- upton park , england england u18 england u20 6 0 292 32 0 0 charlton athletic charlton -rrb- wigan athletic luton town leeds united preston north end athletic luton town → brighton & hove albion -lrb- loan midfielder kevin nicholls

kevin nicholls

kevin john richard nicholls -lrb- born 2 january 1979 -rrb- is an english former footballer who played in midfield .
he most recently played for luton town , a club where he spent eight years at in two separate spells .
at the beginning of his second stint at luton in 2008 , in which he dropped two divisions to play , nicholls stated that his main motivation for returning was his love for the club .
a long-term knee injury sustained in 2009 led to him volunteering to be released from his contract on 27 august 2010 and he subsequently retired from professional football .
nicholls is one of luton 's most successful captains , having won two promotions and the football league trophy during his tenure .
