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rdfs:label	Chris Kamara
rdfs:comment	Chris Kamara was a journeyman player and an unconvincing manager, but he has become a cult figure as a perennially overexcited pundit. Christopher "Chris" Kamara (born 25 December 1957) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who now works as a presenter and football analyst at Sky Sports. As a player he was known as a tough-tackling midfielder. He joined the Royal Navy at the age of 16, before being signed up to Portsmouth in November 1974. He spent three years at the club before being sold on to Swindon Town for £14,000. He returned to Portsmouth in 1981 for a £50,000 fee, but was traded to Brentford in October 1981. He spent four years with the "Bees" before leaving the club after picking up a runners-up medal in the Football League Trophy in 1985.
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dcterms:subject	Retired Players Living people English players Former Players Bradford City A.F.C. managers Welshpool Town F.C. players Portsmouth F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Leeds United A.F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Managers Bradford City A.F.C. players Pundits Swindon Town F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Stoke City F.C. managers Luton Town F.C. players 1957 births
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manageryears	1995 1998
Name	Chris Kamara
clubs	Leeds United Luton Town Bradford City Stoke City Portsmouth Swindon Town Brentford Sheffield United Welshpool Town
youthclubs	Royal Navy
playername	Chris Kamara
youthyears	1974
CityOfBirth	Middlesbrough
Years	1974 1977 1981 1985 1988 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 2012
ID	284 1377131
DateOfBirth	1957-12-25
Fullname	Christopher Desmond Kamara
managerclubs	Bradford City Stoke City
Position	Midfielder
CountryOfBirth	England
abstract	Chris Kamara was a journeyman player and an unconvincing manager, but he has become a cult figure as a perennially overexcited pundit. Christopher "Chris" Kamara (born 25 December 1957) is an English former professional footballer and football manager who now works as a presenter and football analyst at Sky Sports. As a player he was known as a tough-tackling midfielder. He joined the Royal Navy at the age of 16, before being signed up to Portsmouth in November 1974. He spent three years at the club before being sold on to Swindon Town for £14,000. He returned to Portsmouth in 1981 for a £50,000 fee, but was traded to Brentford in October 1981. He spent four years with the "Bees" before leaving the club after picking up a runners-up medal in the Football League Trophy in 1985. He re-signed with Swindon Town in August 1985 and helped the club to two successive promotions into the Second Division. He moved on to Stoke City in 1988, and a successful spell with the club won him a move to Leeds United in 1990. He helped the club to the Second Division title in 1989–90, but was never a first team regular before being sold to Luton Town for £150,000 in 1991. He had loan spells with Premier League clubs Sheffield United and Middlesbrough, before joining Sheffield United on a permanent basis in 1993. The following year he joined Bradford City as a player-coach. He was appointed Bradford City manager in November 1995 and took the club from a relegation scrap to promotion out of the Second Division via the play-offs in 1996. He left the club in January 1998 and quickly took the reins at Stoke City, before he left the "Potters" in April 1998. From there he became a broadcaster with Sky Sports.