Kit Symons
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 March 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Basingstoke, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Portsmouth | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1988–1995 | Portsmouth | 160 | (10) |
| 1995–1998 | Manchester City | 124 | (4) |
| 1998–2001 | Fulham | 102 | (13) |
| 2001–2005 | Crystal Palace | 49 | (0) |
| Total | 436 | (27) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–2001 | Wales | 36 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003 | Crystal Palace (caretaker) | ||
| 2007 | Crystal Palace (caretaker) | ||
| 2008 | Colchester United (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Christopher "Kit" Symons (born 8 March 1971, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England) is a former Welsh international footballer.
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[edit] Club career
A defender, Symons began his career at Portsmouth, spending seven years at the south coast club, making 160 appearances. He helped Portsmouth to the 1992 FA Cup semi final, but was the only Pompey player successful from the spot as they lost on a penalty shootout to Liverpool. In the summer of 1995 he transferred to Manchester City for a £1.2 million fee. He played for The Citizens until 1998 when he moved to London club Fulham, on a free transfer, having made 124 appearances. He played for Fulham until 2001, when he was signed by Crystal Palace for £400,000, the club at which he finished his playing career after 49 appearances.
[edit] International career
During his playing career Symons also won 36 caps for Wales, scoring twice.[1][2] His first appearance was against the Republic of Ireland on 19 February 1992[3] and his last appearance was on 6 October 2001 against Belarus.[4] Symons qualified to play for Wales because his father was from Cardiff.[3]
[edit] Coaching and management
Symons spent some of his time at Crystal Palace as a player-coach, and after retiring from playing became a full-time member of the coaching staff. He became caretaker player-manager for a short while in 2003, and following the subsequent appointment of Iain Dowie he combined the roles of player and assistant manager.
For the 2005–06 season, Symons was replaced by Neil McDonald as assistant manager, and was instead given the task of managing Crystal Palace's reserve team, who played in the Premier Reserve Southern League until the end of the 2005–06 season (The side will play in the Pontin's Holiday Combination League for the 2006–07 season, following changes that meant only Premier League teams can have a reserve team in the Premier Reserve 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.[5]
Symons joined Colchester United on 16 January 2008 following Micky Adams' resignation as assistant manager the previous week.[6] He was appointed as Colchester's caretaker-manager in September 2008 after the departure of Geraint Williams.[7] He led the club to two wins in five games, in the process becoming the bookie's favourite to get the job full time [8]. However, he left the club after Paul Lambert took over as manager.
Symons was subsequently employed by Fulham as Senior Scout and Academy Coach.[9]
In January 2012 Symons was appointed to the Wales national football team coaching staff under team manager Chris Coleman [10]
[edit] Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
| 1988–89 | Portsmouth | Second Division | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1989–90 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1990–91 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1991–92 | 46 | 1 | ||||||
| 1992–93 | First Division | 41 | 2 | |||||
| 1993–94 | 29 | 3 | ||||||
| 1994–95 | 40 | 4 | ||||||
| 1995–96 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1995–96 | Manchester City | Premier League | 38 | 2 | ||||
| 1996–97 | First Division | 44 | 0 | |||||
| 1997–98 | 42 | 2 | ||||||
| 1998–99 | Fulham | Second Division | 45 | 11 | ||||
| 1999-00 | First Division | 29 | 2 | |||||
| 2000–01 | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| 2001–02 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2001–02 | Crystal Palace | First Division | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2002–03 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| 2003–04 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| 2004–05 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total | England | 436 | 27 | |||||
| Career total | 436 | 27 | ||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Christopher Symons Soccerbase
- ^ Kit Symons Holmesdale Online
- ^ a b S4C Sgorio On this day in history: 19 February, 19 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
- ^ Wales international line-ups 2000 to 2005 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- ^ Symons leaves Crystal Palace post BBC Sport, 15 October 2007
- ^ Exclusive: Symons Is U's Number Two Colchester United FC
- ^ Exclusive: Kit Takes Caretaker Role Colchester United FC
- ^ http://www.greenun24.co.uk/colchester-united/symons_is_favourite_for_u_s_top_job_1_166946
- ^ Senior Scout and Academy coach Kit Symons discusses his return to the Club and his targets for the future… Fulham FC.com
- ^ Symons joins Wales staff
[edit] External links
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Paul Walsh |
Portsmouth FC Fans' Player of the Year 1993–1994 |
Succeeded by Alan Knight |
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