Kevin Reeves
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin Philip Reeves | ||
Date of birth | 20 October 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Burley, Hampshire, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Everton (Head Scout) | ||
Youth career | |||
AFC Bournemouth | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974–1977 | AFC Bournemouth | 63 | (20) |
1977–1980 | Norwich City | 119 | (37) |
1980–1983 | Manchester City | 130 | (34) |
1983–1984 | Burnley | 21 | (12) |
International career | |||
1978–1980 | England U21 | 10 | (2) |
1979–1981 | England B | 3 | (0) |
1979–1980 | England | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kevin Philip Reeves (born 20 October 1957) is the Chief Scout at Everton football club. He is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward scoring 103 goals from 333 appearances in the Football League playing for AFC Bournemouth, Norwich City, Manchester City and Burnley. He was capped twice by England at full international level. As of 4 July 2013, he is Everton's head scout.
Career
Reeves was born in Burley, Hampshire. started his career as an apprentice with AFC Bournemouth. He made his League debut in the 1974–75 season, and played 63 games before John Bond signed him for Norwich City in January 1977 for a fee of £50,000. After 133 games and 42 goals in all competitions, he earned Norwich their first £1 million fee when he was transferred to Manchester City in March 1980 for £1.25m. Reeves scored 39 goals from 158 appearances in all competitions, including a penalty in City's defeat at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur in the 1981 FA Cup final replay. He subsequently played for Burnley, continuing his trend of playing under John Bond, but was forced to retire from the professional game at the age of 26 because of a hip injury.
He also made ten appearances for England Under-21, three for England B, and two for England at senior level.
Reeves later coached under Bond at Burnley and Birmingham City, teamed up with Brian Flynn as his assistant manager at both Wrexham and Swansea City, and scouted for clubs including Stoke City and latterly Swansea City, Wigan Athletic and Everton as a member of Roberto Martínez' backroom staff.
- 1957 births
- Living people
- People from New Forest District
- English men's footballers
- England men's international footballers
- England men's B international footballers
- England men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- AFC Bournemouth players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Manchester City F.C. players
- Burnley F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Burnley F.C. non-playing staff
- Birmingham City F.C. non-playing staff
- Swansea City A.F.C. non-playing staff
- Stoke City F.C. non-playing staff
- Wigan Athletic F.C. non-playing staff
- Everton F.C. non-playing staff
- Footballers from Hampshire