Kevin Sharp (footballer)

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Personal information
Kevin Sharp
Date of birth	September 19, 1974 (age 32)
Place of birth	Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 9 in / 1.75 m
Playing position	Left-back
Club information
Current club	Unattached
Youth clubs
1991-1992	AJ Auxerre
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1995 1995-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007	Leeds United Wigan Wrexham Huddersfield Town Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Hamilton Academical	18 (0) 179 (10) 15 (0) 39 (0) 46 (2) 30 (1) 8 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2007-01-03. * Appearances (Goals)

Kevin Sharp (born September 19, 1974 in Ontario) is a Canadian footballer who plays as a left-back.

He began his career as at French club AJ Auxerre, but left in 1992 for England, where he has spent the vast majority of his career. His first English club was Leeds United, joining for a £60,000 fee. He made just 17 league appearances in three years at the Yorkshire club, then one of the top clubs in England.

Moving to Wigan in November 1995 for a £100,000 fee, he made 217 appearances in six years. Wigan won promotion to Division Two in 1997.

In November 2001 he joined Wrexham on a free transfer. He played just 15 times for the Welsh club, and Wrexham were relegated from Division Two that season. In August 2002, Sharp left for Huddersfield Town on another free transfer. Sharp played regularly, but again his club were relegated from Division Two. Yet again moving to a Division 2 club on a free transfer and yet again relegated, Sharp completed an unhappy hat-trick with Scunthorpe United.

A season in the newly-renamed fourth tier of English football, Football League Two, ended in promotion for Scunthorpe, but Sharp was to stay in the division. He had made 46 league appearances - exactly half of Scunthorpe's league matches over the two years with the club. Sharp joined Shrewsbury prior to the 2005-06 season, with manager Gary Peters installed him as club captain. However, in early 2006, loss of form resulted in Shrewsbury fans turning against him, and Peters was forced to drop him from the team at the end of February 2006. Playing on only two further occasions in the following six weeks, he was released.

Sharp joined Hamilton Academical, in the Scottish Football League First Division, on an amateur basis in November 2006. He made his debut against Livingston in December 2006. Kevin was released by the club at the end of January 2007 due to the return of other experienced players in his position.