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Chris Kamara
MBE
Personal information
\n Kamara at a charity event in 2011
Full name	\nChristopher Kamara^[1]
Date of birth	\n (1957-12-25) 25 December 1957 (age 67)^[1]
Place of birth	\nMiddlesbrough, England
Height	\n6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)^[2]
Position(s)	\nMidfielder
Youth career
1974\u20131975	\nPortsmouth
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1975\u20131977	\nPortsmouth	\n63	\n(7)
1977\u20131981	\nSwindon Town	\n147	\n(21)
1981	\nPortsmouth	\n11	\n(0)
1981\u20131985	\nBrentford	\n152	\n(28)
1985\u20131988	\nSwindon Town	\n86	\n(6)
1988\u20131990	\nStoke City	\n60	\n(5)
1990\u20131991	\nLeeds United	\n20	\n(1)
1991\u20131993	\nLuton Town	\n49	\n(0)
1992\u20131993	\n\u2192 Sheffield United (loan)	\n8	\n(0)
1993	\n\u2192 Middlesbrough (loan)	\n5	\n(0)
1993\u20131994	\nSheffield United	\n16	\n(0)
1994\u20131995	\nBradford City	\n23	\n(3)
2012\u20132013	\nWelshpool Town	\n2	\n(0)
Total	\n	\n643	\n(71)
Managerial career
1995\u20131998	\nBradford City
1998	\nStoke City
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher Kamara MBE (born 25 December 1957) is an English former professional footballer and manager who worked as a presenter and football analyst at Sky Sports from 1992 to 2022. \n

As a player, he was known as a tough-tackling midfielder. He joined the Royal Navy at the age of 16, before being signed by Portsmouth in November 1974. He spent three years at the club before being sold on to Swindon Town for \u00a314,000. He returned to Portsmouth in 1981 for a \u00a350,000 fee but was transferred 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.\n

Kamara 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\u201390 but was injured for eight months before being sold to Luton Town for \u00a3150,000 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.\n

Kamara 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 and has since appeared as a presenter on numerous other television programmes.\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Channel\n	Notes\n
2000\u201322\n	Goals on Sunday\n	Co-presenter\n	Sky Sports\n	With Alex Scott (currently)\n
2011\n	That Sunday Night Show\n	Guest\n	ITV\n	1 episode\n
John Bishop's Britain\n	Football pundit\n	BBC One\n	5 episodes\n
2012, 2016\n	8 Out of 10 Cats\n	Guest\n	Channel 4/More4\n	2 episodes\n
2013\n	Tipping Point: Lucky Stars\n	Contestant\n	ITV\n	1 episode; won \u00a3400 for Marie Curie Cancer Care\n
2014\n	The Chase: Celebrity Special\n	Contestant\n	1 episode\n
2015\u20132022\n	Ninja Warrior UK\n	Co-presenter\n	5 series; with Ben Shephard and Rochelle Humes\n
2015\n	Give a Pet a Home\n	Celebrity contributor\n	1 series\n
2015, 2016, 2017\n	Celebrity Juice\n	Guest\n	ITV2\n	3 episodes\n
2015\n	Tipping Point for Text Santa\n	Contestant\n	ITV\n	1 episode; won \u00a3500 for the Text Santa charities\n
2016\n	The Big Fat Quiz of Everything\n	Guest\n	Channel 4\n	1 episode\n
Loose Women\n	Guest\n	ITV\n	2 episodes\n
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off^[69]\n	Contestant\n	BBC One\n	1 episode\n
You're Back in the Room\n	Guest\n	ITV\n	1 episode\n
Play to the Whistle\n	Guest\n	1 episode\n
Soccer Aid 2016\n	Commentator\n	Live football event\n
Murder in Successville\n	Guest\n	BBC Three\n	1 episode\n
It's Not Me, It's You\n	Guest\n	Channel 5\n	1 episode\n
Celebrity Storage Hunters\n	Participant\n	Dave\n	1 episode\n
Have I Got News for You\n	Guest\n	BBC One\n	1 episode\n
Would I Lie to You? Christmas Special\n	Guest\n	1 episode\n
2017\n	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway\n	Commentator\n	ITV\n	1 episode; 'Ant vs. Dec' segment\n
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule\n	Commentator\n	1 episode\n
The Keith & Paddy Picture Show\n	Ray Parker Jr.\n	1 episode\n
Possibly...The Best Adverts in the World\n	Guest\n	One-off episode\n
Guess the Star\n	Performer\n	One-off episode\n
2018\n	Room 101\n	Guest\n	BBC One\n	1 episode\n
Through the Keyhole^[70]\n	Panellist\n	ITV\n	1 episode\n
Catchphrase: Celebrity Special\n	Contestant\n	Episodes 11 and 13 (2018 World Cup)\n
All Together Now: Celebrity Special\n	Contestant\n	BBC One\n	1 episode\n
The Crystal Maze: Celebrity Special\n	Contestant\n	Channel 4\n	1 episode\n
Michael McIntyre's Big Show\n	Guest\n	BBC One\n	1 episode\n
2019\n	Emmerdale\n	Himself\n	ITV\n	1 episode (cameo)^[71]\n
2020\n	The Big New Year's In\n	Guest\n	BBC One\n	One-off special\n
2021\n	Ted Lasso\n	Himself\n	Apple TV+\n	3 episodes\n
Code 404\n	Himself\n	Sky Comedy\n	1 episode (Season 2, Episode 1)\n
2022\n	Cash in the Attic\n	Presenter\n	Channel 5\n	^[72]\n
Chris Kamara: Lost for Words\n	Himself\n	ITV\n	Documentary^[73]\n
2023\n	The Masked Singer\n	Ghost\n	ITV\n	Unmasked in episode 1\n

Club\n	Season\n	League\n	FA Cup\n	League Cup\n	Other^[A]\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Portsmouth\n	1975\u201376\n	Second Division\n	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	4\n
1976\u201377\n	Third Division\n	39	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	44	4\n
Total\n	63	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	68	8\n
Swindon Town\n	1977\u201378\n	Third Division\n	40	10	3	0	6	1	0	0	49	11\n
1978\u201379\n	Third Division\n	28	2	3	2	5	0	0	0	36	4\n
1979\u201380\n	Third Division\n	34	5	6	1	6	0	0	0	46	6\n
1980\u201381\n	Third Division\n	45	4	2	1	5	0	0	0	52	5\n
Total\n	147	21	14	4	22	1	0	0	183	26\n
Portsmouth\n	1981\u201382\n	Third Division\n	11	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	14	1\n
Brentford\n	1981\u201382\n	Third Division\n	31	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	34	5\n
1982\u201383\n	Third Division\n	44	11	3	0	7	0	3^[a]	0	57	11\n
1983\u201384\n	Third Division\n	38	6	3	1	4	0	1^[b]	0	46	7\n
1984\u201385\n	Third Division\n	39	6	4	1	4	1	6^[b]	1	53	9\n
Total\n	152	28	13	2	15	1	10	1	190	32\n
Swindon Town\n	1985\u201386\n	Fourth Division\n	20	1	0	0	0	0	2^[b]	0	22	1\n
1986\u201387\n	Third Division\n	42	3	2	0	4	0	8^[c]	0	56	3\n
1987\u201388\n	Second Division\n	25	2	3	0	5	0	3^[d]	0	36	2\n
Total\n	87	6	5	0	9	0	13	0	114	6\n
Stoke City\n	1988\u201389\n	Second Division\n	38	4	3	0	2	1	1^[d]	0	44	5\n
1989\u201390\n	Second Division\n	22	1	1	0	2	0	2^[d]	1	27	2\n
Total\n	60	5	4	0	4	1	3	1	71	7\n
Leeds United\n	1989\u201390\n	Second Division\n	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1\n
1990\u201391\n	First Division\n	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0\n
1991\u201392\n	First Division\n	2	0	0	0	1	0	1^[d]	0	4	0\n
Total\n	20	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	24	1\n
Luton Town\n	1991\u201392\n	First Division\n	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	0\n
1992\u201393\n	First Division\n	21	0	0	0	2	0	2^[e]	0	25	0\n
Total\n	49	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	54	0\n
Sheffield United (loan)\n	1992\u201393\n	Premier League\n	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0\n
Middlesbrough (loan)\n	1992\u201393\n	Premier League\n	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0\n
Sheffield United\n	1993\u201394\n	Premier League\n	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	0\n
Bradford City\n	1994\u201395\n	Second Division\n	23	3	2	0	3	0	2^[b]	1	30	4\n
Career total\n	641	71	44	7	62	5	31	3	778	86\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
P	W	D	L	Win %\n
Bradford City\n	27 November 1995\n	6 January 1998\n	112\n	40\n	26\n	46\n	035.7\n
Stoke City\n	22 January 1998\n	8 April 1998\n	14\n	1\n	5\n	8\n	007.1\n
Total^[90]\n	126\n	41\n	31\n	54\n	032.5\n

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Early life

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Bradford City

Stoke City

Media career

Television credits

Other work

Charity work

Singing career

Books

Personal life

Career statistics

As a player

As a manager

Honours

As a player

As a Manager

General

See also

References

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Talks

22 January, 1998