english association football player

Kalvin Mark Phillips ( hold 2 December 1995 ) is an english professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Leeds United and the England national team. A Leeds United academy alumnus, Phillips made his first-team debut in 2015. In the 2019–20 season, Phillips was a penis of the Leeds team coached by Marcelo Bielsa that won the Championship. Following this season, Phillips made his external debut for the England national team, and was separate of the England team that finished runner-up at UEFA Euro 2020.

early and personal life [edit ]

Phillips was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. [ 4 ] He attended the Farnley Academy during his secondary coil school years. [ 5 ]

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Phillips played for local club Wortley from 2003 to 2010 before joining Leeds United ‘s academy aged 14. [ 6 ] He progressed through the club ‘s youth ranks and signed his first professional cope with the club in the summer of 2014, retaining him for the 2014–15 season. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] During the 2014–15 season, Phillips became the captain of the development and under-18 teams. Phillips joined the first team for the trip to Sunderland in the FA Cup third beat on 4 January 2015 ; he was idle substitute in a 1–0 frustration. On 30 March 2015, Leeds Academy passenger car Jason Blunt revealed that he felt the form of Phillips for the under-18 and development tems would see Phillips become a future first gear team fans favourite. [ 9 ] Phillips made far appearances on the judiciary for the first team in league matches over the follow months before making his professional debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 4–3 frustration on 6 April 2015. [ 10 ] Along with Sam Byram, Charlie Taylor, Alex Mowatt and Lewis Cook, Phillips was the latest graduate of a promise group of academy players to regularly feature under early youth director Neil Redfearn in the 2014–15 season. On 11 April 2015, Phillips retained his placement in the Leeds starting 11, making his dwelling debut against Cardiff City at Elland Road. Phillips marked the match with his first senior goal in only his second appearance, although the match finished in a 2–1 frustration to Cardiff. [ 11 ] At the end of the season, he was offered and accepted a fresh biennial sign. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] On 31 July 2015, Phillips was given the number 27 shirt for the approaching 2015–16 season. [ 14 ] however, with Redfearn replaced as steer coach during the summer, Phillips made fair 10 league appearances over the run of the season under head coaches Uwe Rösler and then Steve Evans. [ 15 ] [ 16 ]
In June 2016, only days after the appointment of new head coach Garry Monk, Phillips was offered a modern three-year shrink at Leeds. [ 17 ] On 23 June, Phillips signed the newly 3-year narrow extension to stay at the club until the summer of 2019. [ 18 ] On 27 August 2016, Phillips scored his first goal of the 2016–17 season, with a long-range rid complain against Nottingham Forest in a 3–1 kill. [ 19 ] After an injury to captain Liam Bridcutt in September 2016, [ 20 ] Phillips, aboard Eunan O’Kane or Ronaldo Vieira, established himself as an important player in Leeds ‘ central midfield. Phillips ‘ impressive shape for Leeds saw him win the Championship Young Player of the Month Award for October 2016. [ 21 ] On 9 December 2016, Phillips was given his first professional crimson menu after giving away a penalty in a 2–0 get the better of against then league leaders Brighton & Hove Albion by turning away a goal-bound shoot with his weapon, the penalty was converted by Glenn Murray. [ 22 ] On 6 August 2017, the opening day of the 2017–18 Championship season, Phillips scored a brace to ensure Leeds beat Bolton Wanderers 3–2. [ 23 ] On 9 September he scored his third goal of the temper in the meet against Burton Albion. [ 24 ] His fifth of the season came on 27 October in a 2–1 get the better of in the Yorkshire bowler hat against Sheffield United. [ 25 ] He started the season partnering O’Kane in the kernel of Leeds ‘ midfield, although after a good begin to the season, Leeds suffered a miss of imprint anterior to the judgment of dismissal of read/write head coach Thomas Christiansen in February 2018. [ 26 ] Phillips and O’Kane found themselves in and out the team with Vieira given more opportunities and the arrival of Adam Forshaw in January 2018. [ 27 ] Phillips ended the season with seven goals and three assists, which represented the best marking season of his career so far. [ 28 ] On 19 July 2018, Phillips revealed he had been training as a centre-back and a deep-lying playmaker ahead of the 2018–19 temper, as part of modern head bus Marcelo Bielsa ‘s tactics. [ 29 ] As the season started, he was deployed as the holding midfielder in a 4–1–4–1 formation. [ 30 ] Phillips was utilised as a deep-lying defensive midfielder for Leeds under Bielsa, playing as a centre-back if the team lined up in a three-man defense. [ 12 ] In October 2018, his impressive shape in his raw positions under Bielsa ‘s management [ 31 ] saw Phillips concisely linked with a possible margin call up to Gareth Southgate ‘s England national team. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] After a knee injury to captain Liam Cooper on 1 December 2018 in a 1–0 win against Sheffield United, [ 34 ] Phillips deputised several matches playing as an outright centre-back until Cooper ‘s revert in mid-january. [ 35 ] After returning to his defensive midfielder status, he scored his first goal of the season in Leeds ‘ 1–1 draw against Middlesbrough on 9 February 2019, netting the counterweight in the 11th moment of injury meter. [ 36 ] In March 2019, he was selected to the 2018–19 Championship EFL Team of the Season [ 37 ] and on 4 May 2019, Phillips was named the Yorkshire Evening Post Player of the class for the 2018–19 season. [ 38 ] During the 2018–19 season, Phillips made 46 appearances in all competitions, scoring one goal, after Leeds finished the unconstipated season in third place. [ 39 ] Leeds qualified for the play-offs, and Phillips started the fixtures against sixth-placed Derby County. [ 40 ] Despite Leeds taking a 1–0 succeed away into the home leg, Leeds lost 4–2 in the second branch, with Leeds depressed to 10 men after the crimson card of Gaetano Berardi, and saw Derby progress to the concluding against Aston Villa 4–3 on aggregate. [ 41 ]
In July 2019, Leeds opened contract talks with Phillips over a fresh shrink. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] On 8 August 2019, it was revealed that Leeds had rejected bids for Phillips during the 2019 transportation window in order to keep him at the golf club, [ 44 ] with bids for Phillips rejected at around £27 million. [ 45 ] In September 2019, he signed a newfangled five-year contract with Leeds. [ 46 ] On Leeds United ‘s centennial week, Phillips scored the winning finish against Birmingham City, with the catch finishing 1–0 which took place in front of another large herd at Elland Road. [ 47 ] In November 2019, Phillips ‘ Leeds form in defensive midfield under Marcelo Bielsa saw calls for him to be called up to the England police squad. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] [ 50 ] [ 51 ] England coach Gareth Southgate watched Phillips in January 2020 ahead of a possible bid up. [ 52 ] After the English football temper was paused in March 2020 due to the impingement of the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was resumed during June. [ 53 ] Phillips would go on to score a free complain in Leeds ‘ 3–1 win over Blackburn Rovers on 4 July 2020, however his season would be ended equitable a week former following a stifle injury picked up in the 1–0 acquire over Swansea City. Despite this, Leeds would shortly go on to be promoted to the Premier League as champions when a 1–0 victory over Barnsley was followed by both West Bromwich Albion and Brentford losing their matches. [ 54 ] On 7 August, he was named in The Guardian ‘s Championship Team of the Season for 2019–20. [ 55 ] On 8 September 2020, Phillips was named in the Professional Footballers ‘ Association ‘s 2019–20 Championship Team of the Season. [ 56 ] On 12 September 2020, Phillips made his foremost appearance in the Premier League in the opening game of the season in the 4–3 defeat against reigning Premier League champions Liverpool at Anfield, with Phillips gaining an aid for Jack Harrison ‘s goal. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] On 8 February 2021, Phillips made his two-hundredth appearance [ 59 ] for Leeds in a 2–0 acquire over Crystal Palace, joining a blue-ribbon group of just 70 players [ 60 ] that have made over 200 appearances for the club, including current teammates Stuart Dallas and Liam Cooper who besides hit the milestone that season. In the death game of the season on 23 May 2021, Phillips scored his first gear Premier League goal, a free recoil in Leeds ‘ 3–1 win over West Bromwich Albion. [ 61 ]

International career [edit ]

Phillips was eligible to play for his state of birth, England, ampere well as Jamaica and the Republic of Ireland through his inheritance. [ 62 ] He ultimately chose to represent England and was called by Gareth Southgate for the first base time in August 2020, before receiving his first ceiling on the eighth September versus Denmark in the UEFA Nations League. [ 63 ] I. [ 64 ] He was only the third musician in the twenty-first hundred to represent England anterior to making an appearance in the top division of a state, after Jack Butland and Wilfried Zaha. In an interview after being called up, Phillips spoke of his intention to give his first England shirt to Marcelo Bielsa after the Leeds United director handed him a playing shirt from his old club Newell ‘s Old Boys, along with a message to him and his kin to commemorate his first base international call-up. [ 65 ] Phillips was chosen to represent England at UEFA Euro 2020, [ 66 ] where he won praise from pundits, fans and the worldly concern ‘s press for his agonistic, dynamic displays. [ 67 ] [ 68 ] [ 69 ] He started every plot that England played during the tournament all the way up to the final, where they were finally beaten on penalties by tournament winners Italy. [ 70 ]

Phillips was named England ‘s 2020–21 homo ‘s Player of the Year. [ 71 ]

stylus of play [edit ]

After starting his career as a box-to-box or central midfielder, [ 72 ] Phillips was converted into a defensive midfielder by Marcelo Bielsa before the begin of the 2018–19 temper. [ 72 ] He is known for his stove of short sharply passing, long ball distribution and ability to start attacks whilst covering his defensive duties, with him described as a ‘lynchpin ‘. [ 42 ] Marcelo Bielsa described his dash “ He ‘s very dependable at getting the ball and putting it into another quad, a better space. He ‘s very well when he has to cover the team when our full-backs go in attack. And when we are outnumbered, he is very good with his defend. ” [ 73 ] Phillips was besides converted into playing as a center back under Bielsa. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] For his alike style of play, Phillips was given the nickname “ Yorkshire Pirlo ” by Leeds fans in court to Andrea Pirlo. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] Following his performance for England against Croatia at Euro 2020, he was described as “ brainy at finding little pockets of space that turn a simple pass move into a dangerous attack. ” [ 78 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 4 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leeds United 2014–15[79] Championship 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
2015–16[80] Championship 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2016–17[81] Championship 33 1 2 0 5 0 40 1
2017–18[82] Championship 41 7 1 0 1 0 43 7
2018–19[40] Championship 42 1 0 0 2 0 2[a] 0 46 1
2019–20[83] Championship 37 2 1 0 2 0 40 2
2020–21[84] Premier League 29 1 1 0 0 0 30 1
2021–22[85] Premier League 12 0 0 0 3 1 15 1
Total 206 13 5 0 13 1 2 0 226 14

International [edit ]

As of match played 15 November 2021[86]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England 2020 4 0
2021 15 0
Total 19 0

Honours [edit ]

Leeds United
England
Individual

References [edit ]

  • Profile at the Leeds United F.C. website
  • Profile at the Football Association website
  • Kalvin Phillips – UEFA competition record (archive) Edit this at Wikidata