Kamari Doyle
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kamari Olivier Doyle[1] | ||
Date of birth | (2005-08-01) 1 August 2005 (age 19) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Exeter City (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2023 | Southampton | ||
2024– | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023–2024 | Southampton | 1 | (0) |
2024– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
2024– | → Exeter City (loan) | 2 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022 | England U17 | 3 | (1) |
2023 | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
2023– | England U19 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:42, 29 August 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:21, 9 September 2023 (UTC) |
Kamari Olivier Doyle (born 1 August 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Exeter City on loan from the academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.[2]
Early life
Doyle trained with Southampton staff in Bath, England from the age of seven. He would later travel down from Bristol with his grandfather to attend Southampton academy sessions.[3]
Career
Southampton
2021–22
Doyle played as a sixteen year-old for Southampton in the EFL Trophy away against Charlton Athletic on 5 October 2021.[4][5] During the season Doyle signed a pre-contract agreement that his first professional contract with Southampton that would come into effect upon his seventeenth birthday.[6] Doyle and Southampton won the Under-18 Premier League South in 2021–22.[7]
2022–23
During the 2022–23 season, Doyle played as Saints B won the Premier League 2 Division 2, it was the second consecutive youth league in for Doyle.[8] He also featured prominently as the Southampton under-18 team reached the semi-finals of the 2022–23 FA Youth Cup.[9]
On the penultimate week of the season Doyle was one of three academy players promoted to train with the first team squad for the Premier League clash against Brighton & Hove Albion on 21 May 2023.[10] Doyle was subsequently named in the match day squad and appeared in the second half as a substitute for his senior professional debut.[11][12]
Brighton & Hove Albion
On 26 January 2024, he joined the youth academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee.[13]
On 16 August 2024, Doyle joined League One side Exeter City on a season-long loan deal.[14]
Style of play
Considered a two-footed player, who can receive and pass with either foot as well as strike free-kicks with either foot, it has been reported that Doyle has been mentored to a degree by James Ward-Prowse at Southampton. Doyle has played for Southampton and England U-18s in a wide range of central midfield roles, and even in a withdrawn number 10 role.[15]
International career
An England youth international, Doyle scored his first goal for the England U17s against Norway in June 2022.[16]
On 6 September 2023, Doyle made his England U19 debut during a 1–0 defeat to Germany in Oliva.[17]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 August 2023
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Southampton | 2022–23[18] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
2023–24[19] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
References
- ^ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Kami Doyle". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Tanswell, Jacob (19 May 2023). "Kami Doyle and Dom Ballard: Southampton's last 2 games key for pathway development". The Athletic. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Colman, Jonty (9 October 2021). "Southampton coach pays glowing tribute to growing academy star likened to James Ward-Prowse". Hampshire Live. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Charlton vs Southampton 4–1". Soccerway. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Crocker, Tom (5 August 2022). "Doyle's delight at signing first pro contract with Southampton FC". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ House, Alfie (28 April 2023). "Southampton crowned Premier League 2 Division Two champions". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ House, Alfie (11 May 2023). "Southampton B crowned as winners of Premier League 2 Division 2". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Saints U18s to face West Ham in FA Youth Cup semi-finals". Southampton FC. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ House, Alfie (19 May 2023). "Selles hints Southampton academy trio could feature at Brighton". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Brighton vs. Southampton". Soccerway. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Mann, Mantej (21 May 2023). "Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Talbot, Bruce (26 January 2024). "Kamari Doyle joins Albion from Southampton". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Kamari Doyle is a Grecian!". www.exetercityfc.co.uk. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Tanswell, Jacob (5 April 2023). "Introducing Southampton under-18s - the best since class of Ward-Prowse, Shaw and Reed". The Athletic. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Norway U17 vs. England U17 0–3". Soccerway. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ Smith, Frank (6 September 2023). "England MU19s 0–1 Germany". England Football. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Kamari Doyle in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Kamari Doyle in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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