Kevin Nicholls

Kevin Nicholls
Personal information
Full name Kevin John Richard Nicholls[1]
Date of birth (1979-01-02) 2 January 1979 (age 45)[2]
Place of birth Upton Park, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
000?–1996 Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Charlton Athletic 12 (1)
1999 → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 4 (1)
1999–2001 Wigan Athletic 28 (0)
2001–2006 Luton Town 175 (30)
2006–2007 Leeds United 13 (0)
2007–2008 Preston North End 18 (0)
2008–2010 Luton Town 42 (0)
Total 292 (32)
International career
1997 England U18 7 (0)
1999 England U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin John Richard Nicholls (born 2 January 1979) is an English former footballer who played in midfield.

He most recently played for Luton Town, a club where he spent eight years at in two separate spells. At the beginning of his second stint at Luton in 2008, in which he dropped two divisions to play, Nicholls stated that his main motivation for returning was his love for the club.[3] A long-term knee injury sustained in 2009 led to him volunteering to be released from his contract on 27 August 2010 and he subsequently retired from professional football.

Nicholls is one of Luton's most successful captains, having won two promotions and the Football League Trophy during his tenure.[4]

  1. ^ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 457. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NichollsReturn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Nicholls exits Kenilworth Road". Luton Town F.C. 27 August 2010. Archived from the original on 29 August 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.