Full name Kevin Philip Reeves Name Kevin Reeves Playing position Role Football player | Years Team Position Forward 1974–1977 A.F.C. Bournemouth | |
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Date of birth (1957-10-20) 20 October 1957 (age 58) | ||
[80/81] Crystal Palace v Manchester City, Nov 29th 1980
Kevin Philip Reeves (born 20 October 1957) is the Chief Scout at Everton football club. He is an English retired football forward, born in Burley, Hampshire, who scored 103 goals from 333 appearances in the Football League playing for Bournemouth, Norwich City, Manchester City and Burnley, and was capped twice by England at full international level. As of 4 July 2013, he is Everton F.C.'s head scout.
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- 8081 Crystal Palace v Manchester City Nov 29th 1980
- 8081 Manchester City v Middlesbrough Jan 17th 1981
- Career
- References
[80/81] Manchester City v Middlesbrough, Jan 17th 1981
Career
Reeves started his career as an apprentice with A.F.C. Bournemouth. He made his League debut in the 1974–75 season, and played 63 games before John Bond signed him for Norwich City in January 1977 for a fee of £50,000. After 133 games and 42 goals in all competitions, he earned Norwich their first £1 million fee when he was transferred to Manchester City in March 1980 for £1.25m. Reeves scored 39 goals from 158 appearances in all competitions, including a penalty in City's defeat at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur in the 1981 FA Cup Final replay. He subsequently played for Burnley, continuing his trend of playing under John Bond, but was forced to retire from the professional game at the age of 26 because of a hip injury.
He also made ten appearances for England Under-21, three for England B, and two for England at senior level.
Reeves later coached under Bond at Burnley and Birmingham City, teamed up with Brian Flynn as his assistant manager at both Wrexham and Swansea City, and scouted for clubs including Stoke City and latterly Swansea City, Wigan Athletic and Everton as a member of Roberto Martínez' backroom staff.