Kevin Reeves

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title: "Kevin Reeves" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1957-births", "living-people", "people-from-new-forest-district", "english-men's-footballers", "england-men's-international-footballers", "england-men's-b-international-footballers", "england-men's-under-21-international-footballers", "men's-association-football-forwards", "afc-bournemouth-players", "norwich-city-f.c.-players", "manchester-city-f.c.-players", "burnley-f.c.-players", "english-football-league-players", "burnley-f.c.-non-playing-staff", "birmingham-city-f.c.-non-playing-staff", "swansea-city-a.f.c.-non-playing-staff", "stoke-city-f.c.-non-playing-staff", "wigan-athletic-f.c.-non-playing-staff", "everton-f.c.-non-playing-staff", "footballers-from-hampshire"] description: "English footballer (born 1957)" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Reeves" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary English footballer (born 1957) ::

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Field	Value
name	Kevin Reeves
fullname	Kevin Philip Reeves
birth_date
birth_place	Burley, Hampshire, England
currentclub	Everton (Head Scout)
position	Forward
youthclubs1	AFC Bournemouth
years1	1974–1977
clubs1	AFC Bournemouth
caps1	63
goals1	20
years2	1977–1980
clubs2	Norwich City
caps2	119
goals2	37
years3	1980–1983
clubs3	Manchester City
caps3	130
goals3	34
years4	1983–1984
clubs4	Burnley
caps4	21
goals4	12
totalcaps	370
totalgoals	103
nationalyears1	1976
nationalyears2	1978–1980
nationalteam2	England U21
nationalcaps2	10
nationalgoals2	2
nationalyears3	1979–1981
nationalteam3	England B
nationalcaps3	3
nationalgoals3	0
nationalyears4	1979–1980
nationalteam4	England
nationalcaps4	2
nationalgoals4	0
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| name = Kevin Reeves | image = | caption = | fullname = Kevin Philip Reeves | birth_date = | birth_place = Burley, Hampshire, England | currentclub = Everton (Head Scout) | height = | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = AFC Bournemouth | years1 = 1974–1977 | clubs1 = AFC Bournemouth | caps1 = 63 | goals1 = 20 | years2 = 1977–1980 | clubs2 = Norwich City | caps2 = 119 | goals2 = 37 | years3 = 1980–1983 | clubs3 = Manchester City | caps3 = 130 | goals3 = 34 | years4 = 1983–1984 | clubs4 = Burnley | caps4 = 21 | goals4 = 12 | totalcaps = 370 | totalgoals = 103 | nationalyears1 = 1976 | nationalteam1 = England Youth | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 1978–1980 | nationalteam2 = England U21 | nationalcaps2 = 10 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | nationalyears3 = 1979–1981 | nationalteam3 = England B | nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalyears4 = 1979–1980 | nationalteam4 = England | nationalcaps4 = 2 | nationalgoals4 = 0 Kevin Philip Reeves (born 20 October 1957) is an English football coach and scout, and former professional player who played as a forward, scoring 103 goals from 333 appearances in the Football League playing for AFC Bournemouth, Norwich City, Manchester City and Burnley. He was capped twice by England at full international level. On 4 July 2013, he became Everton's head scout, a post he no longer holds in 2023.

Career

Reeves was born in Burley, Hampshire, and started his career as an apprentice with AFC Bournemouth. He made his League debut in the 1974–75 season, 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. 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,

References

References

1. {{Englandstats
2. "Birmingham City : 1946/47–2008/09". Neil Brown.
3. Culley, Jon. (23 November 1993). "Where are they now?: Kevin Reeves". The Independent.
4. (2002). "Canary Centenary: Great Players 7". Norwich Evening News.
5. Redshaw, David. "Kevin Reeves Manchester City FC". Sporting Heroes Collections.
6. Courtney, Barrie. (10 January 2004). "England – U-21 International Results 1976–1985 – Details". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]].
7. Courtney, Barrie. (21 March 2004). "England – International Results B-Team – Details". [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]].
8. (16 July 2009). "Kevin Reeves, Chief Scout". Wigan Athletic F.C.

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