Who is Kyle Walker? Biography, Profile, Career, Award
Updated: Nov 3, 2022
Who is Kyle Walker?
Kyle Walker is an English soccer player who plays as a right-back for Manchester City.
Walker came through the youth system at boyhood club Sheffield United before leaving to join Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 2009. As part of that deal, though, he was loaned back to the Blades for the 2009/2010 campaign before being recalled by Spurs at the start of February.
Walker also represented Aston Villa, again on loan, before establishing himself for Tottenham and England and earning a big-money move to Manchester City.
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Player Profile of Kyle Walker
Date of birth: May 28, 1990
Place of birth: Sheffield
Age: 32
Height: 1.83 m
Citizenship: England
Position: Defender - Right-Back
Foot: right
Current club: Manchester City
Career goal: 12
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Background of Kyle Walker
Kyle Andrew Walker was born on the 28th day of May 1990 in Sheffield, United Kingdom. He was born to a British mother, Tracey Walker, and a Jamaican father, Michael Walker. Kyle grew up alongside his childhood best friend and fellow Jamaican, Danny Rose in Yorkshire, Northern England. Both of their parents have a strong relationship to date.
His former Spurs teammate and childhood best friend Danny Rose is just one month younger than him. Both had a successful early football start. They were fond of playing against one another during their school days in Yorkshire. Fate once brought them together, even though both went on their separate path early in their career.
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Club Career of Kyle Walker
2017 – Now Manchester City
2011 – Now England
2011 – 2017 Tottenham Hotspur
2011 – 2011 Aston Villa
2011 – 2011 England U-21
2010 – 2011 Queens Park Rangers
2010 – 2010 Tottenham Hotspur
2009 – 2010 Sheffield United
2009 – 2009 Sheffield United
2008 – 2009 Northampton Town
National Team Experience of Kyle Walker
Walker's first sniff at international football was when he was a surprise call-up to England's under-19s squad in February 2009 despite never making a league appearance for Sheffield United.
His debut came as a substitute in a 3-0 defeat to Spain. The right-back was then picked for the squad to compete at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Despite England crashing out in the group-stages, Walker was still named in the Team of the Tournament.
On 12 November, 2011, Walker made his senior debut for the national team when coming on as an 85th-minute substitute in a 1-0 victory over Spain in a friendly at Wembley Stadium. Walker was forced to miss Euro 2012 due to an ill-timed toe injury, be he was picked to be in the squad at both Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup, where he made a combined eight appearances across the two competitions for the Three Lions.
He also made Gareth Southgate's Euro 2020 squad and was the most-capped player to be called up. Walker starred at Euro 2020 for England, who reached the final with the former Tottenham man sometimes playing right back and sometimes centre back. He started every game for the Three Lions, although was substituted before the fateful penalty shootout that handed Italy the title.
Awards of Kyle Walker
4x English Champion
1x English Fa Cup Winner
4x English League Cup Winner
2x English Super Cup Winner
1x English 2nd Tier Champion
Personal Life of Kyle Walker
Walker was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and is of Jamaican descent. He went to school at both Porter Craft Infant & Junior School before attending High Storrs.
He was engaged to Annie Kilner before they broke up in March 2019. The former couple have three sons called Riaan, Kairo and Roman.