Kevin Phillips

As the season wore on, Phillips suffered a lack of form, going two months without a goal until his volley against Charlton Athletic. Again, Sunderland finished seventh and missed out on a UEFA Cup place. Read Less

Phillips missed six weeks of the season due to a knee injury sustained in early November, but rediscovered his goalscoring form on his return to win the Powerade Championship Player-of-the-Month award for December. Phillips again made the Team of the Week when he scored in Albion's 3–1 away win at Hull City in January. Read Less

Despite his success at club level, Phillips has not been able to score in eight caps for the English national team, although he was never given a full ninety minutes for his country. The closest Phillips came to scoring was in a pre-Euro 2000 match against Malta, where he rounded the keeper only to hit the side-netting. Phillips was three times an unused substitute during the group stage of the Euro 2000 finals. His final appearance for England came against the Netherlands in February 2002.

Phillips was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. He is married to Julie. They have four children: Millie, twins Toby and Tia, and Alfie.

Sunderland

West Bromwich Albion

Birmingham City

A.: According to Soccerbase, Phillips scored 13 Premier League goals for Southampton in the 2003–04 season. However, the Premier League and Southampton F.C. give him 12, and both Neil Brown and the 2005–06 PFA Footballers Who's Who have a total of 22, consistent with 12 in 2003–04. This figure is also consistent with the goal scored on 27 March 2010 being, as widely reported, his 250th senior career goal. This discrepancy arises from a disputed goal in Southampton's 3-2 defeat at Old Trafford on 31 January 2004, which was widely credited to Brett Ormerod, but for which Phillips is named as the scorer by Soccerbase. Read Less