Kalvin Mark Phillips is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Leeds United and the England national team. He plays mainly as a defensive midfielder and deep-lying playmaker but can also play as a centre-back. Phillips played for local club Wortley from 2003 to 2010 before joining Leeds’ academy aged 14.
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Kalvin Mark Phillips is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Leeds United and the England national team. He plays mainly as a defensive midfielder and deep-lying playmaker but can also play as a centre-back. Phillips played for local club Wortley from 2003 to 2010 before joining Leeds United’s academy aged 14. He progressed through the club’s youth ranks and signed his first professional deal with the club in the summer of 2014, retaining him for the 2014–15 season. Phillips made his professional debut against Wolverhampton Wanderers in 4–3 defeat on 6 April 2015. On 11 April 2015, Phillips retained his position in the Leeds starting 11, making his home debut against Cardiff City at Elland Road. On 27 August 2016, Phillips scored his first goal of the 2016–17 season, with a long-range free kick against Nottingham Forest in a 3–1 defeat. In June 2016, only days after the appointment of new head coach Garry Monk, Phillips was offered a new three-year contract at Leeds.
On 19 July 2018, Phillips revealed he had been training as a center-back and a deep- lying playmaker ahead of the 2018–19 season, as part of Marcelo Bielsa’s 4–1–4–1 formation. In October 2018, his impressive form in his new position saw Phillips briefly linked with a possible call up to Gareth Southgate’s England team. After a knee injury to Captain Liam Cooper, Phillips returned to his first position of defensive midfielder in mid-January 2018, playing as an outright centre-backs until January 2019. He scored a goal against Sheffield United in a 1–0 win on December 1, 2018. On 1 December 2018, he scored a second goal against Brighton & Hove Albion by turning away a goal-bound shot with his arm, the penalty was converted by Glenn Murray. Phillips ended the season with seven goals and three assists, which represented the best scoring season of his career so far.
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