| Kamari Doyle | |
| Fullname: | Kamari Olivier Doyle[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 2005 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Exeter City (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion) |
| Clubnumber: | 20 |
| Youthyears1: | 2013–2023 |
| Youthclubs1: | Southampton |
| Youthyears2: | 2024– |
| Youthclubs2: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Years1: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs1: | Southampton |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2024– |
| Clubs2: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2024– |
| Clubs3: | → Exeter City (loan) |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2023 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U18 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam3: | England U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 12:18, 16 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 15:21, 9 September 2023 (UTC) |
Kamari Olivier Doyle (born 1 August 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Exeter City on loan from the academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.[2]
Doyle trained with Southampton staff in Bath, England from the age of seven. He would later travel down from Bristol with his grandfather to attend Southampton academy sessions.[3]
Doyle played as a sixteen year-old for Southampton in the EFL Trophy away against Charlton Athletic on 5 October 2021.[4] [5] During the season Doyle signed a pre-contract agreement that his first professional contract with Southampton that would come into effect upon his seventeenth birthday.[6] Doyle and Southampton won the Under-18 Premier League South in 2021–22.[7]
During the 2022–23 season, Doyle played as Saints B won the Premier League 2 Division 2, it was the second consecutive youth league in for Doyle.[8] He also featured prominently as the Southampton under-18 team reached the semi-finals of the 2022–23 FA Youth Cup.[9]
On the penultimate week of the season Doyle was one of three academy players promoted to train with the first team squad for the Premier League clash against Brighton & Hove Albion on 21 May 2023.[10] Doyle was subsequently named in the match day squad and appeared in the second half as a substitute for his senior professional debut.[11] [12]
On 26 January 2024, he joined the youth academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee.[13]
On 16 August 2024, Doyle joined League One side Exeter City on a season-long loan deal.[14]
Considered a two-footed player, who can receive and pass with either foot as well as strike free-kicks with either foot, it has been reported that Doyle has been mentored to a degree by James Ward-Prowse at Southampton. Doyle has played for Southampton and England U-18s in a wide range of central midfield roles, and even in a withdrawn number 10 role.[15]
An England youth international, Doyle scored his first goal for the England U17s against Norway in June 2022.[16]
On 6 September 2023, Doyle made his England U19 debut during a 1–0 defeat to Germany in Oliva.[17]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Southampton | 2022–23 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||