Amari'i Bell
Jamaican footballer (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amari'i Kyren Bell (born 5 May 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for Premier League club Luton Town and the Jamaica national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Amari'i Kyren Bell[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1994-05-05) 5 May 1994 (age 29)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Burton upon Trent, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Left back[4] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Luton Town | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
West Bromwich Albion | |||
0000–2011 | Solihull Moors | ||
2011–2012 | Birmingham City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Birmingham City | 1 | (0) |
2013 | → Nuneaton Town (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2013 | → Nuneaton Town (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2014 | → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 10 | (2) |
2014 | → Mansfield Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2015 | → Gillingham (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2015–2018 | Fleetwood Town | 115 | (6) |
2018–2021 | Blackburn Rovers | 90 | (3) |
2021– | Luton Town | 106 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Jamaica | 17 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:39, 3 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:39, 3 March 2024 (UTC) |
Bell joined Birmingham City's Academy in 2011 and turned professional the following year. He spent time on loan at Conference Premier club Nuneaton Town in the first half of the 2013–14 season before making his Football League debut for Birmingham in January 2014. Later that season he returned to the Conference Premier with Kidderminster Harriers. After a loan spell at League Two club Mansfield Town at the start of the 2014–15 season was cut short, Bell spent three months with League One club Swindon Town before joining another League One club, Gillingham, also on loan, in March 2015. He was released by Birmingham at the end of the 2014–15 season and signed for Fleetwood Town of League One. He spent two-and-a-half seasons with Fleetwood, making 137 appearances, before moving on to Blackburn Rovers in January 2018. After three-and-a-half seasons, 99 appearances, and a promotion to the Championship, he signed for Luton Town in 2021 and helped them gain promotion to the Premier League in 2023.
Bell was born in England and has played international football for Jamaica, for which he qualifies by descent. He represented Jamaica at the 2021 and 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cups.