Kamari Doyle

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Kamari Doyle
Personal information
Full name Kamari Olivier Newby Doyle[1]
Date of birth (2005-08-01) 1 August 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Reading
(on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
Number 29
Youth career
2013–2023 Southampton
2024 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2024 Southampton 1 (0)
2024– Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2024–2025Exeter City (loan) 20 (3)
2025Crawley Town (loan) 21 (7)
2025–Reading (loan) 16 (2)
International career
2022 England U17 3 (1)
2023 England U18 3 (0)
2023– England U19 2 (0)
2024– England U20 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:36, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Kamari Olivier Newby Doyle (born 1 August 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central or attacking midfielder for EFL League One club Reading, on loan from the academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

Early life

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Doyle was born to an English mother and a Jamaican father. Doyle trained with Southampton staff in Bath, Somerset from the age of seven. He would later travel down from Bristol with his grandfather to attend Southampton academy sessions.[2]

Career

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Southampton

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Doyle played as a sixteen year-old for Southampton in the EFL Trophy away against Charlton Athletic on 5 October 2021.[3][4] 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.[5] Doyle and Southampton won the Under-18 Premier League South in 2021–22.[6]

During the 2022–23 season, Doyle played as Saints B won the Premier League 2 Division 2, it was the second consecutive youth league win for Doyle.[7] He also featured prominently as the Southampton under-18 team reached the semi-finals of the 2022–23 FA Youth Cup.[8]

On the penultimate week of the season he 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.[9] Doyle was subsequently named in the match day squad and appeared in the second half as a substitute for his senior professional debut.[10][11]

Brighton & Hove Albion

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On 26 January 2024, he joined the youth academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee.[12]

Loans

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On 16 August 2024, Doyle joined League One side Exeter City on a season-long loan deal.[13] He registered his first senior goal on 31 August 2024, scoring directly from a free kick during a 2–0 away win against Bolton Wanderers.[14]

On 27 January 2025, Doyle was recalled from his loan at Exeter, and loaned to fellow League One club Crawley Town.[15] He scored his first goal for the club on 11 February 2025 in a 3–1 victory against Stevenage.[16]

On 4 August 2025, Doyle joined League One side Reading on a season-long loan deal.[17]

Style of play

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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. He has played for Southampton, England U-20s, Exeter City (on loan), and Crawley Town (on loan) in a wide range of central and attacking midfield positions, including the number 10 role.[18]

International career

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An England youth international, Doyle scored his first goal for the England U17s against Norway in June 2022.[19]

On 6 September 2023, Doyle made his England U19 debut during a 1–0 defeat to Germany in Oliva.[20]

On 15 November 2024, Doyle made his England U20 debut as a substitute during a 4-0 win over Germany at Chesterfield.[21]

Career statistics

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As of match played 29 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Southampton 2022–23[22] Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023–24[23] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Brighton and Hove Albion 2023–24[23] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exeter City (loan) 2024–25[24] League One 20 3 2 1 2[a] 0 24 4
Crawley Town (loan) 2024–25[24] League One 21 7 21 7
Reading (loan) 2025–26 League One 16 2 1 0 3 0 1[a] 0 21 2
Career total 58 12 3 1 4 0 3 0 68 13

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy

References

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