Born: Basingstoke, 8 March 1971
Nationality: Welsh
Position: Centre back
International caps: 36
International goals: 2
Signed: 1 July 1998 from Manchester City (free transfer)
Fulham debut: Macclesfield Town 0-1 Fulham, 8 August 1998
Fulham appearances: 129
Fulham goals: 14
Honours: Second Division title winner (1998-99), First Division title winner (2000-01)
FULHAM MANAGERIAL CAREER
Managerial career: 18 September 2014-8 November 2015
Games managed: 64
Games won: 22
Games drawn: 17
Games lost: 25
Win percentage: 34.4%
Club stalwart Kit Symons took on the hospital pass from Felix Magath, stepping up from taking care of the club’s under 21 side to become first team head coach – initially on a temporary basis. The Welshman presided over an astonishing improvement in performance, rendering Shahid Khan’s five-man hiring committee redundant, but fell victim to enhanced expectations without receiving the money granted to his predecessors. Symons had done superbly to stabilise a club in serious danger of a second successive relegation, enlivening a stale squad by promoting a number of talented youngsters, but couldn’t put together a promotion push and paid the penalty for a punishing defeat at the hands of Blackburn in November 2015.
