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He began his career as at French club AJ Auxerre, but left in 1992 for England, where he spent the
vast majority of his career. His first English club was Leeds United, joining for £60,000. He made just
17 league appearances in three years at the Yorkshire club, then one of the top clubs in England.
Moving to Wigan Athletic in November 1995 for a £100,000 fee, he made 217 appearances in six
years. Wigan won promotion to Division Two in 1997. Whilst at Wigan he also played in the final as
they won the 1998–99 Football League Trophy.[2]
In November 2001 he joined Wrexham on a free transfer. He played just 15 times for the Welsh club,
and Wrexham were relegated from Division Two that season. In August 2002, Sharp left
for Huddersfield Town on another free transfer. Sharp played regularly, but again his club were
relegated from Division Two. Yet again moving to a Division 2 club on a free transfer this time
to Scunthorpe United.
A season in the newly renamed fourth tier of English football, Football League Two, ended in
promotion for Scunthorpe, but Sharp was to stay in the division. He had made 46 league
appearances - exactly half of Scunthorpe's league matches over the two years with the club. Sharp
joined Shrewsbury prior to the 2005-06 season, with manager Gary Peters installed him as club
captain. However, in early 2006, loss of form resulted in Shrewsbury fans turning against him, and
Peters was forced to drop him from the team at the end of February 2006. Playing on only two
further occasions in the following six weeks, he was released.
Sharp joined Hamilton Academical, in the Scottish Football League First Division, on an amateur
basis in November 2006. He made his debut against Livingston in December 2006. Kevin was
released by the club at the end of January 2007 due to the return of other experienced players in his
position.