Lamar Levi Powell (born 3 September 1993) is an English former professional

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Early life

Powell is from the

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area of

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, and attended

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in the city. He later went to Filton College (now part of

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), where he studied towards a BTEC qualification in sport.

Footballing career

Powell started out playing football at under-8s level for Bristol-based youth football team Shire Colts, before joining the

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youth system at the age of 11. He was fast-tracked into the club's under-18 side when he was still aged 16 after having scored 52 goals for the under-16s during the 2008–09 season, and was included in a first team matchday squad for the first time on 1 May 2010, when he was an unused substitute in a 3–0 home defeat at the hands of

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. He signed his first professional contract two months after his seventeenth birthday, when he put his name to a two-year deal on 19 November 2010. He was an unused substitute five times during the 2010–11 season before making his senior debut on 16 April 2011 when he came on as an 86th-minute replacement for player-manager Stuart Campbell. He was released by Rovers at the end of the 2012–13 season, before eventually signing for

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on a short-term deal in September 2012. He was included in the ''Romans squad to face

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on 8 September, and was brought on as a half-time substitute, but after suffering an

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attack less than half an hour after coming on he had to be substituted himself. Lamar joined

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in October 2013. In February 2014 Lamar joined Weymouth on non-contract terms.

References

External links

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Lamar Powell profile
on Bristol Rovers' official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Lamar 1993 births Living people Footballers from Bristol English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Bristol Rovers F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. players Weymouth F.C. players English Football League players 21st-century English sportsmen