Martin Kuhl (born 10 January 1965) is an English former professional

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who played as a

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for many years in the

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. He then went into coaching and was most recently manager of

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until his departure in February 2020.

Playing career

He made 474 appearances in the

for

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and

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. He then played for Happy Valley in

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and represented the Hong Kong League in matches against

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and

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, before returning to play in

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. He helped Portsmouth reach the 1992 FA Cup semifinal, but was one of three Pompey players to miss his kick as they lost in a penalty shootout to Liverpool.

Managerial career

Kuhl was assistant to manager

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until October 2009, when the pair joined

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. He left the club in April 2011 after being suspended. He went on to coach at the youth level at

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: his son,

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, came through the youth team at the club. On 4 December 2015, after

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was sacked as manager, Kuhl was put in charge of Reading on an interim basis. Kuhl left Reading in September 2017. Kuhl joined Torquay United as assistant to new head coach

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on 13 September 2017. He was appointed manager of Basingstoke Town in December 2018, and left by mutual consent in September 2019. In December 2019, Kuhl was appointed manager of

, before leaving the club via mutual consent in February 2020.

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