Amari'i Kyren Bell (born 5 May 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a left back for EFL Championship club Luton Town and the Jamaica national team.
He spent time on loan at Conference Premier club Nuneaton Town in the first half of the 2013–14 season before making his Football League debut for Birmingham in January 2014.
[14] Bell was given a squad number, and was considered for a defensive role ahead of Birmingham's third round League Cup match against Swansea City on 25 September, with Kyle Bartley ineligible and David Murphy rested after returning only recently from long-term injury.
[16] Bell re-established himself at left back, playing a further eleven times in the Conference Premier and once in the FA Cup,[12] before Birmingham recalled him again on 9 December after starting left-back Mitch Hancox damaged a knee and with Murphy again unfit.
[18] Bell made his first-team debut on 28 January 2014, starting at left back against Championship leaders Leicester City as a late replacement for Hancox who had injured an ankle.
[12] Ahead of the 2014–15 season, Bell signed for League Two club Mansfield Town on loan until January 2015,[22] but was recalled only three matches into the campaign having failed to get any playing time.
[32] Despite reported interest from Gillingham,[33] Bell agreed to join League One club Fleetwood Town on 1 July 2015 after the expiry of his Birmingham contract.
[35] Assistant manager Chris Lucketti was impressed with both Bell and Hornby-Forbes: "with their athleticism, their attitude, their will to win and the running power they have they were different class – it turned the tide in our favour.
[39] By March 2016, Pressley was suggesting that Bell had the attributes to play at the top level, highlighting his pace, athleticism and ability in a one-to-one situation but also his need to work on crossing,[40] an issue raised by the player himself early in the season.
[35] He made 51 appearances in all competitions as Fleetwood narrowly avoided relegation to League Two, and was one of a four-man shortlist for the club's Young Player of the Year awards, but lost out to Ashley Hunter.
Being used at wing-back rather than full-back helped his attacking ambitions, and he scored his first goal for Fleetwood in his 71st match, an FA Cup replay against Southport on 15 November 2016, and his second in the league the following week.
[44][45] In the January 2017 transfer window, there was interest in Bell from clubs including Brighton & Hove Albion,[46] Crystal Palace and West Ham United.