[3] Having played as a junior for Queens Park Rangers and Arsenal, Kazim-Richards was handed a professional contract by Bury.

Following his declaration to play for Turkey internationally, he went on to forge a career in Europe with Fenerbahçe, Toulouse, Galatasaray, Olympiacos, Bursaspor and Feyenoord.

He had brief spells back in the United Kingdom with Blackburn Rovers, Celtic and Derby County as well as spent four years playing in Brazil and Mexico with Coritiba, Corinthians, Lobos BUAP, Veracruz and Pachuca.

[4] In August 2006, at the start of the new season, he tried to hand in a transfer request after being dropped by manager Mark McGhee.

[6] Subsequently, Brighton sold him to Sheffield United for £150,000 on 31 August 2006, the deadline day for the transfer window.

Kazim-Richards signed a three-year deal with the Blades after passing a medical and agreeing personal terms.

[13] Kazim-Richards joined French club Toulouse on a six-month loan from January 2010, for whom he scored on his debut in a 3–1 away win against Le Mans.

[18] In July 2012 he went on trial with English Premier League side West Ham United, appearing in pre-season friendlies.

On 24 May 2013 it was announced that Sussex Police had charged Kazim-Richards under Section 5 of the Public Order Act over an alleged homophobic gesture to Brighton fans on 12 February 2013 while he was playing for Blackburn Rovers in a Championship match at his old club Brighton & Hove Albion's Falmer Stadium.

After a successful loan spell at Feyenoord during the 2014–15 season, Kazim-Richards made a permanent move to the Dutch club in the summer of 2015.

As a result, Feyenoord manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst dropped him from the squad and he did not play the next match, against PSV.

[41] He received his first senior international cap in a 0–0 friendly draw against Brazil on 5 June 2007, a game in which he played 38 minutes.

[42] His mother is a Turkish Cypriot (which enabled him to join the Turkey national team), and his father is of Antiguan descent.

[43][44]In his youth, Kazim-Richards lost his infant brother to Edwards syndrome and three cousins in unrelated incidents: a heart attack while playing football, a brain haemorrhage in the bathtub, and a car crash.