Cammy Bell

Kilmarnock

Born in Dumfries, Scotland, Bell was on the books of local clubs at Annan Athletic and Queen of the South as a youngster. He then joined Kilmarnock in 2002. Due to the club's goalkeeping crisis in the 2002–03 season, Bell was called up to the first team as cover in case Gordon Marshall, Colin Meldrum and Colin Stewart were out of the first team. On 11 May 2004, he was part of Kilmarnock's youth team squad when they beat 1–0 against Rangers' youth team. Bell received his first call–up to the club's first team, appearing as an unused substitute, in a 3–0 loss against Hearts on 12 February 2005. He later appeared two more times as an unused substitute later in the 2004–05 season. He soon get more call–up to the Kilmarnock's first team, appearing in the 2005–06 season as an unused substitute. Despite this not making his first team appearance yet, Bell extended his contract with the club. Kilmarnock manager Jim Jefferies said in November 2007 that he was prepared to allow Bell to go out on loan once he had fully recovered from a cruciate injury. Bell recalled how this injury affected his career, saying that the club's doctor believed he might never play again. Following his loan spell at Queen of the South ended, Bell said he wants a start for Kilmarnock, stating his determination of him being good enough to step. Bell had to wait to his debut for Kilmarnock in the final game of the 2008–09 season, a 2–1 win over Motherwell. At the end of the season, he signed…

Bell was first called up to the senior Scotland squad on 4 October 2010 for the European Championship qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Spain, after Matt Gilks dropped out through injury. He made his Scotland debut, as a 68th-minute substitute replacing Craig Gordon, against the Faroe Islands on 16 November 2010 in a 3–0 friendly win at Pittodrie Stadium in Aberdeen. In October 2011, Bell was called up to the Scotland's squad after Gilks was dropped, due to injury. However, Bell injured his arm during October 2011 in Spain after he saved from a David Goodwillie shot in training and later complained about pain, which a showed that he had damaged tendons. Bell was again called up to the Scotland squad for a friendly against Luxembourg in November 2012. In October 2013, Bell stated playing for Rangers would improve his chances of getting a call–up from the senior team once again. In May 2014, he finally made it to the Scotland squad for the first time in two years prior to the match against Nigeria but did not play. In March 2015, Bell reiterated his stance to get call-up from the Scotland squad, but this never happened.

Annan Athletic appointed Bell as their director of football in December 2020. He resigned from the role at the end of the 2020–21 season. Bell pursued a new career by becoming a media pundit and commentator. He also works for Wheatley Group as a development project officer.

Bell grew up supporting Rangers, whom he eventually joined as a player, and idolised Peter Schmeichel. Bell is a Ukrainian descent, as his grandfather, Iwan Mowczk, fled the country due to World War II and never came back and emigrated to Scotland, where he stayed there until his death. Bell married his long-term girlfriend Emma on 5 June 2015. Together, they have a daughter, who was born on 20 January 2014, causing him to miss a match against Forfar Athletic on the same day, and a son.