Cammy Bell

Cameron Bell (born 18 September 1986) is a Scottish football coach and former player.

Bell played as a goalkeeper for several Scottish clubs and once for the Scotland national team.

Bell moved from Queens to Kilmarnock in 2002.

In 2006, he extended his contract with Kilmarnock although he had not yet appeared for the first team.

In the 2006–07 season Bell had a spell on loan at Montrose, getting a taste of first team football.

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 doctor at Kilmarnock believed he might never play again.

In July 2008, Bell was loaned out by Kilmarnock to his home town club Queen of the South, having been in the Queens squad as a trialist for their two previous pre-season matches.

Bell made his debut for Queens on 17 August 2008, at Palmerston Park in a 2–0 win against Partick Thistle.

He retained his place to make his European debut in the second leg of the UEFA Cup second qualification round game against FC Nordsjælland on 26 August.

Following a match against Livingston, which Queen of the South won 6–1 on 4 October 2008, Bell was involved in an incident in a Dumfries bar, which resulted in a broken jaw, but he managed to recover two weeks later.

The last of his 15 league games for QoS, a 2–1 home defeat by Dunfermline Athletic, was on 13 December 2008.

Bell soon suffered an injury, damaging discs in his back.

After this, he returned to Kilmarnock.

Bell made his debut for Kilmarnock in the final game of the 2008–09 season, a 2–1 win over Motherwell.

At the end the season, he signed a new one-year contract with the club.

After signing the new deal, Kilmarnock manager Jim Jefferies hinted that Bell faced a battle in order to become the club's first choice goalkeeper.

Bell played in the first two games of the 2009–10 season for Kilmarnock in place of injured first choice goalkeeper Alan Combe.

At the end of the 2009–10 season, his contract was extended as he had met a clause in his deal signed the previous summer that if he started enough games during the season, it would trigger an automatic renewal.

He represented Scotland once, in 2010.

Mark Brown was then brought in on loan from Celtic to cover for Combe, but when he returned to his parent club in January 2010, Bell then became the established first choice goalkeeper for Kilmarnock.

On 2 February 2010, Bell played as Kilmarnock beat Celtic 1–0.

After the match, newly appointed Kilmarnock manager Jimmy Calderwood praised Bell, describing his performance as 'fabulous'.

Bell remained first pick for the start of the 2010–11 season, with his performances attracting attention from Scotland manager Craig Levein.

In November 2010, manager Mixu Paatelainen said he had started negotiating a new contract for Bell and said he believed Bell should stay and remain as a first choice goalkeeper, rather than move on, believing his career would greatly decline, having been linked with Aberdeen and Rangers.

Soon after, Bell was left out of the line-up unexpectedly over a dispute on a new deal, which appeared to be rejected by Bell and also led to a fallout between him and Paatelainen.

The following month, the club made their last chance effort to keep Bell, with another new contract offer.

Bell then returned to the line-up and would keep his place until the end of the season.

In May 2011, with Paatelainen having left Kilmarnock, Bell said he made amend with the club and was ready to sign a new deal.

He also spoke about how he felt that being dropped by Paatelainen had cost him his place in the Scotland squad and that he wasn't treated fairly at the club.

Ahead of the 2011–12 season, clubs including St Mirren and AaB were linked with signing Bell.

Eventually, under new manager Kenny Shiels, who had previously been Paatelainen's assistant manager, Bell was persuaded to stay at the club, signing a new two-year contract.

He said his decision to sign wasn't a financial one, having rejected clubs in South Africa, Denmark and England.

Bell played the first ten games of the season, before suffering an elbow injury in mid-October.

Bell began his senior career with Kilmarnock and, after loan spells with Montrose and Queen of the South, went on to play over 100 matches for the club and win the Scottish League Cup in 2012.

Bell joined Rangers in 2013, helping them to the Scottish League One title in his first season.

He played for Dundee United during the 2016–17 season, saving three penalty kicks in one match against Dunfermline.

He then had short spells with Kilmarnock, Hibernian, Partick Thistle, St. Johnstone, Falkirk and Queen's Park before his retirement.

He briefly worked as Director of Football at hometown club Annan Athletic.

Bell was born in Dumfries and was on the books of local club Queen of the South as a youngster and was also part of the youth set up at Annan Athletic.