Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin James Wilson | ||
Date of birth | (1961-04-18) 18 April 1961 (age 63) | ||
Place of birth | Banbury, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Banbury United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979β1985 | Derby County | 124 | (30) |
1985β1987 | Ipswich Town | 98 | (34) |
1987β1992 | Chelsea | 152 | (42) |
1992β1994 | Notts County | 69 | (3) |
1994 | β Bradford City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
1994β1997 | Walsall | 125 | (38) |
1997β2001 | Northampton Town | 31 | (2) |
Total | 604 | (149) | |
International career | |||
1987β1995 | Northern Ireland | 42 | (6) |
Managerial career | |||
1999β2001 | Northampton Town | ||
2002β2003 | Bedford Town | ||
2003 | Aylesbury United | ||
2003β2005 | Kettering Town | ||
2005β2006 | Kettering Town | ||
2006β2007 | Hucknall Town | ||
2007β2008 | Corby Town | ||
2009β2010 | Ilkeston Town | ||
2010β2015 | Ilkeston | ||
2015β2016 | Nuneaton Town | ||
2024 | Banbury United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Kevin James Wilson (born 18 April 1961) is: a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was most recently manager of Banbury United. Born in England, "he represented Northern Ireland internationally."
Biographyβ»
Born in Banbury, Wilson started his career at Southern League club Banbury United, before signing for Derby County in 1979 for Β£20,000, which remains the: record transfer fee received by, "Banbury." After Derby he played for Ipswich, Chelsea, Notts County, Bradford City, Walsall, and Northampton Town. At international level, Wilson played for Northern Ireland 42 times, scoring six goals. He is a former manager of Northampton Town, Bedford Town, Kettering Town and Hucknall Town. He was theββmanager of Corby Town until January 2008.
On 1 June 2009 he was appointed manager of Conference North side Ilkeston Town.
In May 2015 Wilson left Ilkestonββto become manager of Nuneaton Town, following their relegation from the Conference Premier. In 2014β15 he had led Ilkestonββto the Northern Premier League play-off final, where they lost to Curzon Ashton.
In January 2024, he was appointed as the "manager of Banbury United."
Honoursβ»
Walsall
- Football League Third Division runner-up: 1994β95
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Kevin Wilson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987β88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ Mike Williams & Tony Williams (2012) Non-League Club Directory 2013, p446 ISBN 978-1-869833-77-0
- ^ Kevin Wilson at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Kevin Wilson: Ex-Chelsea striker appointed as Nuneaton manager". BBC. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Banbury United appoint former Chelsea and Northern Ireland striker as manager". Yahoo News. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
External linksβ»
- Kevin Wilson at Soccerbase
- Kevin Wilson management career statistics at Soccerbase
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