![]() Wilkinson in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alistair Benjamin Wilkinson [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 25 April 1987||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester City EDS (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Sheffield Wednesday | |||
Sheffield United | |||
2003–2005 | Derby County | ||
2005–2006 | Hull City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Hull City | 0 | (0) |
2006–2007 | → Harrogate Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2008 | → Gretna (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2008–2009 | York City | 21 | (2) |
2009 | → Altrincham (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Chester City | 0 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Tamworth | 28 | (2) |
2011 | Boston United | 8 | (0) |
Total | 82 | (4) | |
Managerial career | |||
2024– | Manchester City EDS | ||
* Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alistair Benjamin Wilkinson (born 25 April 1987) is a former professional footballer who coaches at Manchester City's academy. He played as a midfielder for Hull City, Harrogate Town, Gretna, York City, Altrincham, Chester City, Tamworth and Boston United.
Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, [3] Wilkinson is the son of former player and manager Howard Wilkinson. [4] He played with the youth teams of Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United and Derby County, [5] becoming a scholar with the latter in May 2003. [6] He joined Hull City in January 2005, where he completed his scholarship. [7] He signed a two-year professional contract with Hull in the summer of 2006. [2] He joined Conference North club Harrogate Town on 9 December 2006 on a one-month loan, [8] where he made five appearances [9] before returning to Hull in January 2007. [10]
Wilkinson went on trial with York City of the Conference National in January 2008, in which he scored two goals in a reserve-team match against Sheffield United. [4] On 31 January 2008, he joined Gretna of the Scottish Premier League on loan until the end of the 2007–08 season. [11] He made his debut in a 2–0 away defeat against Heart of Midlothian on 9 February 2008 and made 13 appearances for the club. [12]
He joined Conference Premier club York City on 10 June 2008 on a two-year contract. [13] [14] His debut came in a 1–0 away win against Crawley Town on 9 August 2008. [15] He scored his first goal in a 3–1 defeat away to Wrexham on 7 October 2008. [15] [16]
On 26 March 2009, Wilkinson joined York's Conference Premier rivals Altrincham on loan until the end of 2008–09. [14] He made his debut two days later, coming on as a 90th-minute substitute in a 2–2 home draw with Crawley Town, and started in the subsequent match, a 1–0 away defeat to Ebbsfleet United. [17] [18] He finished the spell with nine appearances. [17] He left York on 2 July 2009 after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent. [19]
Wilkinson signed for newly relegated Conference Premier club Chester City on 9 July 2009. [20] Wilkinson scored in the first minute of his debut against Cambridge United on 15 August 2009, but Chester lost 4–2. [21] He made 28 appearances for Chester in 2009–10, [22] although these were expunged from the records after Chester were expelled from the Football Conference in March 2010. [23] He left the club following their liquidation on 10 March 2010 [24] [25] and in April went on trial with League Two club Bradford City, playing in reserve-team matches against Newcastle United and Leeds United. [26]
Wilkinson signed for Conference Premier club Tamworth on 26 August 2010 following a trial. [27] His first goal came in a 1–0 away win over Mansfield Town, [28] with a shot into the bottom corner from six yards from Danny Thomas' pass on 30 minutes. [29] Wilkinson scored a goal against York in a 2–1 away win on 16 April 2011 to help Tamworth fight relegation. [30]
Wilkinson signed for Conference North club Boston United on 30 July 2011 after a trial, [31] [32] having been set to follow former Tamworth players Aaron Mitchell and Jason Bradley to Eastwood Town. [33] He found himself out of the team early in 2011–12 because of a knee injury but later established himself at right back due to a shortage in that position. [34] He left Boston on 7 November 2011 [35] after making 10 appearances for the club. [36]
By November 2013, Wilkinson had taken on the position of youth development phase coach at Sheffield Wednesday. [37]
He joined Manchester City's academy in July 2018 as Under 23 Assistant Coach to Paul Harsley. In August 2020, he moved into a role as Under 16 Lead Coach. [38]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Hull City | 2006–07 [39] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2007–08 [12] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harrogate Town (loan) | 2006–07 [9] | Conference North | 3 | 0 | — | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Gretna (loan) | 2007–08 [12] | Scottish Premier League | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
York City | 2008–09 [15] | Conference Premier | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
Altrincham (loan) | 2008–09 [17] | Conference Premier | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
Tamworth | 2010–11 [28] | Conference Premier | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
Boston United | 2011–12 [36] | Conference North | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
Career total | 82 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 4 |