Curtis Tilt

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Curtis Tilt
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Tilt in 2025.
Personal information
Full name Curtis Anthony Tilt [1]
Date of birth (1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth Walsall, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) [2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Bradford City
Number 26
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2013 Gornal Athletic
2013 Tipton Town
2013–2015 Halesowen Town
2015 Hednesford Town 7 (2)
2015–2016 AFC Telford United 31 (0)
2016–2017 Wrexham 36 (1)
2017 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 7 (0)
2017–2020 Blackpool 99 (5)
2020–2022 Rotherham United 1 (0)
2020–2021 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 13 (0)
2021 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 23 (3)
2021–2022 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 8 (2)
2022–2023 Wigan Athletic 38 (1)
2023–2025 Salford City 82 (4)
2025– Bradford City 5 (0)
International career‡
2021 Jamaica 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:46, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:42, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Curtis Anthony Tilt (born 4 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL League One club Bradford City. Born in England, he represented Jamaica at international level.

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Club career

Born in Walsall, [2] Tilt was working in a quarry and had largely stopped playing football when he was spotted by Gornal Athletic playing in a tournament organised by Sporting Khalsa. [3] After one season with Gornal he left to join Tipton Town in the summer of 2013, but then moved on again to Halesowen Town in September of the same year. [4] After two seasons with Halesowen, Tilt moved on to Hednesford Town in 2015, [5] before signing for Wrexham in June 2016, [6] and moving on loan to Forest Green Rovers in March 2017. [7] He signed for Blackpool in June 2017. [8]

Tilt signed for Rotherham United on 31 January 2020 for an undisclosed fee. [9]

In October 2020 Tilt moved on loan to Wigan Athletic. [10] [11] On 30 January 2021, he rejoined Wigan Athletic on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season. [12] [13] He scored his first goal for Wigan in a 3–2 loss to AFC Wimbledon on 6 February 2021. [14]

He re-joined Wigan Athletic for a third loan spell on loan on 31 August 2021. [15] Although the loan was originally until the end of the season, Rotherham exercised the option to recall in the January transfer window on 14 January 2021. [16] He returned to Wigan later that month on a permanent deal. [17]

On 18 July 2023, Tilt signed for League Two club Salford City on a two-year deal. [18] [19] He was offered a new contract at the end of the 2024–25 season. [20]

On 4 June 2025, Tilt agreed to join newly promoted League One side Bradford City on a two-year deal from 1 July. [21] [22] Tilt defended himself after some fans criticised the signing due to his age, at 33. [23] Tilt later praised the club's pre-season preparations. [24]

International career

In March 2021, he was one of six English-born players to receive their first call-up to the Jamaica national team. [25] On 25 March 2021, he made his Jamaica debut when he came on in the 64th minute of a 4–1 defeat to the United States. [26] Tilt said that playing for Jamaica was the proudest moment of his career. [27]

Personal life

Tilt was born in England and is of Jamaican descent. [28]

Career statistics

Club

As of matched played on 23 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hednesford Town 2015–16 [29] National League North 7200—0072
Telford United 2015–16 [29] National League North31000—1 [a] 0320
Wrexham 2016–17 [29] National League 36110—1 [a] 0381
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2016–17 [30] National League70——0070
Blackpool 2017–18 [31] League One 421000030451
2018–19 [32] League One374302000424
2019–20 [33] League One20020002 [b] 0240
Total9955020501115
Rotherham United 2019–20 [33] League One1000000010
2020–21 [34] Championship 000000—00
2021–22 [35] League One0000000000
Total1000000010
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2020–21 [34] League One3630000—363
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2021–22 [35] League One82101020122
Wigan Athletic 2021–22 [35] League One120000000120
2022–23 [36] Championship2612000—281
Total381200000401
Salford City 2023–24 [37] League Two 45322301 [b] 0515
2024–25 [38] League Two371301000411
Total824524010926
Bradford City 2025–26 League One500010—60
Career total350181428010038220
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy

International

As of 1 September 2022 [39]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National TeamYearAppsGoals
Jamaica 202120
Total20

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Blackpool" (PDF). English Football League. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 Curtis Tilt at Soccerway . Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Curtis Tilt deserves his shot at big league football". Express and Star. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Yeltz Capture Tipton's Tilt". The Non-League Paper. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Curtis Tilt signs for Hednesford Town". Express and Star. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Wrexham sign Wayne Rooney's brother John from rivals Chester". BBC Sport. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Forest Green Rovers: Wrexham's Curtis Tilt joins on loan". BBC Sport. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Curtis Tilt: Blackpool sign Wrexham defender on two-year contract". BBC Sport. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Tilt Moves To Rotherham United" – Blackpool F.C., 31 January 2020
  10. ↑ FC, Wigan Athletic (15 October 2020). "Wigan Athletic FC – Central defender Curtis Tilt joins John Sheridan's Latics squad until January". Wigan Athletic FC.
  11. ↑ "Wigan sign Rotherham defender Tilt". BBC Sport.
  12. ↑ "Tilt re-joins Wigan Athletic on loan". Rotherham United FC. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "Rotherham's Tilt rejoins Wigan on loan". BBC Sport.
  14. ↑ "Wigan 2–3 AFC Wimbledon". BBC. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  15. ↑ "Wigan sign Bennett, Kerr and Tilt". BBC Sport.
  16. ↑ "Tilt recalled from Wigan loan spell". Rotherham United F.C. 14 January 2021.
  17. ↑ "Wigan sign loanee Tilt on permanent deal". BBC Sport.
  18. ↑ "Curtis Tilt signs for The Ammies". salfordcityfc.co.uk. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  19. ↑ "Salford sign Wigan defender Tilt". BBC Sport.
  20. ↑ "Retained and released list confirmed". www.salfordcityfc.co.uk. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  21. ↑ "TILT MAKES CITY SWITCH". www.bradfordcityafc.com. 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  22. ↑ "Bantams bring in former title winner Tilt after his Salford exit". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 4 June 2025.
  23. ↑ "Tilt not shaken by City reaction as he insists he is "not normal 33-year-old"". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 7 June 2025.
  24. ↑ "'Good thing': Tilt happy to suffer with Bantams' training regime". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 7 July 2025.
  25. ↑ "JFF names team for USA friendly". jamaica-gleaner.com. 17 March 2021.
  26. ↑ "International Friendly: USA 4 – Jamaica 1". ussoccer.com. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  27. ↑ "Tilt hopes City displays can help him relive "proudest achievement" with Jamaica". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 11 June 2025.
  28. ↑ "Exclusive: Championship quartet track Wrexham ace Tilt". TeamTalk. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  29. 1 2 3 Curtis Tilt at Soccerway . Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  30. ↑ "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  32. ↑ "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  33. 1 2 "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  34. 1 2 "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  35. 1 2 3 "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  36. ↑ "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  37. ↑ "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  38. ↑ "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  39. ↑ "Curtis Tilt". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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