Richard Wilson (footballer, born 1960)

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Richard Wilson
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-05-08) 8 May 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth Orpington, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1979 Chelsea 0 (0)
1979–1981 Charlton Athletic 17 (1)
1981–1982 Hangö IK ? (15)
1983–1985 Porin Pallotoverit 67 (31)
1986 FC Haka 21 (4)
1987–1989 FF Jaro ? (21)
1990 Mjølner 18 (6)
1991 Kokkolan Palloveikot 18 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Wilson (born 8 May 1960) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder.

Wilson spent most of his professional career in Finland. He played four seasons in the Finnish top level Mestaruussarja. Wilson scored 23 goals in 84 matches for PPT, Haka and FF Jaro. He was the top scorer of PPT in 1984, finishing 9 goals in 19 matches.

In 1987, Wilson started as a player-coach for FF Jaro in third tier Kakkonen. In two seasons, he managed to promote the club to top division. A year later, Wilson was sacked from the manager post. However, he finished the season as a player. [1] In 1990, he spent the season as player manager of Norwegian second tier club Mjølner. Wilson ended his Finnish career in second tier club KPV in 1991.

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