Curtis Tilt

Curtis Tilt

Personal information
Full name	Curtis Anthony Tilt [1]
Date of birth	(1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Walsall, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.89 m) [2]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Salford City
Number	16
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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–	Salford City	45	(3)
International career‡
2021–	Jamaica	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:18, 27 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:42, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Curtis Anthony Tilt (born 4 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Salford City. Born in England, he represented Jamaica at international level.

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]}

International career

In March 2021 he was one of six English-born players to receive their first call-up to the Jamaica national team. ^[20] On 25 March 2021, he made his Jamaica debut when he came on in the 64th minute of a 4–1 defeat to the USA. ^[21]

Personal life

Tilt was born in England and is of Jamaican descent. ^[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of matched played on 8 May 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hednesford Town	2015–16 [23]	National League North	7	2	0	0	—		0	0	7	2
Telford United	2015–16 [23]	National League North	31	0	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	32	0
Wrexham	2016–17 [23]	National League	36	1	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	38	1
Forest Green Rovers (loan)	2016–17 [24]	National League	7	0	—		—		0	0	7	0
Blackpool	2017–18 [25]	League One	42	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	45	1
	2018–19 [26]	League One	37	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	42	4
	2019–20 [27]	League One	20	0	2	0	0	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	24	0
	Total		99	5	5	0	2	0	5	0	111	5
Rotherham United	2019–20 [27]	League One	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2020–21 [28]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2021–22 [29]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wigan Athletic (loan)	2020–21 [28]	League One	36	3	0	0	0	0	—		36	3
Wigan Athletic (loan)	2021–22 [29]	League One	8	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	12	2
Wigan Athletic	2021–22 [29]	League One	12	0	0	0	0	0	—		12	0
	2022–23	Championship	26	1	2	0	0	0	—		28	1
	Total		38	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	40	1
Career total			263	14	9	0	3	0	9	0	284	14

1. Appearances in the FA Trophy
2. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

International

As of 1 September 2022 ^[30]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Jamaica	2021	2	0
Total		2	0

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Blackpool" (PDF). English Football League. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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. "JFF names team for USA friendly". jamaica-gleaner.com. 17 March 2021.
21. "International Friendly: USA 4 – Jamaica 1". www.ussoccer.com. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
22. "Exclusive: Championship quartet track Wrexham ace Tilt". TeamTalk. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
23. Curtis Tilt at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
24. "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
25. "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
26. "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
27. "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
28. "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
29. "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
30. "Curtis Tilt". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 September 2022.