Paul Wilkinson (footballer)

Paul Wilkinson
Personal information
Full name Paul Wilkinson
Date of birth (1964-10-30) 30 October 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Louth, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1985 Grimsby Town 87 (33)
1985–1987 Everton 31 (6)
1987–1988 Nottingham Forest 43 (8)
1988–1991 Watford 155 (56)
1991–1996 Middlesbrough 202 (65)
1995Oldham Athletic (loan) 5 (2)
1995Watford (loan) 4 (0)
1996Luton Town (loan) 3 (0)
1996–1997 Barnsley 55 (11)
1997–1998 Millwall 35 (3)
1998–2000 Northampton Town 19 (1)
Total 650 (196)
International career
1985–1986 England U21 4 (1)
Managerial career
2017 Northampton Town (caretaker)
2018 Grimsby Town (caretaker)
2019 Truro City
2019 Bury
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Wilkinson (born 30 October 1964) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.

He was a striker who had an 18-year professional playing career that saw make over 650 senior appearances and score more than 150 goals. He notably played top flight football for Everton, Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough. He also played for Grimsby Town, Watford, Oldham Athletic, Luton Town, Barnsley, Millwall and Northampton Town. He was capped 4 times at England U21 level.

Since retiring as a player in 2000 he has held a number of youth development and assistant coaching positions with Leeds United, Grimsby Town, Cardiff City, Sheffield Wednesday, Norwich City and Northampton Town. He returned to Grimsby in 2017 as assistant manager and had a spell as interim manager, before briefly managing of Truro City. He was appointed as the new manager of Bury in August 2019 shortly before the club was expelled from the English Football League.

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

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