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Luke Wilkshire
Australian association football player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Luke Wilkshire (born 2 October 1981) is an Australian football coach and a former player.
![]() Wilkshire playing for Dynamo Moscow in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Luke Wilkshire[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1981-10-02) 2 October 1981 (age 42) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wollongong, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1995 | Albion Park JSC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1997 | Wollongong Wolves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | AIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | Middlesbrough | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2003 | Middlesbrough | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | Bristol City | 112 | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Twente | 59 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2014 | Dynamo Moscow | 143 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Feyenoord | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Terek Grozny | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Dynamo Moscow | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Sydney FC | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Wollongong Wolves | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 403 | (26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Australia U-20 | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Australia U-23 | 17 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2014 | Australia | 80 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2022 | Wollongong Wolves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | Central Coast Mariners NPL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Wollongong, Wilkshire played youth football for Albion Park, Wollongong Wolves ,and the Australian Institute of Sport before making his professional debut for English club Middlesbrough. In 2003, he moved to Bristol City, where he spent three seasons before moving to the Netherlands to play for Twente in 2006. Wilkshire next played in Russia for Dynamo Moscow, but later moved back to the Netherlands to play for Feyenoord in 2014. He was released from the club in August 2015 by mutual consent.
Wilkshire has played eighty times for the Australian national team. This includes matches at both the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 2007 and 2011 AFC Asian Cups. He was also a member of the squad at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. Previously, with Australia's youth sides, Wilkshire took part in the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2004 Summer Olympics.