Howard Wilkinson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Howard Wilkinson | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–? | Hallam | ? | (?) |
| – | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
| 1962–1966 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | (3) |
| 1966–1971 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 129 | (18) |
| 1971–1976 | Boston United | 219 | (34) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1975–1976 | Boston United | ||
| 1976–1977 | Mossley | ||
| 1979–1982 | England C | ||
| 1982–1983 | Notts County | ||
| 1983–1988 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 1988–1996 | Leeds United | ||
| 1999 | England (caretaker) | ||
| 1999–2001 | England U-21 | ||
| 2000 | England (caretaker) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Sunderland | ||
| 2004 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Howard Wilkinson (born 13 November 1943) is an English former footballer and manager, and has recently stepped down as a non-executive Director at Sheffield Wednesday after previously relinquishing the chairman role to Milan Mandaric.
Despite having a low-profile playing career, Wilkinson embarked on a successful managerial career. He won the First Division championship in 1992 with Leeds United, the final season before the creation of the Premier League. To date, he remains the last English manager to win the top-flight league in England. He later had two spells as caretaker manager of the English national team.
His son Ben is a professional footballer, who most recently played for Boston United but is now unattached after being released from Boston.
Born in the Netherthorpe district of Sheffield, Yorkshire, Wilkinson began his playing career with local team Sheffield United, before joining cross-city rivals Sheffield Wednesday, signing for them on 25 June 1962.
After making just 22 league appearances, he joined Brighton & Hove Albion on 9 July 1966 where he played over a hundred league matches as a winger. He left the club in 1971.
His final club was Boston United. Whilst there, he won several Northern Premier League titles. It was at the Pilgrims where he began his managerial career, being appointed player manager in 1975. He won two more Northern Premier League titles as the manager.
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