Luke Wilkshire

Luke Wilkshire
Personal information
Wilkshire playing for Australia in 2010
Full name	Luke Wilkshire
Date of birth	(1981-10-02) 2 October 1981
Place of birth	Wollongong, Australia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current team	Terek Grozny
Number	29
Youth career
1992–1995	Albion Park White Eagles
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	5	(0)
National team^‡
2001	Australia U-20	12	(3)
2003–2004	Australia U-23	17	(4)
2004–2014	Australia	80	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 April 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2013

Luke Wilkshire (born 2 October 1981) is an Australian international footballer who plays as a right back for FC Terek Grozny.

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.

Club career

Luke Wilkshire in action with FC Dynamo Moscow in 2008.

Luke Wilkshire in action with Feyenoord in 2014.

Wilkshire played his junior football with his home town club of Albion Park and attended Albion Park High School. He moved on to represent his region by joining the Wollongong Wolves youth setup and spending several seasons there. Wilkshire then travelled to Canberra to spend a year at the AIS football program, Australia's elite sports academy. He then moved overseas and was part of Middlesbrough's youth system. He made several senior appearances for them in the Premier League, including a sending off against Arsenal, and also started in an FA Cup semi-final, but ultimately never established himself in the first team. In search of regular football, Wilkshire decided on a move to Second Division club Bristol City.

His solid performances at the 2006 FIFA World Cup earned him a trial and subsequent three-year deal with Dutch top flight club FC Twente despite reported interest from other Dutch clubs, including Ajax and PSV Eindhoven. His league debut for FC Twente ended badly when he was sent off. However, Wilkshire would go on to play regularly in the 2006–07 campaign which saw FC Twente qualify for the UEFA Cup. Subsequently, in the 2007–08 campaign, FC Twente and Wilkshire accomplished an even bigger achievement: for the first time in the club history, FC Twente qualified for the preliminary round of the Champions League.

On 26 August 2008, Wilkshire moved to Russian side Dynamo Moscow for a reported €6 million transfer fee;^[1] while other sources suggested transfer fee was only €2 million.^[2] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Dynamo Moscow on 31 August 2008, playing the full 90 minutes against FC Moscow at the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow. He scored his first goal for Dynamo from a penalty on 27 September 2008, playing against Krylya Sovetov in Samara, Russia.

On 31 July 2014, Wilkshire signed a one-year deal with Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord on a free transfer.^[3]

On 18 November 2015, Wilkshire signed a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year, with Russian club FC Terek Grozny, beginning on 1 January 2016.^[4]

International career

Luke Wilkshire with Australia in 2009.

Wilkshire has represented Australia at youth level earlier in his career, playing in the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, and in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

During three years of playing regular first-team football for Bristol City, Wilkshire's game and versatility improved; so much so that former Australia coach, Guus Hiddink, described him as a "modern player." Hiddink also claimed Wilkshire was one of the most technically gifted players in the Socceroo side.^[5] Wilkshire was selected in Australia's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and started against Japan and Italy.

On 14 November 2009, Wilkshire scored his first goal for his country in a 2–1 win over Oman in an Asian Cup Qualifier, in Muscat, Oman. Despite Australia going down to 10-men and conceding a penalty to go down 1–0, Wilkshire scored the equaliser in the 43rd minute. He was then involved in the second goal in the 82nd minute putting a left-footed ball over the Omani defence to set David Carney free who then crossed to Brett Emerton who scored to win the game 2–1 for Australia.

In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Wilkshire started in all three group games for Australia. Playing at right back, Wilkshire was vital in coming forward sending in a total of 18 crosses for the tournament. Late in Australia's last game versus Serbia, Wilkshire injured his groin and was subbed off – the severity of the injury has not been made public.

Wilkshire played in the 2011 Asian Cup Finals in Qatar, starting the first two games against India and South Korea respectively but missing Australia's final group-stage game against Bahrain due to injury. Wilkshire returned to play the full 120 minutes in Australia's extra-time quarter-final win over Iraq and he also played in the semi-final victory over Uzbekistan, and in the final against Japan, which Australia lost 1–0 in extra time.

Wilkshire has not been selected for the Socceroos since the appointment of Ange Postecoglou as Head Coach in October 2013, apart from two early friendlies against Ecuador in which he did not play and South Africa in which he played 36 minutes. He was not named in the Australian squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup,^[6] and was left off the longlist of 46 players for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup,^[7] despite him maintaining his regular first team place at Feyenoord.

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 23 September 2015

Club	Division	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Division	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Middlesbrough	Premier League	2001–02	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
		2002–03	14	0	2	0	0	0	16	0
		2003–04	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Middlesbrough total		22	0	3	0	0	0	25	0
Bristol City	League One	2003–04	39	2	6	1	0	0	45	3
		2004–05	37	10	4	0	0	0	41	10
		2005–06	36	5	2	0	0	0	38	5
	Bristol City total		112	17	12	1	0	0	124	18
FC Twente	Eredivisie	2006–07	29	2	1	0	2	0	32	2
	Eredivisie	2007–08	30	3	4	0	2	0	36	3
	Twente total		59	5	5	0	4	0	68	5
Dynamo Moscow	Russian Premier League	2008	11	2	3	0	0	0	14	2
		2009	27	0	1	0	4	0	32	0
		2010	26	0	3	0	0	0	29	0
		2011–12	39	0	4	0	0	0	43	0
		2012–13	17	0	1	0	3	0	21	0
		2013–14	23	0	1	0	0	0	24	0
	Dynamo total		143	2	13	0	7	0	163	2
Feyenoord	Eredivisie	2014–15	18	0	1	0	8	0	27	0
Terek Grozny	Russian Premier League	2015–16	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
Career total			355	24	34	1	19	0	408	25

International appearances

Australia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2004	2	0
2005	4	0
2006	7	0
2007	8	0
2008	10	0
2009	7	1
2010	12	2
2011	16	3
2012	7	1
2013	6	1
2014	1	0
Total	80	8

International goals

As of 23 September 2015

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 November 2009	Muscat, Oman	Oman	1–1	1–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.	6 January 2010	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	0–1	2–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3.	7 September 2010	Krakow, Poland	Poland	1–2	1–2	Friendly
4.	29 March 2011	Monchengladbach, Germany	Germany	1–2	1–2	Friendly
5.	6 September 2011	Dammam, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	1–3	1–3	2014 World Cup Qualifier
6.	7 October 2011	Canberra, Australia	Malaysia	1–0	5–0	Friendly
7.	12 June 2012	Brisbane, Australia	Japan	1–1	1–1	2014 World Cup Qualifier
8.	6 February 2013	Malaga, Spain	Romania	1–1	2–3	Friendly

Honours

International

Australia

References

↑
↑ Wilkshire Signs For Dinamo Moscow Article from the Swiss web-site Goal.com published on 26 August 2008.
↑ 'Feyenoord pakt door en haalt oude bekende van FC Twente naar De Kuip' (Dutch)
↑ "Люк Уилкшир подписал контракт с Тереком". http://fc-terek.ru/ (in Russian). FC Terek Grozny. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/06/04/1654646.htm
↑ Kennedy, Rogic, Wilkshire cut from Australia's World Cup squad FourFourTwo Australia
↑ Postecoglou names 46-man provisional squad for Asian Cup FourFourTwo Australia

External links

FC Terek Grozny – current squad

1 Hodzyur 2 Rodolfo 3 Grigalashvili 4 Ojala 5 Pliyev 6 Adílson 7 Kadyrov 8 Pedro Ken 9 Sadayev 13 Mohammadi 14 Aissati 15 Semyonov 16 Gorodov 17 Mbengue 19 Ivanov 20 Kanu 21 Kuzyayev 22 Mirzov 23 Píriz 24 Komorowski 29 Wilkshire 30 Grozav 31 Rybus 33 Gudiyev 40 Utsiyev 44 Kadiyev 55 Lebedenko 93 Akhyadov 95 Mitrishev Manager: Rakhimov

Australia squads

Australia men's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics

1 Jones 2 North 3 Cansdell-Sherriff 4 Moore 5 McKain 6 Madaschi 7 Elrich 8 Wilkshire 9 Aloisi 10 Cahill 11 Brosque 12 Tarka 13 Valeri 14 Holman 15 Danze 16 Dilevski 17 Griffiths 18 Galekovic Coach: Farina

Australia squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

1 Schwarzer 2 Muscat 3 Moore 4 Neill 5 Vidmar 6 Popovic 7 Emerton 8 Skoko 9 Viduka 10 Cahill 11 Chipperfield 12 Petkovic 13 Wilkshire 14 Colosimo 15 Aloisi 16 Zdrilic 17 McKain 18 Kalac 19 Culina 20 Milicevic 21 Elrich 22 Thompson 23 Sterjovski Coach: Farina

Australia squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Schwarzer 2 Neill 3 Moore 4 Cahill 5 Culina 6 Popovic 7 Emerton 8 Skoko 9 Viduka (c) 10 Kewell 11 Lazaridis 12 Covic 13 Grella 14 Chipperfield 15 Aloisi 16 Beauchamp 17 Thompson 18 Kalac 19 Kennedy 20 Wilkshire 21 Sterjovski 22 Milligan 23 Bresciano Coach: Hiddink

Australia squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup

1 Schwarzer 2 Neill 3 Kisnorbo 4 Cahill 5 Culina 6 Beauchamp 7 Emerton 8 Wilkshire 9 Viduka 10 Kewell 11 Thompson 12 Jones 13 Grella 14 Holman 15 Aloisi 16 Thwaite 17 Valeri 18 Petkovic 19 Carle 20 Carney 21 Sterjovski 22 Milligan 23 Bresciano Coach: Arnold

Australia squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Schwarzer 2 Neill (c) 3 Moore 4 Cahill 5 Culina 6 Beauchamp 7 Emerton 8 Wilkshire 9 Kennedy 10 Kewell 11 Chipperfield 12 Federici 13 Grella 14 Holman 15 Jedinak 16 Valeri 17 Rukavytsya 18 Galekovic 19 García 20 Milligan 21 Carney 22 Vidošić 23 Bresciano Coach: Verbeek

Australia squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup Runners-up

1 Schwarzer 2 Neill (c) 3 Carney 4 Cahill 5 Culina 6 Ognenovski 7 Emerton 8 Wilkshire 9 McDonald 10 Kewell 11 Burns 12 Coe 13 North 14 Holman 15 Jedinak 16 Valeri 17 McKay 18 Jones 19 Oar 20 Spiranovic 21 McKain 22 Kilkenny 23 Kruse Coach: Osieck

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