Chris Kirkland
Kirkland warming up with Wigan Athletic in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Edmund Kirkland | ||
| Date of birth | 2 May 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Barwell, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Blaby & Whetstone | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | Coventry City | 24 | (0) |
| 2001–2006 | Liverpool | 25 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2006–2012 | Wigan Athletic | 122 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Leicester City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2012–2015 | Sheffield Wednesday | 85 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Preston North End | 5 | (0) |
| 2016 | Bury | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 284 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2003 | England U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2006 | England | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Christopher Edmund "Chris" Kirkland (born 2 May 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is now a goalkeeping coach at Port Vale. He made 321 league and cup appearances in an 18-year professional career from 1998 to 2016, and won one cap for the England national team in 2006.
Kirkland started his career at Coventry City, where he was regarded as one of the country's most promising young goalkeepers. He was later signed by Premier League side Liverpool for £6 million in August 2001, where he went on to win the League Cup in 2003. However, his time at the club was blighted by recurring injuries, which almost caused him to retire from football altogether. He would later sign for Wigan Athletic in July 2006, after a successful loan period, and he had further loan spells at both Leicester City and Doncaster Rovers before being signed by Sheffield Wednesday in May 2012. He joined Preston North End in August 2015, and had a brief spell with Bury before retiring in August 2016.
Kirkland was born in Barwell, Leicestershire, where he grew up with his parents, Marie and Eddie, and attended Heathfield School. His father, Eddie, was a crane driver and spent many hours helping his son practice his goalkeeping skills. After an unsuccessful trial with Blackburn Rovers, he accepted a contract offer from Coventry. He signed professional terms with the club in July 1998.
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