Luke Wilkshire
Wilkshire playing for Dynamo Moscow in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Luke Wilkshire | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Wollongong, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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FC Dynamo Moscow | ||
| 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 | 6 | (0) |
| 2016– | Dynamo Moscow | 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 12 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2013 |
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Luke Wilkshire (born 2 October 1981) is an Australian international footballer who plays as a right back who plays for FC Dynamo Moscow.
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.
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.
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