Paul Wilkinson (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Paul Wilkinson | ||
| Date of birth | 30 October 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Louth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1985 | Grimsby Town | 87 | (33) |
| 1985–1987 | Everton | 42 | (16) |
| 1987–1988 | Nottingham Forest | 43 | (8) |
| 1988–1991 | Watford | 155 | (56) |
| 1991–1996 | Middlesbrough | 202 | (65) |
| 1995 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 5 | (2) |
| 1995 | → Watford (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Luton Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Barnsley | 55 | (11) |
| 1997–1998 | Millwall | 35 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Northampton Town | 19 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1985–1986 | England U21 | 4 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000–2001 | Leeds United (Youth Team) | ||
| 2001–2003 | Grimsby Town (Reserve Team) | ||
| 2003–2012 | Cardiff City (Reserve Team) | ||
| 2012 | Sheffield Wednesday (Coach/Head of Recruitment) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Sheffield Wednesday (Assistant Manager) | ||
| 2014 | Norwich City (Academy Coach) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Barnsley (Under-21 Coach) | ||
| 2016 | Northampton Town (Assistant Manager) | ||
| 2017 | Northampton Town (Caretaker Manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paul Wilkinson (born 30 October 1964 in Louth, Lincolnshire) is a retired footballer who is the caretaker manager of Northampton Town following the sacking of the incumbent boss Rob Page on 9 January 2017. He was appointed assistant manager on Northampton Town in June, 2016. He had already boasted a wealth of experience having worked in coaching roles with Leeds United, Grimsby Town, Cardiff City, Sheffield Wednesday (where he was assistant manager to Dave Jones) and Norwich City since retiring as a player (after a brief spell at Sixfields) in 2000. That ended an 18 year playing career that saw Wilkinson make over 650 senior appearances, scoring more than 150 goals.
He started his career with Grimsby Town before moving to Everton in March 1985. During the 1986–87 season he made 32 appearances and scored 12 goals for Everton, as they won the Football League First Division championship. After a short spell at Nottingham Forest he went on to play over 150 league games for both Watford and Middlesbrough.
He played more than 200 times for Middlesbrough between 1991 and 1996, his most successful season being his first, in which he scored 24 goals - the last coming in the final minutes of the last league game of the season at Wolverhampton Wanderers, in which he scored a last minute winner to secure Middlesbrough's automatic promotion to the new FA Premier League. He was also the scorer of the club's first Premier League goal, scoring a 63rd minute consolation goal in a 2-1 defeat at Coventry City on the opening day of the season.
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