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| Chris Wilder | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Christopher John Wilder | |
| Date of birth: | 23 September 1967 | |
| Place of birth: | Stocksbridge,  England
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| Playing position: | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sheffield United (manager)
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| Youth clubs | ||
| 1982–1986 | Southampton
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1986–1992 1989 1990 1991 1992 1992–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1998 1999 1999 1999–2001 Total |
Sheffield United → Walsall (loan) → Charlton Athletic (loan) → Charlton Athletic (loan) → Leyton Orient (loan) Rotherham United Notts County Bradford City Sheffield United → Northampton Town (loan) → Lincoln City (loan) Brighton & Hove Albion Halifax Town |
93 (1) 4 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) 16 (1) 132 (11) 46 (0) 42 (0) 12 (0) 1 (0) 3 (0) 11 (0) 51 (1) 414 (14) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2001–2002 2002–2008 2008–2014 2014–2016 2016–2021 2021–2022 2023 2023–2025 2025– |
Alfreton Town Halifax Town Oxford United Northampton Town Sheffield United Middlesbrough Watford Sheffield United Sheffield United
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Christopher John Wilder (born 23 September 1967) is an English professional football manager and former footballer who played as a right-back. He is currently the manager of EFL Championship club Sheffield United.
His extensive professional playing career saw spells at Sheffield United (twice), Rotherham United, Notts County, Bradford City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Halifax Town. He also had loan spells at five clubs.
After retiring, he became a manager and was in charge of Alfreton Town, Halifax Town (their last manager before liquidation), Oxford United and Northampton Town before his appointment at Sheffield United. He won promotion from the Conference Premier with Oxford via the play-offs in 2010, from League Two as champions with Northampton in 2016, from League One with Sheffield United as champions in 2017, and from the Championship with the same club two years later.
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| Sheffield United F.C. squad - 2025–26 |
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1 Cooper · 2 Tanganga · 3 McCallum · 4 Arblaster · 5 Godfrey · 6 Bindon · 7 Cannon · 8 Hamer · 9 Ings · 10 O'Hare · 11 Brooks · 14 Burrows · 15 Mee · 16 Shackleton · 17 A. Davies · 18 Soumaré · 19 Ogbene · 20 Ukaki · 21 Zätterström · 22 T. Davies · 23 Campbell · 24 Chong · 25 McGuinness · 26 Oné · 27 Barry · 28 Matos · 29 Curtis · 31 Faxon · 32 Polendakov · 34 Marsh · 37 Sasnauskas · 38 Seriki · 40 Nwachukwu · 42 Peck · 44 Riedewald · 45 Bamford · Manager: Chris Wilder  |
| Current EFL Championship managers |
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Davies (Birmingham City) · Ismaël (Blackburn Rovers) · Struber (Bristol City) · Jones (Charlton Athletic) · Lampard (Coventry City) · Eustace (Derby County) · Jakirović (Hull City) · McKenna (Ipswich Town) · Cifuentes (Leicester City) · Hellberg (Middlesbrough) · Neil (Millwall) · Clement (Norwich City) · Bloomfield (Oxford Utd) · Mousinho (Portsmouth) · Heckingbottom (Preston) · Stéphan (QPR) · Wilder (Sheffield Utd) · Pedersen (Sheffield Wed) · Eckert (Southampton) · Robins (Stoke City) · Matos (Swansea City) · Gracia (Watford) · Ramsay (West Bromwich Albion) · Parkinson (Wrexham) |
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| Alfreton Town Football Club - Managers |
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Bullions (1960–71) · Harrison (xx–xx) · Maybury (xx–01) · Wilder (2001–02) · Lloyd (2002–05) · Mills (2005–07) · Gee (2007) · Ebdon (2007) · Law (2007–) |
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| Northampton Town Football Club - Managers |
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| Sheffield United Football Club - Managers |
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Wostinholms (1889–99) · Nicholsons (1899–1932) · Davison (1932–52) · Freeman (1952–55) · Mercer (1955–58) · Clarkc (1958–59) · Harris (1959–68) · Rowley (1968–69) · Harris (1969–73) · Furphy (1973–75) · Coldwellc (1975) · Sirrel (1975–77) · Coldwellc (1977–78) · Haslam (1978–81) · Peters (1981) · Porterfield (1981–86) · McEwan (1986–88) · Bassett (1988–95) · Kendall (1995–97) · Spackman (1997–98) · Sladec (1998) · Thompsonc (1998) · Bruce (1998–99) · Heath (1999) · Sladec (1999) · Warnock (1999–2007) · Robson (2007–08) · Blackwell (2008–10) · Speed (2010) · Carverc (2010) · Adams (2010–11) · Wilson (2011–13) · Morganc (2013) · Weir (2013) · Morganc (2013) · Clough (2013–15) · Adkins (2015–16) · Wilder (2016–21) · Heckingbottomc (2021) · Jokanović (2021) · Heckingbottom (2021–23) · Wilder (2023–25) · Sellés (2025–) |
| Middlesbrough Football Club - Managers |
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J.Robson (1899–1905) • Mackie (1905–06) • Aitken (1906–09) • Gunter (1909–10) • Walker (1910–11) • McIntosh (1911–19) • Howie (1920–23) • Bamlett (1923–26) • McWilliam (1927–34) • Gillow (1934–44) • Jack (1944–52) • Rowley (1952–54) • Dennison (1954–63) • Carter (1963–66) • Anderson (1966–73) • Charlton (1973–77) • Neal (1977–81) • Murdoch (1981–82) • Allison (1982–84) • Maddren (1984–86) • Rioch (1986–90) • Todd (1990–91) • Lawrence (1991–94) • B.Robson (1994–2001) • Venables (2001) • McClaren (2001–06) • Southgate (2006–09) • Strachan (2009–10) • Mowbray (2010–13) • Karanka (2013–17) • Agnew (2017) • Monk (2017) • Pulis (2017–19) • Woodgate (2019–20) • Warnock (2020–21) • Wilder (2021–22) • Carrick (2022–25) • Rob Edwards (2025) |
| Watford Football Club - Managers |
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Goodall (1903–10) · Kent (1910–26) · Pagnam (1926–29) · McBain (1929–37) · Findlay (1938–47) · Bray (1947–48) · Hapgood (1948–50) · Gray (1950–51) · Green (1951–52) · Goulden (1952–55) · Paton (1955–56) · Goulden (1956) · McBain (1956–59) · Burgess (1959–63) · McGarry (1963–64) · Furphy (1964–71) · Kirby (1971–73) · Keen (1973–77) · Taylor (1977–87) · Bassett (1987–88) · Harrison (1988–90) · Lee (1990) · Perryman (1990–93) · Roeder (1993–96) · Taylor (1996) · Jackett (1996–97) · Taylor (1997–2001) · Vialli (2001–02) · Lewington (2002–05) · Boothroyd (2005–08) · Mackay (2008) · Rodgers (2008–09) · Mackay (2009–11) · Dyche (2011–12) · Zola (2012–13) · Sannino (2013–14) · Garcia (2014) · McKinlay (2014) · Jokanović (2014–15) · Flores (2015–16) · Mazzari (2016–17) · Silva (2017–18) · Gracia (2018–19) · Sánchez Flores (2019) · Pearson (2019–20) · Ivić (2020) · Xisco (2020–21) · Ranieri (2021–22) · Hodgson (2022) · Edwards (2022) · Bilić (2022–23) · Wilder (2023) · Ismaël (2023) · |