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Chris Wilder
Personal information
Full name: Christopher John Wilder
Date of birth: 23 September 1967 (1967-09-23) (age 58)
Place of birth:    Stocksbridge, Flag of England England
Playing position: Defender
Club information
Current club Flag of England Sheffield United (manager)
Youth clubs
1982–1986 Flag of England Southampton
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
Flag of England Sheffield United
Flag of EnglandWalsall (loan)
Flag of EnglandCharlton Athletic (loan)
Flag of EnglandCharlton Athletic (loan)
Flag of EnglandLeyton Orient (loan)
Flag of England Rotherham United
Flag of England Notts County
Flag of England Bradford City
Flag of England Sheffield United
Flag of EnglandNorthampton Town (loan)
Flag of EnglandLincoln City (loan)
Flag of England Brighton & Hove Albion
Flag of England Halifax Town
093 00(1)
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0000(0)
0000(0)
016 00(1)
132 0(11)
046 00(0)
042 00(0)
012 00(0)
0000(0)
0000(0)
011 00(0)
051 00(1)
414 0(14)   
Teams managed
2001–2002
2002–2008
2008–2014
2014–2016
2016–2021
2021–2022
2023
2023–2025
2025–
Flag of England Alfreton Town
Flag of England Halifax Town
Flag of England Oxford United
Flag of England Northampton Town
Flag of England Sheffield United
Flag of England Middlesbrough
Flag of England Watford
Flag of England Sheffield United
Flag of England Sheffield United

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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Alfreton Town Football Club - Managers

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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Middlesbrough Football Club - Managers

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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