Luke Wilkshire

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Luke Wilkshire
Personal information
Full name:	Luke Wilkshire
Date of birth:	2 October 1981 (1981-10-02)
Place of birth:	Wollongong, Australia
Height:	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position:	Right back
Nationality:	Australian
Club information
Current club	Wollongong Wolves (head coach)
Youth clubs
1992–1995 1995–1997 1997–1998 1998–2000	Albion Park Wollongong Wolves AIS Middlesbrough
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2000–2003 2003–2006 2006–2008 2008–2014 2014–2015 2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018 Total	Middlesbrough Bristol City Twente Dynamo Moscow Feyenoord Terek Grozny Dynamo Moscow Sydney FC Wollongong Wolves	022 00(0) 0112 0(17) 059 00(5) 0143 0(2) 018 00(0) 06 000(0) 06 000(0) 025 00(1) 011 00(1) 0403 0(26)
National team
2004–2014	Australia	080 00(8)
Teams managed
2018–	Wollongong Wolves

Luke Wilkshire (born 2 October 1981) is a former Australian international player who is currently coaching NPL NSW side Wollongong Wolves FC.

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.

Honours

International

Australia

• OFC U-20 Championship: 2001
• OFC Nations Cup: 2004

External links

• Luke Wilkshire at Soccerway

Template:Australia squad (2005 FIFA Confederations Cup)

Australia – 2006 FIFA World Cup

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Australia – 2007 AFC Asian Cup

1.Schwarzer 2.Neill 3.Kisnorbo 4.Cahill 5.Čulina 6.Beauchamp 7.Emerton 8.Wilkshire 9.Viduka 10.Kewell 11.Thompson 12.Jones 13.Grella 14.Holman 15.Aloisi 16.Thwaite 17.Valeri 18.Petkovic 19.Carle 20.Carney 21.Sterjovski 22.Milligan 23.Bresciano Manager:   Graham Arnold

Australia – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1.Schwarzer 2.Neill (c) 3.Moore 4.Cahill 5.Čulina 6.Beauchamp 7.Emerton 8.Wilkshire 9.Kennedy 10.Kewell 11.Chipperfield 12.Federici 13.Grella 14.Holman 15.Jedinak 16.Valeri 17.Rukavytsya 18.Galekovic 19.Garcia 20.Milligan 21.Carney 22.Vidošić 23.Bresciano Manager:   Pim Verbeek

Australia – 2011 AFC Asian Cup

1.Schwarzer 2.Neill (c) 3.Carney 4.Cahill 5.Culina 6.Ognenovski 7.Emerton 8.Wilkshire 9.McDonald 10.Kewell 11.Burns 12.Coe 13.North 14.Holman 15.Jedinak 16.Valeri 17.McKay 18.Jones 19.Oar 20.Spiranovic 21.McKain 22.Kilkenny 23.Kruse Manager:   Holger Osieck