Alex Wilkinson
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Alex Wilkinson | ||
Personal information | ||
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Date of birth | August 13, 1984 | |
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | |
Height | 1.87 m | |
Playing position | Central Defender | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Central Coast Mariners | |
Number | 18 | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
2002–04 2005–present |
Northern Spirit Central Coast Mariners |
45 (0) 46 (0) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Alexander Wilkinson (born August 13, 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a right full back for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.
Alexander's bright career began in Epping Boys' High School where he showed excellent talent on the field as a sportsman and off the field in his sportsmanship.
He represented Australia in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. In August 2006, Alex was selected for the first time to join the 22 man Socceroos squad, training for the Asian Cup against Kuwait.
On Sunday 12 November, 2006, Noel Spencer was dropped from the starting eleven and in his absence Alex Wilkinson was named captain of the team. Spencer was then struck down with injury and Alex filled in as captain until round 18 when Spencer returned.
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Central Coast Mariners FC - Current Squad |
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1 Crawley | 3 O'Grady | 5 Porter | 6 Gumprecht | 7 Hutchinson | 8 McMaster | 9 Mrdja | 10 Pondeljak | 11 Brown | 12 Petrie | 13 Vidmar | 15 Clark | 16 Boogaard | 17 Osman | 18 Wilkinson | 19 Kwasnik | 20 Vukovic | 23 Jedinak | 30 Simon | 30 Trott | X Petrovski | X Owens | Coach McKinna |