Barry Wilson
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| Barry Wilson | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | February 16, 1972 (age 35) | |
| Place of birth | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Inverness CT | |
| Number | 7 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993-1994 1994-1996 1996-2000 2000-2003 2003- |
Ross County Raith Rovers Inverness CT Livingston Inverness CT |
? (?) 39 (5) 83 (28) 101 (25) 106 (27) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Barry John Wilson (born February 16, 1972 in Kirkcaldy) is a Scottish football player, currently playing for Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Wilson began his career in the Highland League at Ross County, where his father, Bobby Wilson, was manager. After a spell at Southampton, he returned to Ross County before moving to Raith Rovers in 1994. He was a member of the Raith squad that played in the UEFA Cup in 1994/95. In July 1996 Wilson signed for Inverness Caledonian Thistle and helped them to the Scottish Third Division title in 1996/97. In the following few seasons Wilson established himself as a firm favourite of the Caley Thistle fans, with his extraordinarily quick runs down the right wing and his ability to both create and score goals.
During season 1999/2000, Caley Thistle's then-manager Steve Paterson decided to move Wilson up front as a striker, which proved an extremely successful tactic, with Wilson scoring a number of goals that season. In the summer of 2000, Wilson was sold to Livingston, with whom he won the Scottish First Division title and was promoted to the SPL.
After three years at Livingston, Wilson returned to Caley Thistle in August 2003, under the management of John Robertson. Since then he has once again proved a valuable asset to the team.
Barry Wilson holds Scottish First Division winner's medals, won with Caley Thistle, Livingston and Raith Rovers, a Scottish Third Division winner's medal, won with Caley Thistle and a Challenge Cup winner's medal, also won with Caley Thistle. His most historic achievement was in scoring the last senior British goal of the old millennium (against Clydebank, 27 December 1999) and the first of the new millennium (against Livingston, 3 January 2000). He is also famous for scoring the opening goal when Caley Thistle beat Celtic 3-1 at Parkhead in the Scottish Cup on 8 February 2000.
Wilson was a self-confessed boyhood Dundee United fan, apparently to spite his Dundee supporting father!
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| Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. - Current Squad |
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2 Tokely | 4 Dods | 5 McCaffrey | 6 McBain | 7 Wilson | 8 Black | 9 Bayne | 10 Hart | 11 Morgan | 12 Duncan | 14 Munro | 16 Hastings | 17 Dargo | 18 McSwegan | 19 Wyness | 20 Paatelainen | 21 Fraser | 23 Ridgers | 24 Rankin | 25 Soane | 26 Sutherland | 28 McAllister | Manager: Christie |
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