Luke Wilkshire

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Luke Wilkshire
Personal information

Full name	Luke Wilkshire
Date of birth	(1981-10-02) 2 October 1981
Place of birth	Wollongong, Australia
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Dynamo Moscow
Number	23
Youth career
1992–1995	Albion Park
1995–1997	Wollongong Wolves
1997–1998	AIS
1998–2000	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2000–2003	Middlesbrough	22	(0)
2003–2006	Bristol City	112	(17)
2006–2008	Twente	59	(5)
2008–	Dynamo Moscow	136	(2)
National team^‡
2001	Australia U-20	12	(3)
2003–2004	Australia U-23	17	(4)
2004–	Australia	79	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2013

Luke Wilkshire (born 2 October 1981 in Wollongong, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for Dynamo Moscow in the Russian Premier League. He plays at right back.

Playing career

Club

Wilkshire played his junior football with his home town club of Albion Park and attended Albion Park High School. He moved on to represent his region by joining the Wollongong Wolves youth setup and spending several seasons there. Wilkshire then travelled to Canberra to spend a year at the AIS football program, Australia's elite sports academy. He then moved overseas and was part of Middlesbrough's youth system. He made several senior appearances for them in the Premier League, including a sending off against Arsenal, and also started in an FA Cup semi-final, but ultimately never established himself in the first team. In search of regular football, Wilkshire decided on a move to Second Division club Bristol City.

His solid performances at the 2006 FIFA World Cup earned him a trial and subsequent three-year deal with Dutch top flight club FC Twente despite reported interest from other Dutch clubs, including Ajax and PSV Eindhoven. His league debut for FC Twente ended badly when he was sent off. However, Wilkshire would go on to play regularly in the 2006–07 campaign which saw FC Twente qualify for the UEFA Cup. Subsequently, in the 2007–08 campaign, FC Twente and Wilkshire accomplished an even bigger achievement: for the first time in the club history, FC Twente qualified for the preliminary round of the Champions League.

On 26 August 2008, Wilkshire moved to Russian side Dynamo Moscow for a reported €6 million transfer fee;^[1] while other sources suggested transfer fee was only €2 million.^[2] He made his Russian Premier League debut for Dynamo Moscow on 31 August 2008, playing the full 90 minutes against FC Moscow at the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow. He scored his first goal for Dynamo from a penalty on 27 September 2008, playing against Krylya Sovetov in Samara, Russia.

International

Wilkshire has represented Australia at youth level earlier in his career, playing in the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina, and in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

During three years of playing regular first-team football for Bristol City, Wilkshire's game and versatility improved; so much so that former Australia coach, Guus Hiddink, described him as a "modern player." Hiddink also claimed Wilkshire was one of the most technically gifted players in the Socceroo side.^[3] Wilkshire was selected in Australia's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and started against Japan and Italy.

On 14 November 2009, Wilkshire scored his first goal for his country in a 2–1 win over Oman in an Asian Cup Qualifier, in Muscat, Oman. Despite Australia going down to 10-men and conceding a penalty to go down 1–0, Wilkshire scored the equaliser in the 43rd minute. He was then involved in the second goal in the 82nd minute putting a left-footed ball over the Omani defence to set David Carney free who then crossed to Brett Emerton who scored to win the game 2–1 for Australia.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Wilkshire started in all three group games for Australia. Playing at right back, Wilkshire was vital in coming forward sending in a total of 18 crosses for the tournament. Late in Australia's last game versus Serbia, Wilkshire injured his groin and was subbed off – the severity of the injury has not been made public.

Wilkshire played in the 2011 Asian Cup Finals in Qatar, starting the first two games against India and South Korea respectively but missing Australia's final group-stage game against Bahrain due to injury. Wilkshire returned to play the full 120 minutes in Australia's extra-time quarter-final win over Iraq and he also played in the semi-final victory over Uzbekistan, and in the final against Japan, which Australia lost 1–0 in extra time.

On internet blogs and from reader comments on football websites, Wilkshire's nickname was "Long Ball Luke" because of his perceived predilection for kicking long balls, rather than passing.

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of 12 June 2013

Club	Division	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Division	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Middlesbrough	Premier League	2001–02	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
		2002–03	14	0	2	0	0	0	16	0
		2003–04	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Middlesbrough total		22	0	3	0	0	0	25	0
Bristol City	League One	2003–04	39	2	6	1	0	0	45	3
		2004–05	37	10	4	0	0	0	41	10
		2005–06	36	5	2	0	0	0	38	5
	Bristol City total		112	17	12	1	0	0	124	18
FC Twente	Eredivisie	2006–07	29	2	1	0	2	0	32	2
	Eredivisie	2007–08	30	3	4	0	2	0	36	3
	Twente total		59	5	5	0	4	0	68	5
Dynamo Moscow	Russian Premier League	2008	11	2	3	0	0	0	14	2
		2009	27	0	1	0	4	0	32	0
		2010	26	0	3	0	0	0	29	0
		2011–12	39	0	4	0	0	0	43	0
		2012–13	17	0	1	0	3	0	21	0
		2013–14	16	0	1	0	0	0	17	0
	Dynamo total		136	2	13	0	7	0	156	2
Career total			329	24	33	1	11	0	373	25

International appearances

Australia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2004	2	0
2005	4	0
2006	7	0
2007	8	0
2008	10	0
2009	7	1
2010	12	2
2011	16	3
2012	7	1
2013	4	1
Total	77	8

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	14 November 2009	Muscat, Oman	Oman	1–1	1–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2.	6 January 2010	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	0–1	2–2	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3.	7 September 2010	Krakow, Poland	Poland	1–2	1–2	Friendly
4.	29 March 2011	Monchengladbach, Germany	Germany	1–2	1–2	Friendly
5.	6 September 2011	Dammam, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	1–3	1–3	2014 World Cup Qualifier
6.	7 October 2011	Canberra, Australia	Malaysia	1–0	5–0	Friendly
7.	12 June 2012	Brisbane, Australia	Japan	1–1	1–1	2014 World Cup Qualifier
8.	6 February 2013	Malaga, Spain	Romania	1–1	2–3	Friendly

As of 12 June 2013

Honours

International

Australia

References

↑
↑ Wilkshire Signs For Dinamo Moscow Article from the Swiss web-site Goal.com published on 26 August 2008.
↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/06/04/1654646.htm

External links

Australia squads

v t e Australia men's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics

1 Jones 2 North 3 Cansdell-Sherriff 4 Moore 5 McKain 6 Madaschi 7 Elrich 8 Wilkshire 9 Aloisi 10 Cahill 11 Brosque 12 Tarka 13 Valeri 14 Holman 15 Danze 16 Dilevski 17 Griffiths 18 Galeković Coach: Farina

v t e Australia squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

1 Schwarzer 2 Muscat 3 Moore 4 Neill 5 T. Vidmar 6 Popovic 7 Emerton 8 Skoko 9 Viduka 10 Cahill 11 Chipperfield 12 Petkovic 13 Wilkshire 14 Colosimo 15 Aloisi 16 Zdrilic 17 McKain 18 Kalac 19 Čulina 20 Miličević 21 Elrich 22 Thompson 23 Sterjovski Coach: Farina

v t e Australia squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Schwarzer 2 Neill 3 Moore 4 Cahill 5 Čulina 6 Popovic 7 Emerton 8 Skoko 9 Viduka (c) 10 Kewell 11 Lazaridis 12 Čović 13 Grella 14 Chipperfield 15 Aloisi 16 Beauchamp 17 Thompson 18 Kalac 19 Kennedy 20 Wilkshire 21 Sterjovski 22 Milligan 23 Bresciano Coach: Hiddink

v t e Australia squad – 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 Coach: Arnold

v t e Australia squad – 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 Galeković 19 García 20 Milligan 21 Carney 22 Vidošić 23 Bresciano Coach: Verbeek

v t e Australia squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup Runners-up

1 Schwarzer 2 Neill (c) 3 Carney 4 Cahill 5 Čulina 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 Špiranović 21 McKain 22 Kilkenny 23 Kruse Coach: Osieck

v t e FC Dynamo Moscow – current squad

1 Shunin 3 Zhirkov 5 Douglas 6 Fernández 7 Dzsudzsák 8 Yusupov 9 Kokorin 10 Voronin 11 Kasaev 13 Granat 16 Noboa 18 Berezovsky 19 Frolov 21 Florescu 22 Kurányi 23 Wilkshire 25 Dyadyun 27 Denisov 28 Rotenberg 32 Lomić 47 Zobnin 55 Gabulov 84 Samba 99 Ionov Gatagov Solomatin Manager: Petrescu

Persondata
Name	Wilkshire, Luke
Alternative names
Short description	Australian footballer
Date of birth	2 October 1981
Place of birth	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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