Chris Kirkland

English association football player (born 1981)

Chris Kirkland (born 2 May 1981) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the head coach at Colne.

Chris Kirkland
Kirkland warming up with Wigan Athletic in 2010
Personal information
Full name Christopher Edmund Kirkland[1]
Date of birth (1981-05-02) 2 May 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Barwell, England
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Colne (Head Goalkeeping Coach)
Youth career
0000–1998 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Coventry City 24 (0)
2001–2006 Liverpool 25 (0)
2005–2006West Bromwich Albion (loan) 10 (0)
2006Wigan Athletic (loan) 9 (0)
2006–2012 Wigan Athletic 122 (0)
2010Leicester City (loan) 3 (0)
2011Doncaster Rovers (loan) 1 (0)
2012–2015 Sheffield Wednesday 85 (0)
2015–2016 Preston North End 5 (0)
2016 Bury 0 (0)
Total 284 (0)
National team
2001–2003 England U21 8 (0)
2006 England 1 (0)
Teams managed
2018 Liverpool Women (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Coventry City 1998–99[2] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999–2000[3] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2000–01[4] Premier League 23 0 1 0 3 0 27 0
2001–02[5] First Division 1 0 1 0
Total 24 0 1 0 4 0 29 0
Liverpool 2001–02[5] Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 4 0
2002–03[6] Premier League 8 0 2 0 4 0 1[b] 0 15 0
2003–04[7] Premier League 6 0 1 0 1 0 4[b] 0 12 0
2004–05[8] Premier League 10 0 0 0 0 0 4[a] 0 14 0
Total 25 0 3 0 6 0 11 0 45 0
West Bromwich Albion (loan) 2005–06[9] Premier League 10 0 2 0 0 0 12 0
Wigan Athletic 2006–07[10] Premier League 26 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
2007–08[11] Premier League 37 0 1 0 0 0 38 0
2008–09[12] Premier League 32 0 0 0 2 0 34 0
2009–10[13] Premier League 32 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
2010–11[14] Premier League 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2011–12[15] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 131 0 1 0 2 0 134 0
Leicester City (loan) 2010–11[14] Championship 3 0 3 0
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 2011–12[15] Championship 1 0 1 0
Sheffield Wednesday 2012–13[16] Championship 46 0 0 0 1 0 47 0
2013–14[17] Championship 35 0 0 0 1 0 36 0
2014–15[18] Championship 4 0 1 0 3 0 8 0
Total 85 0 1 0 5 0 91 0
Preston North End 2015–16[19] Championship 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Career total 284 0 9 0 17 0 11 0 321 0
  1. 1.0 1.1 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. 2.0 2.1 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England[20] 2006 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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Coventry City

Liverpool

Individual

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  3. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  6. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  7. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  8. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  9. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  10. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  11. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  12. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  13. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  14. 14.0 14.1 "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  16. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  17. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  18. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  19. "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  20. "Kirkland, Chris". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  21. Dent, Adam (14 May 1999). "West Ham United Youth (3) 6 Coventry City Youth (0) 0". CWN. Coventry Internet Developments. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  22. Gandini, Luca (2 June 2016). "European Champions' Club Cup/UEFA Champions League Winning Squads". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  23. "Slick Arsenal win Shield". BBC Sport. 11 August 2002. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  24. "Kirkland's challenge". Coventry Telegraph. 18 May 2001. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  25. "No. 1 signing of the summer". Wigan Athletic F.C. 21 May 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2008.