Chris Kirkland

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[1]
Place of birth Barwell, England
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team 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)
2005–2006 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 10 (0)
2006 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 9 (0)
2006–2012 Wigan Athletic 122 (0)
2010 → Leicester City (loan) 3 (0)
2011 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 1 (0)
2012–2015 Sheffield Wednesday 85 (0)
2015–2016 Preston North End 5 (0)
2016 Bury 0 (0)
Total 284 (0)
International career
2001–2003 England U21 8 (0)
2006 England 1 (0)
Managerial career
2018 Liverpool Women (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Coventry City 1998–99[2] Premier League 000000—00
1999–2000[3] Premier League 000010—10
2000–01[4] Premier League 2301030—270
2001–02[5] First Division 10———10
Total 2401040—290
Liverpool 2001–02[5] Premier League 1000102[a]040
2002–03[6] Premier League 8020401[b]0150
2003–04[7] Premier League 6010104[b]0120
2004–05[8] Premier League 10000004[a]0140
Total 2503060110450
West Bromwich Albion (loan) 2005–06[9] Premier League 1002000—120
Wigan Athletic 2006–07[10] Premier League 2600000—260
2007–08[11] Premier League 3701000—380
2008–09[12] Premier League 3200020—340
2009–10[13] Premier League 3200000—320
2010–11[14] Premier League 400000—40
2011–12[15] Premier League 000000—00
Total 13101020—1340
Leicester City (loan) 2010–11[14] Championship 30———30
Doncaster Rovers (loan) 2011–12[15] Championship 10———10
Sheffield Wednesday 2012–13[16] Championship 4600010—470
2013–14[17] Championship 3500010—360
2014–15[18] Championship 401030—80
Total 8501050—910
Preston North End 2015–16[19] Championship 501000—60
Career total 2840901701103210
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
England[20] 200610
Total10

Honours

Coventry City

  • FA Youth Cup runner-up: 1998–99[21]

Liverpool

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Games played by Chris Kirkland in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  15. 1 2 "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.


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