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Lee Wilkie

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Lee Wilkie
Personal information
Full name Lee Wilkie[1]
Date of birth (1980-04-20) 20 April 1980 (age 42)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2006 Dundee 111 (4)
2001 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2 (0)
2001 → Notts County (loan) 2 (0)
2001–2002 → Falkirk (loan) 9 (2)
2006–2010 Dundee United 81 (8)
2006–2007 → Ross County (loan) 4 (0)
Total 209 (14)
National team
1999–2000 Scotland under-21 8 (0)
2002–2003 Scotland 11 (1)
2003 Scotland B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Wilkie (born 20 April 1980) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a central defender. Wilkie spent the majority of his career in Dundee, playing for both Dundee and Dundee United. Wilkie started his career with Dundee, making over 100 appearances in the Scottish Premier League. He won 11 Scotland international caps between 2002 and 2003, during the tenure of Berti Vogts. Soon after this he suffered from a series of knee injuries, which led to Wilkie being released by Dundee in August 2006. Wilkie then signed for Dundee United and he again played regularly for a while, but ongoing knee problems forced his retirement from professional football in April 2010.

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Association football

Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposite team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is considered the world's most popular sport.

Dundee

Dundee

Dundee is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was 148,210, giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or 6,420/sq mi, the second-highest in Scotland. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea. Under the name of Dundee City, it forms one of the 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland.

Dundee F.C.

Dundee F.C.

Dundee Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland, founded in 1893. The team are nicknamed "The Dark Blues" or "The Dee". The club plays its home matches at Dens Park.

Dundee United F.C.

Dundee United F.C.

Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nicknamed The Terrors or The Tangerines and the supporters are known as Arabs.

Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Football League (SFL). It was abolished in 2013, when the SPL and SFL merged to form the new Scottish Professional Football League, with its top division being known as the Scottish Premiership. A total of 19 clubs competed in the SPL, but only the Old Firm clubs - Celtic and Rangers - won the league championship.

Scotland national football team

Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in men's international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. It competes in the three major professional tournaments: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Scotland, as a country of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the International Olympic Committee, and therefore the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games. The majority of Scotland's home matches are played at the national stadium, Hampden Park.

Berti Vogts

Berti Vogts

Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga his whole professional club career and won the FIFA World Cup with West Germany in 1974. He later managed the national teams of Germany, Scotland, Nigeria and Azerbaijan.

Playing career

Wilkie had been with city rivals Dundee for his entire professional career, having ended his contract with them in August 2006. During his time at Dens Park, he had short loan spells in England with Plymouth Argyle and Notts County, plus nine games with Falkirk.

Wilkie suffered serious anterior cruciate ligament injuries in January 2004 (ironically, against United) and in April 2005, which left him without the ligament. Unable to receive an operation, he hoped to continue playing professional football by strengthening the knee muscles to compensate for the lack of ligament.[2]

Despite interest from other clubs, Wilkie announced his intention to give first option on a contract to the team he has supported all his life, Dundee United.[3] In October 2006, it was announced that Dundee United would offer Wilkie a 'pay as you play' contract,[4] with Wilkie's signing confirmed on 10 October 2006.

In early-November 2006, new manager Craig Levein stated his intention to send Wilkie out on loan for "about a month", feeling he was "not ready to play first-team matches at this [SPL] level."[5] Subsequently, in December 2006, Lee joined Scottish First Division side Ross County on a one-month loan deal.[6]

Following his spell at Ross County, Wilkie returned to Dundee United and played in a 1–0 defeat to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on 20 January 2007. After the match, Wilkie cast doubt on his future at Tannadice by expressing doubts over his ability to play in the SPL due to his ongoing injury and fitness issues, and stated he will review his situation in the near future.[7] Wilkie, like defensive colleagues David McCracken and Lee Mair, was to be out of contract at the end of 2006–07, but signed a two-year deal in March 2007 to take him to summer 2009.[8]

On 1 February 2008, following Barry Robson's move to Celtic, Wilkie was named captain; six weeks later, he led the team out at Hampden Park for the 2008 Scottish League Cup Final, where he was one of three players to miss a penalty in the defeat to Rangers.[9]

In January 2009 Wilkie signed a new three-year contract until May 2012[10] but announced his retirement on 3 April 2010 due to ongoing knee problems.[11]

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Dundee F.C.

Dundee F.C.

Dundee Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland, founded in 1893. The team are nicknamed "The Dark Blues" or "The Dee". The club plays its home matches at Dens Park.

Dens Park

Dens Park

Dens Park, officially known as Kilmac Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland, which is the home of Scottish Championship club Dundee F.C. and has a capacity of 11,775. Tannadice Park, the home of rivals Dundee United, is just 200 yards away.

Notts County F.C.

Notts County F.C.

Notts County Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nottingham, England. The team participate in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Founded on 25 November 1862, it is the oldest professional association football club in the world and predates the Football Association itself. The club became one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888. They are nicknamed the "Magpies" due to the black and white colour of their home strip, which inspired Italian club Juventus to adopt the colours for their kit in 1903. After playing at different home grounds during its first fifty years, including Trent Bridge, the club moved to Meadow Lane in 1910 and remains there. Notts County has a local rivalry with city neighbour Nottingham Forest, as well as with other nearby clubs such as Mansfield Town.

Falkirk F.C.

Falkirk F.C.

Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1876 and competes in Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football, as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League. The club was elected to the Second Division of the Scottish Football League in 1902–03, was promoted to the First Division after two seasons and achieved its highest league position in the early 1900s when it was runner-up to Celtic in 1907–08 and 1909–10. The football club was registered as a Limited Liability Company in April 1905 – Falkirk Football & Athletic Club Ltd.

Anterior cruciate ligament

Anterior cruciate ligament

The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of a pair of cruciate ligaments in the human knee. The two ligaments are also called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation. In the quadruped stifle joint, based on its anatomical position, it is also referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament. The term cruciate translates to cross. This name is fitting because the ACL crosses the posterior cruciate ligament to form an “X”. It is composed of strong, fibrous material and assists in controlling excessive motion. This is done by limiting mobility of the joint. The anterior cruciate ligament is one of the four main ligaments of the knee, providing 85% of the restraining force to anterior tibial displacement at 30 and 90° of knee flexion. The ACL is the most injured ligament of the four located in the knee.

Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire Council. With a population of 46,770, Kilmarnock is the 14th most populated settlement in Scotland and the largest town in Ayrshire. The town is continuous to nearby neighbouring villages Crookedholm and Hurlford to the east, and Kilmaurs to the west of the town. It includes former villages subsumed by the expansion of the town such as Bonnyton and new purpose built suburbs such as New Farm Loch. The town and the surrounding Greater Kilmarnock area is home to 32 listed buildings and structures designated by Historic Environment Scotland.

David McCracken

David McCracken

David McCracken is a Scottish football player and coach, whose last role was as co-manager of Falkirk between 2019 and 2021. McCracken, who played as a central defender, was a Scotland under-21 internationalist, having made five appearances at that level between 2001 and 2003. McCracken started his career with Dundee United in the Scottish Premier League and was a first team player there for seven years before leaving in May 2007. He subsequently played in England for Football League clubs Wycombe Wanderers, Milton Keynes Dons and Brentford before returning to Scotland with St Johnstone in 2011. He joined Falkirk in August 2013, playing with the club for four seasons, before finishing his playing career with Peterhead.

Lee Mair

Lee Mair

Lee Mair is a Scottish former footballer who played as a central defender. Mair played for Dundee, Aberdeen, St Mirren, Partick Thistle, Dumbarton and Stranraer, as well as having had a spell in the English League 1 with Stockport County.

2006–07 in Scottish football

2006–07 in Scottish football

The 2006–07 season was the 110th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Barry Robson

Barry Robson

Barry Gordon George Robson is a Scottish football coach and former player who is currently the interim manager of Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen. Robson played as a midfielder for several clubs in Scotland, England and Canada and represented Scotland internationally.

Celtic F.C.

Celtic F.C.

The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic, is a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, which plays in the Scottish Premiership. The club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigrant Irish population in the East End of Glasgow. They played their first match in May 1888, a friendly match against Rangers which Celtic won 5–2. Celtic established themselves within Scottish football, winning six successive league titles during the first decade of the 20th century. The club enjoyed their greatest successes during the 1960s and 70s under Jock Stein, when they won nine consecutive league titles and the 1967 European Cup. Celtic have played in green and white throughout their history, adopting hoops in 1903, which have been used ever since.

Hampden Park

Hampden Park

Hampden Park, often referred to as Hampden, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 51,866-capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland. It is the normal home venue of the Scotland national football team and was the home of club side Queen's Park for over a century. Hampden regularly hosts the latter stages of the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup competitions and has also been used for music concerts and other sporting events, such as when it was reconfigured as an athletics stadium for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

International career

Prior to his injury problems, Wilkie was a regular in the Scottish national team. He was given his international debut by Berti Vogts, in a Reunification Cup match against South Africa in May 2002. His only international goal secured a 2–1 victory over Iceland at Hampden in March 2003. Wilkie's last international appearance was an unhappy experience, as the Scots suffered a 6–0 defeat against the Netherlands in November 2003 that ended their hopes of reaching UEFA Euro 2004.

Wilkie was offered a return to international football in November 2007 through the Scotland B team, but he declined selection because he needed more games to be ready to compete at international level. After playing regularly for the whole of season 2007–08 and completing pre-season training for 2008–09 without any serious injury problems, Wilkie said he wanted to be selected.[12] A recall never came, however, leaving him with a total of 11 caps.[13]

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Scotland national football team

Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in men's international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. It competes in the three major professional tournaments: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Scotland, as a country of the United Kingdom, is not a member of the International Olympic Committee, and therefore the national team does not compete in the Olympic Games. The majority of Scotland's home matches are played at the national stadium, Hampden Park.

Berti Vogts

Berti Vogts

Hans-Hubert "Berti" Vogts is a German former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga his whole professional club career and won the FIFA World Cup with West Germany in 1974. He later managed the national teams of Germany, Scotland, Nigeria and Azerbaijan.

Iceland national football team

Iceland national football team

The Iceland national football team represents Iceland in men's international football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland, and have been a FIFA member since 1947 and an UEFA member since 1957. The team's nickname is Strákarnir okkar, which means Our Boys in Icelandic.

Hampden Park

Hampden Park

Hampden Park, often referred to as Hampden, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 51,866-capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland. It is the normal home venue of the Scotland national football team and was the home of club side Queen's Park for over a century. Hampden regularly hosts the latter stages of the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup competitions and has also been used for music concerts and other sporting events, such as when it was reconfigured as an athletics stadium for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Netherlands national football team

Netherlands national football team

The Netherlands national football team has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The men's national team is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), the governing body for football in the Netherlands, which is a part of UEFA, under the jurisdiction of FIFA. They were sometimes regarded as the greatest national team of the respective generations. Most of the Netherlands home matches are played at the Johan Cruyff Arena, De Kuip, Philips Stadion and De Grolsch Veste.

UEFA Euro 2004

UEFA Euro 2004

The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Portugal, from 12 June to 4 July 2004. A total of 31 matches were played in ten venues across eight cities – Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Guimarães, Faro/Loulé, Leiria, Lisbon, and Porto.

Management career

After retiring from his playing career, Wilkie joined Premier Sports Management as a client manager.[14] He became assistant manager of Montrose in the summer of 2012 but left the following May because of family and other work commitments.[15]

Career stats

Club

Club performance
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Dundee 1999–00 23 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
2000–01 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Plymouth Argyle (loan) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dundee 2001–02 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0
Notts County (loan) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Falkirk (loan) 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
Dundee 2002–03 35 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 42 2
2003–04 21 1 2 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 29 2
2004–05 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2005–06 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Dundee United 2006–07 33 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 35 1
Ross County (loan) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Dundee United 2007–08 29 3 3 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 36 4
Total 187 10 14 0 13 2 6 0 0 0 220 12

International

Scotland national team[16]
Year Apps Goals
2002 5 0
2003 6 1
Total 11 1

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.[17]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 March 2003 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Iceland 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 5

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Dundee F.C.

Dundee F.C.

Dundee Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland, founded in 1893. The team are nicknamed "The Dark Blues" or "The Dee". The club plays its home matches at Dens Park.

2000–01 in Scottish football

2000–01 in Scottish football

The 2000–01 season was the 104th season of competitive football in Scotland.

2001–02 in Scottish football

2001–02 in Scottish football

The 2001–02 season was the 105th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Falkirk F.C.

Falkirk F.C.

Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1876 and competes in Scottish League One, the third tier of Scottish football, as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League. The club was elected to the Second Division of the Scottish Football League in 1902–03, was promoted to the First Division after two seasons and achieved its highest league position in the early 1900s when it was runner-up to Celtic in 1907–08 and 1909–10. The football club was registered as a Limited Liability Company in April 1905 – Falkirk Football & Athletic Club Ltd.

2002–03 in Scottish football

2002–03 in Scottish football

The 2002–03 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Scotland.

2003–04 in Scottish football

2003–04 in Scottish football

The 2003–04 season was the 107th season of competitive football in Scotland.

2004–05 in Scottish football

2004–05 in Scottish football

The 2004–05 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland.

2005–06 in Scottish football

2005–06 in Scottish football

The 2005–06 season was the 109th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Dundee United F.C.

Dundee United F.C.

Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the city of Dundee. The club name is usually abbreviated to Dundee United. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923. United are nicknamed The Terrors or The Tangerines and the supporters are known as Arabs.

2006–07 in Scottish football

2006–07 in Scottish football

The 2006–07 season was the 110th season of competitive football in Scotland.

2007–08 in Scottish football

2007–08 in Scottish football

The 2007–08 season was the 111th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Hampden Park

Hampden Park

Hampden Park, often referred to as Hampden, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 51,866-capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland. It is the normal home venue of the Scotland national football team and was the home of club side Queen's Park for over a century. Hampden regularly hosts the latter stages of the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup competitions and has also been used for music concerts and other sporting events, such as when it was reconfigured as an athletics stadium for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Honours

Dundee

2002–03

Dundee United

2007–08
October 2007

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Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup

The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the Scottish Cup, is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in Scotland. The competition was first held in 1873–74. Entry is open to all 122 clubs with full membership of the Scottish Football Association (SFA), along with up to eight other clubs who are associate members.

2002–03 in Scottish football

2002–03 in Scottish football

The 2002–03 season was the 106th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Scottish League Cup

Scottish League Cup

The Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) clubs. First held in 1946–47, it is the oldest national League cup in existence. The competition had a straight knockout format but became a group and knockout competition from 2016–17.

2007–08 in Scottish football

2007–08 in Scottish football

The 2007–08 season was the 111th season of competitive football in Scotland.

Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League (SPL) was the top level league competition for professional football clubs in Scotland. The league was founded in 1998, when it broke away from the Scottish Football League (SFL). It was abolished in 2013, when the SPL and SFL merged to form the new Scottish Professional Football League, with its top division being known as the Scottish Premiership. A total of 19 clubs competed in the SPL, but only the Old Firm clubs - Celtic and Rangers - won the league championship.

Source: "Lee Wilkie", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, September 1st), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Wilkie.

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Craig Levein

Christian Dailly

Paul Gallacher

Mark Wilson (Scottish footballer)

Lee Mair

Stephen O'Donnell (footballer, born 1983)

Keith Watson (footballer)
References
  1. ^ "Lee Wilkie". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Surgery won't save Wilkie career". BBC Sport website. 3 April 2006.
  3. ^ "United have first option – Wilkie". BBC Sport website. 8 September 2006.
  4. ^ "Wilkie set to win Tannadice deal". BBC Sport website. 5 October 2006.
  5. ^ "Wilkie set up for spell on loan". BBC Sport website. 2 November 2006.
  6. ^ "Wilkie goes on loan to Dingwall". BBC Sport website. 15 December 2006.
  7. ^ "Kilmarnock 1 Dundee United 0". The Scotsman. 21 January 2007.
  8. ^ "Wilkie signs new Tannadice deal". BBC Sport website. 20 March 2007.
  9. ^ McGuigan, Thomas (16 March 2008). "Dundee Utd 2–2 Rangers". BBC Sport website.
  10. ^ "Wilkie pens new deal at Tannadice". BBC Sport. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  11. ^ "Knee injury forces Dundee United's Lee Wilkie to retire". BBC Sport.
  12. ^ "Wilkie wants national recall". Evening Telegraph. DC Thomson. 6 June 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008.
  13. ^ The Scottish Football Association awarded caps for match against Hong Kong Select in 2002, which was not a FIFA-recognised international match.
  14. ^ Spence, Jim (18 June 2010). "Lee Wilkie takes up new sports management role". BBC News. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  15. ^ Robertson, Neil (21 May 2013). "Lee Wilkie stands down as Montrose assistant manager". Courier. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  16. ^ National Football Teams profile
  17. ^ SFA profile
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