Luke Wilkshire

Club

Wollongong Wolves

Position

Manager

Nationality

Australia

Date of birth

1981-10-02

Birthplace

Wollongong, Australia

Height

1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

72 kg

Signing / transfer fee

Retired

Luke Wilkshire (born 2 October 1981) is a former Australian international footballer who is currently coaching NPL NSW side Wollongong Wolves FC.

Born in Wollongong, Wilkshire played youth football for Albion Park, Wollongong Wolves and the Australian Institute of Sport before making his professional debut for English club Middlesbrough. In 2003, he moved to Bristol City, where he spent three seasons before moving to the Netherlands to play for Twente in 2006. Wilkshire next played in Russia for Dynamo Moscow, but later moved back to the Netherlands to play for Feyenoord in 2014. He was released from the club in August 2015 by mutual consent.

Wilkshire has played eighty times for the Australian national team. This includes matches at both the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 2007 and 2011 AFC Asian Cups. He was also a member of the squad at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup. Previously, with Australia's youth sides, Wilkshire took part in the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2004 Summer Olympics.