About Luke Wilkshire
Luke Wilkshire (born 2 October 1981) is an Australian soccer coach and a former player who is currently head coach of Australian Championship side Wollongong Wolves. 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. After progressing through the first team, Wilkshire made his Middlesbrough debut on 6 March 2002, where he played the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against Southampton. Wilkshire made his Bristol City debut, making his first start and playing 90 minutes, in a 5–0 win over Notts County in the opening game of the season. Wilkshire finished his first season at the club, making forty-five appearances and scoring two times in all competitions. After this, Wilkshire returned to the first team and then scored twice, in a 4–1 win over Brentford on 30 August 2004.
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