Alex Wilkinson

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Alex Wilkinson

Full name	Alexander Wilkinson
Date of birth	August 13, 1984 (1984-08-13) (age 23)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Central Coast Mariners
Number	18
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002 2002-2004 2004 2004-2005 2005-present	Manly-Warringah Northern Spirit Ryde City Gunners Manly United FC Central Coast Mariners	45 (0) 19 (3) 51 (0)
National team²
2001	Australia U-17 Australia U-20	10 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 26 November 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Alexander Wilkinson (born August 13, 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He is currently the captain of the Central Coast Mariners.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Honours
4 External links

[edit] Club career

Alexander's bright career began in Epping Boys' High School where he showed excellent talent on the field as a sportsman and off the field in his sportsmanship. His main junior football club was North Ryde. He currently plays as a right full back for the Australian A-League team Central Coast Mariners. On Sunday 12 November, 2006, Noel Spencer was dropped from the starting eleven and in his absence Alex Wilkinson was named captain of the team. Spencer was then struck down with injury and Alex filled in as captain until round 18 when Spencer returned. He was named Captain for Season 3 (2007-2008) and only injury has interrupted that (with ex Socceroo Tony Vidmar and mifdielder John Hutchinson filling in).

[edit] International career

He represented Australia in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. In August 2006, Alex was selected for the first time to join the 22 man Socceroos squad, training for the Asian Cup against Kuwait. He has also joined the 37 man training squad for the Socceroos against Qatar.