This article is about the footballer and manager. For the serial killer, see Christopher Wilder.
Chris Wilder
Wilder in 2008
Personal information
Full name
Christopher John Wilder
Date of birth
(1967-09-23) 23 September 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth
Stocksbridge, England
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s)
Right-back[2]
Team information
Current team
Sheffield United (manager)
Youth career
1982–1986
Southampton
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1986–1992
Sheffield United
93
(1)
1989
→ Walsall (loan)
4
(0)
1990
→ Charlton Athletic (loan)
1
(0)
1991
→ Charlton Athletic (loan)
2
(0)
1992
→ Leyton Orient (loan)
16
(1)
1992–1996
Rotherham United
132
(11)
1996–1997
Notts County
46
(0)
1997–1998
Bradford City
42
(0)
1998–1999
Sheffield United
12
(0)
1998
→ Northampton Town (loan)
1
(0)
1999
→ Lincoln City (loan)
3
(0)
1999
Brighton & Hove Albion
11
(0)
1999–2001
Halifax Town
51
(1)
Total
414
(14)
Managerial career
2001–2002
Alfreton Town
2002–2008
Halifax Town
2008–2014
Oxford United
2014–2016
Northampton Town
2016–2021
Sheffield United
2021–2022
Middlesbrough
2023
Watford
2023–
Sheffield United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Christopher John Wilder (born 23 September 1967) is an English professional football manager who formerly played as a right-back. He is the manager of EFL Championship club Sheffield United.
Wilder's extensive professional playing career saw spells at Sheffield United (twice), Rotherham United, Notts County, Bradford City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Halifax Town. He also had loan spells at five clubs.
After retiring, he became a manager and was in charge of Alfreton Town, Halifax Town (their last manager before liquidation), Oxford United, Northampton Town, Sheffield United, Middlesbrough and Watford. He won promotion from the Conference Premier with Oxford via the play-offs in 2010, from League Two as champions with Northampton in 2016, from League One with Sheffield United as champions in 2017, and from the Championship with the same club two years later. He is currently manager, for the second time, of Sheffield United.
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^"Chris Wilder". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
honours for boss Wilder". Sheffield United FC. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2019. "LMA Annual Awards: Chris Hughton, ChrisWilder and Paul Cook recognised"...
whose bodies were never found, Wilder began to target random women, many of whom were abducted from shopping malls. Wilder accidentally killed himself during...
age 13, he would take Wilder on as a student. The day after Wilder turned 13, he called the teacher, who accepted him; Wilder studied with him for two...
of "The Bronze Bomber", which Wilder coined after Joe Louis, who was known by the nickname of "The Brown Bomber". Wilder is known for his exceptional punching...
box-office success. A sequel, Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj, was released on December 1, 2006. A prequel, Van Wilder: Freshman Year, was released straight-to-DVD...
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Georginio Wijnaldum for the game's only goal in the 70th minute. His manager ChrisWilder warned him that he would have to do better to succeed for Manchester...
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centre back (usually on the right flank), a position he developed under ChrisWilder during the 2016–17 season. Having started as a junior with Newcastle...
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lead coach at Sheffield United in July 2020. After first-team manager ChrisWilder left the club by mutual consent in March 2021, with the team bottom of...
has also played as a trequartista in youth soccer, and was deployed by ChrisWilder in a second-striker role at Middlesbrough. Martin Keown compared Balogun...
1980), and Anand Wilder (born 1982 or 1983), first came to attention after appearing at the SXSW festival in early 2007. Keating and Wilder had previously...
to the new Northampton Town manager ChrisWilder, who had been Knill's assistant at Bury. He then followed Wilder to become his assistant manager at Sheffield...
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