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Chris Kirkland

Christopher Edmund Kirkland(born 2 May 1981) is an Englishfootballcoachand former professionalgoalkeeperwho is the head goalkeeping coach atColne.As a player, he made 321 league and cup appearances in an 18-year professional career from 1998 to 2016 and won onecapfor theEnglish national teamin 2006.

Chris Kirkland
Kirkland warming up withWigan Athleticin 2010
Personal information
Full name Christopher Edmund Kirkland[1]
Date of birth (1981-05-02)2 May 1981(age 43)[1]
Place of birth Barwell,England
Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Colne(Head Goalkeeping Coach)
Youth career
0000–1998 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Coventry City 24 (0)
2001–2006 Liverpool 25 (0)
2005–2006 →West Bromwich Albion(loan) 10 (0)
2006 →Wigan Athletic(loan) 9 (0)
2006–2012 Wigan Athletic 122 (0)
2010 →Leicester City(loan) 3 (0)
2011 →Doncaster Rovers(loan) 1 (0)
2012–2015 Sheffield Wednesday 85 (0)
2015–2016 Preston North End 5 (0)
2016 Bury 0 (0)
Total 284 (0)
International career
2001–2003 England U21 8 (0)
2006 England 1 (0)
Managerial career
2018 Liverpool Women(caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kirkland started his career atCoventry City,where he was regarded as one of the country's most promising young goalkeepers. He was later signed byPremier LeagueclubLiverpoolfor £6 million in August 2001. However, his time at the club was blighted by recurring injuries, which almost caused him to retire from football altogether. He would later sign forWigan Athleticin July 2006, after a successfulloanperiod. He had further loan spells at bothLeicester CityandDoncaster Roversbefore being signed bySheffield Wednesdayin May 2012. He joinedPreston North Endin August 2015 and had a brief spell withBurybefore retiring in August 2016.

A year after retiring from playing, Kirkland took up coaching withPort Valein January 2017. He subsequently joined the coaching staff ofLiverpool Womenthe following year and was briefly a player—managerfor a month and a half.

Club career

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Coventry City

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Kirkland was born inBarwell,Leicestershire, where he grew up with his parents, Marie and Eddie,[2]and attended Heathfield School and thenHenley College Coventry.[3][4]His father, Eddie, was a crane driver and spent many hours helping his son practise his goalkeeping skills.[5]After an unsuccessful trial withBlackburn Rovers,he accepted acontractoffer fromCoventry City.[6]He signed professional terms with the club in July 1998.[7]

Kirkland made his debut for Coventry in theLeague Cupin a 3–1 victory overTranmere RoversatHighfield Roadon 22 September 1999.[8]ManagerGordon Strachanbegan selecting him inPremier Leaguematches ahead of Swedish internationalMagnus Hedmandespite saying Kirkland was "bigBambiwho couldn't kick the ball out of thepenalty box".[5]His performances were rewarded at the end of the2000–01season when he made his debut for theEngland under-21s,[9]and was voted Coventry's Players' Player of the Year by his teammates.[10]He was linked with moves toArsenalandLiverpool,despite his relatively limited experience[11]and was eventually bought by Liverpool for £6 million in August 2001.[12]At the time he was the most expensive goalkeeper in Britishtransferhistory, at only 20 years old.[13]

Liverpool

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Kirkland made his debut for Liverpool in October 2001,[14]but mostly served as understudy to first-choice goalkeeperJerzy Dudekduring the2001–02season. He was an unusedsubstitutein the2002 FA Community Shieldat theMillennium Stadium,where Liverpool were beaten 1–0 byArsenal.[15]During the2002–03season, costly errors by Dudek in a league fixture againstManchester Unitedresulted in managerGérard Houllierhanding the first-team place to Kirkland in December.[16]He played 14 consecutive matches, during which he kept sixclean sheets,but sustained an ankle injury in January 2003, which ruled him out for the rest of the season,[17]meaning he missed the victorious2003 League Cup final.[18]He spent six weeks out of action after tearing hisgroinwhilst on England under-21 duty in September 2003.[19]Hefractured a fingerin December 2003, and was ruled out of action for four months after undergoing surgery to repair it.[20]

Kirkland ousted Dudek as first-choice Liverpool keeper at the beginning of the2004–05season and played 14 matches before he was again sidelined in December after succumbing to a long-standing back injury.[21]He had played fourChampions Leaguematches but was unable to be named in the squad for the2005 finaldue to injury;Scott Carson,who took his place on the bench inIstanbul,later offered his Champions League winners medal to Kirkland, who refused to accept it.[22]

In July 2005, Kirkland agreed to go on a season-longloantoBryan Robson'sWest Bromwich Albionto kick-start his career again.[23]He kept a clean sheet on his Albion debut as the team drew 0–0 away atManchester City.[24]An injury to Kirkland in the first half of the2005–06season saw Polish goalkeeperTomasz Kuszczakreplace him. Kuszczak showed excellent form and therefore remained first-choice goalkeeper atThe Hawthornsfor the rest of the season.[25]Kirkland also again spent time out of action with a broken finger, and was told by Liverpool managerRafael Benítezthat he would have to move away fromAnfieldif he wanted to play regular first-team football as new signingPepe Reinahad made an excellent start to his Liverpool career.[26]

Wigan Athletic

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Kirkland warming up withWigan Athleticin 2010

In July 2006, Kirkland joinedWigan Athleticon a six-month loan spell.[27]ManagerPaul Jewellsaid that "He certainly has the potential, but there's the obvious question mark over fitness. It's not just been one thing with him because he's been unlucky withbroken ribs,fingers, knee injuries, back. "[28]This move became permanent for a sum of £2.5 million on 27 October when the two clubs and Kirkland made a compromise.[29]He won the club's Players' Player of the Year and Media Player of the Year awards for the2007–08season.[30]A highlight of this season was saving aBenni McCarthypenaltyin a 5–3 win over Blackburn Rovers at theDW Stadium.[31]He committed his future to Wigan in May 2008 when he signed a new contract, tying him to the club until 2012.[32]

On 22 November 2009, Kirkland conceded nine goals in a Premier League match againstTottenham Hotspur.[33]SunderlandmanagerSteve Bruce– Kirkland's former manager at Wigan from November 2007 to June 2009 – was linked with a move for Kirkland in January 2010, but said that "talk of me bidding £5m for Chris Kirkland is garbage, but he is a very good goalkeeper, and I'm a big, big admirer of him".[34]Speaking in March 2010, managerRoberto Martínezsaid that "if you look at the standard of his performances – week in, week out – it is up there with the best in England".[35]

At the start of the2010–11 season,Wigan were heavily defeated in their first two matches againstBlackpoolandChelsea.He was replaced in the starting line-up byAli Al-Habsi.[36]On 25 November 2010, Kirkland joinedChampionshipclubLeicester Cityon loan until January.[37]Aback spasmsuffered during training in early December nearly ended his stint at the club,[38]but he resumed his loan after making a speedy recovery.[39]He made his debut in a 3–0 defeat toIpswich Townon 19 December.[40]Kirkland returned to Wigan for treatment on his back injury, after making three appearances atThe Walkers Stadium.[41]He was stretchered off after a collision withJohan Elmanderin a 1–1 draw againstBolton Wandererson 5 January 2011; Kirkland was in the Wigan squad due to Ali Al-Habsi's ineligibility to play against his parent club.[42]

Kirkland was going to joinCardiff Cityon an emergency loan in February 2011 as cover for goalkeeperTom Heaton,but the deal fell through after he picked up a virus.[43]On 12 October 2011, Kirkland joined ChampionshipDoncaster Roverson loan until January after attracting interest from new managerDean Saunders.[44]However, after less than a week into his loan spell at theKeepmoat Stadium,Kirkland was sent back to parent club Wigan following another back spasm.[45]

Sheffield Wednesday

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In May 2012, Kirkland signed a two-year contract with Championship clubSheffield Wednesday;managerDave Jonessaid whoever played best out of Kirkland andStephen Bywaterduring pre-season would win a first-team place.[46]Kirkland made his Wednesday debut in a 4–2 League Cup win overOldham Athleticon 13 August 2012.[47]On 19 October, he was assaulted by a fan who had run onto thepitchduring the 1–1 draw againstLeeds United.Kirkland required several minutes of treatment after the assault, which was captured on television cameras and immediately followed a Leeds goal.[48][49]His attacker, Aaron Cawley, went on to plead guilty to assault and was jailed for 16 weeks.[50]Kirkland remained as first-choice goalkeeper throughout most of the2012–13and2013–14campaigns, but wasrelegatedto second-choice behindKeiren Westwoodthroughout the majority of the2014–15season and leftHillsboroughin July 2015 after turning down managerStuart Gray's offer of a new contract.[51]

Later career

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On 12 August 2015, Kirkland joined Championship clubPreston North Endon a one-year contract.[52]He was signed as an understudy to on loan goalkeeperJordan Pickford,and remained on the bench after Pickford was recalled, asSam JohnstoneandAnders Lindegaardalso joined the club on loan.[53]Kirkland was released by managerSimon Graysonwhen his contract atDeepdaleexpired at the end of the2015–16season.[54]

Kirkland joinedLeague OneclubBuryon a one-year contract in June 2016.[55]However, he leftGigg Lanefor personal reasons before the2016–17season began in August.[56]He later revealed that he had been fighting a four-year battle withdepression.[57]

International career

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Kirkland won eightcapswith the England national under-21 team and was regularly selected for thesenior squadfrom 2003 onwards,[7]but did not make an appearance until he came on as a substitute for the second half of afriendlyagainstGreecein August 2006.[58]When Kirkland was eleven years old, his father and some family friends had placed bets of £100 each at 100/1 odds that he would play for England before the age of 30; Kirkland's appearance netted the group £10,000 each.[59]

Style of play

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Kirkland was identified at an early age as agoalkeeperwith an "uncommon mixture of height, agility and bravery".[57]

Coaching career

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Kirkland began coaching the goalkeepers at League One clubPort Valein January 2017 as a favour to his friend and former teammateMichael Brown.[60]He also set up the Chris Kirkland Goalkeeper Academy.[57]

In July 2018, Kirkland returned to Liverpool as a goalkeeping coach for thewomen's team.[61]He was appointedcaretaker managerof the team on 14 September upon the resignation ofNeil Redfearn.[62]Following Vicky Jepson's appointment as permanent manager on 26 October, he returned to his previous role as goalkeeping coach. He took on the additional duty as assistant manager.[63]He quit the role in March 2019 to focus on the growing demands of running his goalkeeping academy.[64]He was appointed as head goalkeeping coach atColnein June 2020.[65]

Personal life

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He and his wife Leeona had a daughter, Lucy, born on 14 November 2006, which caused him to miss an international friendly match againstNetherlandsthe next day.[66]In April 2008, Kirkland teamed up with fellow professionalsKevin DaviesandBrett Emertonto help launch theGet Startedprogramme. This national scheme aims to tackle re-offending. He visitedHindleyYouth Offenders' Institution in support of the scheme, which is delivered byThe Prince's Trustin partnership with the Premier League, thePFAand the Football Foundation.[67]

In July 2022, Kirkland opened up about hispainkilleraddiction and revealed he had previously considered taking his own life.[68]In July 2024, Kirkland was awarded an honorary doctorate for his mental health work byEdge Hill University.[69]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Coventry City 1998–99[70] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
1999–2000[8] Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
2000–01[71] Premier League 23 0 1 0 3 0 — 27 0
2001–02[72] First Division 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 24 0 1 0 4 0 — 29 0
Liverpool 2001–02[72] Premier League 1 0 0 0 1 0 2[a] 0 4 0
2002–03[73] Premier League 8 0 2 0 4 0 1[b] 0 15 0
2003–04[74] Premier League 6 0 1 0 1 0 4[b] 0 12 0
2004–05[75] Premier League 10 0 0 0 0 0 4[a] 0 14 0
Total 25 0 3 0 6 0 11 0 45 0
West Bromwich Albion(loan) 2005–06[76] Premier League 10 0 2 0 0 0 — 12 0
Wigan Athletic 2006–07[77] Premier League 26 0 0 0 0 0 — 26 0
2007–08[78] Premier League 37 0 1 0 0 0 — 38 0
2008–09[79] Premier League 32 0 0 0 2 0 — 34 0
2009–10[80] Premier League 32 0 0 0 0 0 — 32 0
2010–11[81] Premier League 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
2011–12[82] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 131 0 1 0 2 0 — 134 0
Leicester City(loan) 2010–11[81] Championship 3 0 — — — 3 0
Doncaster Rovers(loan) 2011–12[82] Championship 1 0 — — — 1 0
Sheffield Wednesday 2012–13[47] Championship 46 0 0 0 1 0 — 47 0
2013–14[83] Championship 35 0 0 0 1 0 — 36 0
2014–15[84] Championship 4 0 1 0 3 0 — 8 0
Total 85 0 1 0 5 0 — 91 0
Preston North End 2015–16[85] Championship 5 0 1 0 0 0 — 6 0
Career total 284 0 9 0 17 0 11 0 321 0
  1. ^abAppearances inUEFA Champions League
  2. ^abAppearance(s) inUEFA Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
England[86] 2006 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

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Coventry City

Liverpool

Individual

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