Anthony Pilkington

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Anthony Pilkington
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Personnel
Surname Anthony Neil James Pilkington
birthday June 6, 1988
place of birth Blackburn ,  England
size 1.83 m
position Striker , midfielder
Juniors
Years station
2003-2004 Preston North End
2004-2005 Manchester United
2005-2006 Blackburn Rovers
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2006 Atherton Collieries 35 (19)
2006-2009 Stockport County 80 (17)
2009-2011 Huddersfield Town 90 (19)
2011-2014 Norwich City 75 (14)
2014-2019 Cardiff City 103 (20)
2019– Wigan Athletic 10 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2008 Ireland U-21 1 0(0)
2013– Ireland 9 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 30, 2019

2 As of November 25, 2018

Anthony Neil James Pilkington (born June 6, 1988 in Blackburn ) is an English football player .

Career

Stockport County

After he had drawn attention to himself by numerous hits for the lower class club Atherton Collieries , Anthony Pilkington moved on December 23, 2006 to the English fourth division club Stockport County . After a narrowly missed play-off participation in 2006/07, County reached fourth place in the table in the 2007/08 season and qualified in the subsequent play-offs against the Wycombe Wanderers and the AFC Rochdale for the third division.

Huddersfield Town

On January 23, 2009, the third division rival Huddersfield Town signed him , with whom he finished the 2008/09 season in ninth place. In the Football League One 2009/10 the club from Huddersfield reached the play-offs in sixth place, but lost in the first round against Millwall FC . The following season brought another increase with third place, and Huddersfield prevailed in the first round of the play-offs against AFC Bournemouth . The final game against Peterborough United was lost 3-0. Anthony Pilkington (31 games / 10 goals) missed the end of the season due to a serious injury in March 2011. At the end of the season, he was named PFA Team of the Year in the third division due to his good performance , and he was also named Player of the Month October 2010 League One.

Norwich City

After missing promotion again, Pilkington signed a three-year contract with the Premier League promoted Norwich City on July 6, 2011 . He made his Premier League debut on Matchday 1 in a 1-1 draw at Wigan Athletic . With Norwich, he was able to hold three years in the Premier League before relegating to the second division in 2014.

Cardiff City

In August 2014 he moved to the neo-league competitor Cardiff City , where he signed until June 2017.

National team

Pilkington, who was born in England, did not initially know that he was also eligible to play for Ireland. Since his father's mother was born in Dublin , he can play for Ireland and was invited to the Irish U-21 team in October 2008 . He was also one of the candidates for the EM 2012. He was then not nominated and was first invited to an international match in January 2013. He made his international debut on September 6, 2013 when he was substituted on for the final quarter of an hour in the World Cup qualifier against Sweden , but could not prevent the 1: 2 defeat. Four days later he was in the starting line-up in the 1-0 defeat in Vienna in the World Cup qualifier against Austria , but was replaced in the 73rd minute when the score was 0-0. After that he was only used in friendly games. He scored his first international goal on November 18, 2014 to take a 1-0 lead in a 4-1 win against the USA . After that, he was only brought on again in March 2016 in the game against Slovakia .

On May 12, 2016 he was appointed by national coach Martin O'Neill in the provisional 35-player squad for the EM . In the end, however, it was not taken into account for the European Championship finals.

Personal

His brother Danny is also a soccer player.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hatters sign youngster (Sky Sports)
  2. ↑ Huddersfield make double signing (BBC Sport)
  3. ↑ Huddersfield's Anthony Pilkington in pre-season hope (BBC Sport)
  4. ↑ Pilkington form rewarded with gong (Givemefootball)
  5. ↑ Norwich City capture winger Anthony Pilkington (BBC Sport)
  6. ↑ Wigan Athletic - Norwich City 1-1 (BBC Sport)
  7. ↑ Former Canaries to finalises City switch ( Memento of 17 August 2014 Internet Archive ) cardiffcityfc.co.uk, on August 15, 2014. Retrieved on February 17, 2016
  8. ↑ rte.ie: "Trap 'keeping tabs on Norwich trio"
  9. ^ Anthony Pilkington gets long-awaited call-up to Ireland squad
  10. ^ Rep. Of Ireland - Sweden 1: 2
  11. ^ Rep. Of Ireland - United States 4: 1
  12. ^ Republic of Ireland - Provisional squad
personal data
SURNAME Pilkington, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pilkington, Anthony Neil James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Blackburn , England