Jason Wilcox

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Jason Wilcox
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Jason Wilcox (2018)
Personnel
Surname Jason Malcolm Wilcox
birthday 15th July 1971
place of birth Farnworth ,  England
size 178 cm
position Winger (left)
Juniors
Years station
1986-1989 Blackburn Rovers
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1999 Blackburn Rovers 271 (31)
1999-2004 Leeds United 81 0(4)
2004-2006 Leicester City 20 0(1)
2005-2006 →  Blackpool FC  (loan) 12 0(0)
2006 Blackpool FC 14 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1994-1998 England B 2 0(0)
1996-2000 England 3 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Jason Malcolm Wilcox (born July 15, 1971 in Farnworth ) is a retired English football player . The fast winger , who mostly played on the left side , won the English championship with the Blackburn Rovers in 1995 and played shortly after the relegation of the "Rovers" from December 1999 for several years at the then highly ambitious Leeds United , before the three-time England national team player between In 2004 and 2006 at Leicester City and later at Blackpool FC, the career ended.

Professional career

In the club

Blackburn Rovers (1989-1999)

The professional footballer Jason Wilcox came from the youth work of the Blackburn Rovers . After Wilcox joined the club in 1986 and started the YTS training program a year later, he signed his first professional contract on June 13, 1989 with what was then the second division. He then had to wait patiently for his first successes in the adult sector and after his debut on April 16, 1990 against Swindon Town (2-1), he won a permanent place in the team under interim coach Tony Parkes in the 1991/92 season . Since Scott Sellars occupied the left side of midfield at this time, Wilcox mostly acted on the right wing. There he convinced the new coach Kenny Dalglish that after a successful promotion to the 1992 Premier League, he decided to sell Sellars, moved Wilcox to the left and signed Stuart Ripley for the opposite position .

This was followed by a steep rise in the top English league, which led to fourth place in the first year via the runner-up in 1994 to win the league title in 1995 . Wilcox's influence was not insignificant, as he acted nimbly on the outside position in conjunction with left-back Graeme Le Saux - like Ripley on the right - and with crosses and crosses gave teammates such as Alan Shearer , Chris Sutton , Mike Newell and Kevin Gallacher numerous scoring opportunities and prefers opposing full-backs involved in direct duels run. His status became especially clear in the second half of the season when he tore a severe cruciate ligament against Tottenham Hotspur in February 1995 and the creative moments from the left were now missing. Wilcox was slow to recover from his injuries. Following a cruciate ligament operation, his cysts had to be removed and it was not until February 1996 that he found his way back into the stem formation. After another break due to a foot injury, from April onwards it looked as if he could permanently fill the vacant position in the left midfield position.

After another setback in the summer of 1996 when Wilcox had to undergo another knee operation due to cartilage damage, he returned to the team with fresh motivation, which now had to do without striker Alan Shearer , who had always been a reliable flank taker from Wilcox. When Le Saux said goodbye to Chelsea before the start of the 1997/98 season , the signs on the left in Blackburn changed fundamentally. The Irishman Damien Duff , signed in March 1996, took over the role on the wing and Wilcox was withdrawn more frequently to the full-back position. Although he demonstrated his qualities there due to his duel strength, there was obviously not his preferred position, which was exemplified by his coordination problems with regard to the offside trap. Groin problems and the resulting two operations were not very helpful in the fight for his status in the team. From then on, Wilcox developed into an all-round player, which the new coach Roy Hodgson even used in the attack center and later had him act again in midfield under Brian Kidd from January 1999 - he also temporarily took over the role of team captain. After the relegation and resignation of Kidd, interim coach Tony Parkes signaled that Duff would be his regular player in left midfield and a short time later Wilcox moved back to the Premier League for three million pounds to Leeds United , which at the time had one of the best teams in the Premier League decreed.

Leeds United (1999-2004)

Two days after signing, Wilcox made his debut at Elland Road against Chelsea , and his position in left midfield enabled Harry Kewell to move into the attacking center more often and performed well in the UEFA Cup home games . After this promising restart, Wilcox had to cancel his possible participation in Euro 2000 due to an injury and after a broken leg in the run-up to a game against FC Barcelona plus a two-month break, he initially defended his regular place in the new club. Despite his advanced age as a footballer, he continued to play his strengths in direct running duels and crosses for goalscorer like Robbie Fowler , although he only made 17 competitive games in the 2001/02 season due to various injuries. For the first time in the subsequent season 2002/03 he came only in November 2002, then remained a fixture in 25 league games before he rarely came into his last year in Leeds and tried in vain in the right midfield against loan players To defend Jermaine Pennant . The contract expired in the summer of 2004 without being extended.

Leicester City & Blackpool FC (2004-2006)

Wilcox moved to the second division Leicester City free of charge . There he was an immediate reinforcement before tearing his cruciate ligament against Coventry City in mid-October 2004 , which put him out of action until spring 2005. Although it initially looked like Wilcox could return permanently to the first team, the club let him switch to the same opponent on loan two months after his last league cup game against FC Blackpool in November 2005. He helped the then third-rate team from Blackpool both in left midfield and as a full-back through a crisis situation and was firmly under contract with the club from the end of January 2006. After disagreements with the club's management, after the end of the 2005/06 season, however, no agreement was reached regarding continued employment.

English national team

On May 18, 1996, Wilcox played his first international match against Hungary (3-0) for England and quite a few experts predicted that he would be appointed to the squad for the Euro 1996 in his own country . The then national coach Terry Venables left him out of the final 24-man squad and only in 1999 and 2000 did two more appearances for the "Three Lions" against France (2-0) and Argentina (0-0). He was long considered the solution to the predominant problem in the English team in the left midfield and so Kevin Keegan nominated him for the Euro 2000 , but then he had to cancel his participation due to injuries. So it remained for Wilcox with these three missions, which were joined by two B internationals against Chile and Hong Kong in 1994 and 1998.

Title / Awards

literature

  • Mike Jackman: Blackburn Rovers - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-85983-709-2 , pp. 257-258 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1995-1996 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-09-180854-9 , pp. 234 .
  2. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1996-1997 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1996, ISBN 978-1-85291-571-1 , pp. 260 .
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1997-1998 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1997, ISBN 978-1-85291-581-0 , pp. 291 .
  4. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-1999 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998, ISBN 978-1-85291-588-9 , pp. 326 .
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1999, ISBN 978-1-85291-607-7 , pp. 319 .
  6. ↑ a b Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2000, ISBN 978-1-85291-626-8 , pp. 342 .
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-946531-34-9 , pp. 326 f .
  8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-85291-648-0 , pp. 438 .
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 978-1-85291-651-0 , pp. 453 .
  10. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85291-660-2 , pp. 433 .
  11. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-85291-662-6 , pp. 435 .
  12. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006–2007 . Mainstream Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84596-111-4 , pp. 435 .
personal data
SURNAME Wilcox, Jason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilcox, Jason Malcolm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 15th July 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Farnworth