Marc Wilson

This article is about the Irish soccer player. For a Scottish soccer player with a similar name, see Mark Wilson .

Marc Wilson
Wilson in the jersey of the Irish national team (2013)
Personnel
Surname	Marc David Wilson
birthday	17th August 1987
place of birth	Aghagallon ,  Northern Ireland
size	188 cm
position	Defender , midfielder
Juniors
Years	station
2000-2004	Manchester United
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2004-2010	Portsmouth FC	35 (0)
2006	→  Yeovil Town  (loan)	2 (0)
2007	→  AFC Bournemouth  (loan)	19 (3)
2007	→ AFC Bournemouth (loan)	7 (0)
2007	→  Luton Town  (loan)	4 (0)
2010-2016	Stoke City	146 (1)
2016-2017	Bournemouth AFC	0 (0)
2017	→  West Bromwich Albion  (loan)	4 (0)
2017-2018	Sunderland AFC	21 (0)
2018-2019	Bolton Wanderers	16 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2002	Northern Ireland U-15
2004-2005	Ireland U18
2005-2006	Ireland U-19
2006-2007	Ireland U-21	1 (0)
2011–	Ireland	25 (1)
1 Only league games are given. Status: February 17, 2020 2 As of January 30, 2019

Marc David Wilson (born August 17, 1987 in Aghagallon , Northern Ireland ) is an Irish football player . The defender , who can also be used in the central defensive midfield, comes from the youth department of Manchester United . Via Portsmouth FC and various loan stations in lower-class leagues, he made his way to the English first division club Stoke City . He is also active for the Irish national team after playing for the national team of his home country Northern Ireland as a youth .

Career

Portsmouth FC

Wilson moved to the youth department of Manchester United in 2000 , did not make it into the professional squad and moved to Portsmouth FC in 2004 . The first years at Pompey he spent in the second team or as a short loan at the second and third rate clubs Yeovil Town , FC Bournemouth and Luton Town . In the 2008/09 season, shortly after he had signed a new three-year contract, he made the jump to the first team. First appearances and starting eleven debuts in league and cup competitions followed. After a total of three league games this season, Wilson caused a scandal in preparation for the 2009/10 season with teammate David Nugent . During one of the club's trips to Portugal, both players clashed so much that the club sent them back to England and fined them.

Nevertheless, Wilson was one of the first choice of coach Paul Hart this season and his successor Avram Grant preferred Wilson as a right-back, so that he came to 28 league appearances. It was also Grant who first used Wilson in central midfield towards the end of the season. The season in which he extended his contract to the end of the 2012/13 season in February was with mixed successes for the team. In the FA Cup they reached the final and failed there at Chelsea ; in the league, however, you could not prevent relegation to the Football League Championship .

In preparation for the second division season, Wilson was named team captain and, at the age of 22, became the youngest person to wear the armband in the club's history. At the same time, coach Steve Cotterill announced that Wilson could leave the club if an offer was made, as the club had to make savings due to relegation.

Stoke City

As a result, Wilson was transferred to Stoke City in the summer of 2010 , but Liam Lawrence and Dave Kitson moved to Portsmouth in return. While he was used in the first half of the first season at the Potters as a right-back and temporarily in central midfield, coach Tony Pulis moved him to the left-back position through the injury of Danny Higginbotham . Due to the flexibility as well as his performance, Wilson quickly became a regular. The 2010/11 season ended the team in 13th place in the table, but also reached the FA Cup finals, where they failed at Manchester City .

In October 2012, he extended his contract by three years until he a short time later in the game against Sunderland the fibula broke, turned out for five months and came in February to his next league use.

National team

Wilson was embroiled in the long-running conflict between the Irish Football Association and the Football Association of Ireland . For some time now, IFA has resisted the trend that talented players tend to opt for the Irish national team even though they have no family ties to the Republic. The International Court of Justice confirmed this possibility, citing the Good Friday Agreement , so that Wilson, who played for Northern Ireland in U-15, could still decide for the Republic of Ireland.

There he went through the U-18, the U-19 and the U-21 and finally came at the Nations Cup 2011 to his debut in the senior team against Wales . With Ireland he won the competition. In January 2012, he finally turned down the offer from Michael O'Neill , Northern Ireland coach, to play for his home country. Two more games followed in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup .

On May 12, 2016 he was appointed by national coach Martin O'Neill to the provisional 35-player squad for the European Championship 2016 . He was the first player to be removed from the squad on May 23 due to an injury.

successes

• FA Cup finalist: 2010 and 2011
• Nations Cup winner: 2011

Web links

• Profile on the Stoke City official website
• Marc Wilson in the soccerway.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bbc.co.uk: "Portsmouth duo fined over bust-up" (English, August 5, 2009, accessed on March 16, 2013)
2. ↑ portsmouth.co.uk: "Wilson happier being center of attention" (English, March 12, 2010, accessed March 16, 2013)
3. ↑ portsmouth.co.uk: "Wilson staying with Pompey" (accessed March 16, 2013)
4. ↑ thisisstaffordshire.co.uk: "Stoke City: Wilson deserves credit for consistency, says Pulis" (December 10, 2011, accessed March 16, 2013)
5. ↑ stoke.vitalfootball.co.uk: "Wilson suffers broken fibula" (English, accessed on March 16, 2013)
6. ↑ thisisstaffordshire.co.uk: "Stoke City: Pulis happy to manage Wales" (English, January 11, 2012, accessed on March 16, 2013)
7. ^ Republic of Ireland - Provisional squad
8. ↑ the42.ie: "Marc Wilson ruled out of the Euros after aggravating knee injury"