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Luke Wilkshire
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Australia · 2004–12

Luke Wilkshire

Stalwart RB Right-footed
Rating
81
Caps
80
Goals
8
Life
1981
Clubs
Bristol City, FC Twente, FC Dinamo Moscow
#16
Editorial rank of 33 for Australia
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In Brisbane in June 2012, Australia were a man down after Mark Milligan's second yellow and Japan had just scored, so Wilkshire drilled the 70th-minute penalty down the middle to save a 1-1 draw. Eighty caps carried him to the 2011 Asian Cup final and through two World Cups, in 2006 and 2010; he also won the 2004 OFC Nations Cup, spent six seasons at Dynamo Moscow, and took an A-League premiership and FFA Cup at Sydney FC. Career record: 80 caps and 8 goals for Australia; club career at Bristol City, FC Twente, FC Dinamo Moscow.

Career record

2000–2003Middlesbrough
2003–2006Bristol City
2006–2008FC Twente
2008–2014FC Dinamo Moscow
2014–2015Feyenoord Rotterdam
2015–todayFC Akhmat Grozny
2016–todayFC Akhmat Grozny
Australia80 caps, 8 goals

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Around Wilkshire in the almanac

One rank above: Scott Chipperfield at #15.

One rank below: Robbie Slater at #17.

Australia's editorial top five: Harry Kewell · Tim Cahill · Mark Viduka · Mark Schwarzer · Mile Jedinak.