Michael Gilkes (footballer)

Michael Gilkes
Personal information
Full name Michael Earl Glenis McDonald Gilkes
Date of birth (1965-07-20) 20 July 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Hackney, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Left midfield
Youth career
1983–1984 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1997 Reading 393 (43)
1986Mikkelin Palloilijat (loan) 18 (4)
1992Chelsea (loan) 1 (0)
1992Southampton (loan) 6 (0)
1997–1999 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 (1)
1999–2001 Millwall 32 (2)
2001–2003 Slough Town 83 (11)
International career
2000 Barbados 5 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Basingstoke Town
2022 Reading (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Earl Glenis McDonald Gilkes (born 20 July 1965) is an English professional football coach and former player who was recently interim manager of Championship club Reading, where he is currently the manager of the club's academy. Gilkes played as a left winger from 1984 until 2003, most notably for Reading, and was also a Barbados international.

  1. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.