Mark Wilson (Scottish footballer)

Mark Wilson
Wilson with Celtic in August 2007
Personal information
Full name Mark Wilson[1]
Date of birth (1984-06-05) 5 June 1984 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
Partick Thistle (U18 Coach)
Youth career
2000–2002 Dundee United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Dundee United 117 (8)
2006–2012 Celtic 98 (2)
2012–2013 Bristol City 8 (0)
2013–2015 Dundee United 14 (0)
2015 Dumbarton 11 (1)
Total 248 (11)
International career
2004–2006 Scotland U21[3] 19 (0)
2011 Scotland 1 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2017 Airdrieonians
2019–2020 Brechin City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Wilson (born 5 June 1984) is a Scottish football player and coach. He also works as a pundit and on Clyde 1 Superscoreboard.[4]

Wilson, who played as a right back, started his career at Dundee United. He broke into their first team in the 2002–03 season, and made over 100 league appearances for United before He moved to Celtic in January 2006 for a fee of £500,000. Wilson suffered significant injury problems while with Celtic, which limited his appearances, and he was released at the end of his contract in 2012. He then signed for English Championship club Bristol City before rejoining his first club on a short-term contract in 2013. He left Dundee United in January 2015, signing for Dumbarton the following month.

Wilson represented Scotland at all youth levels and captained the under-21 team. He played once for the Scotland national football team, in 2011.

He retired from playing football in 2015. Wilson was the head coach of Scottish League One club Airdrieonians during most of the 2016–17 season. He was appointed Brechin City manager in September 2019, but was sacked from this position in October 2020.

  1. ^ a b "Mark Wilson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Football (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Scotland U21 Player Mark Wilson Details". www.fitbastats.com.
  4. ^ Sinat, Patrick (22 August 2024). "'He's looked weak'... Mark Wilson knows exactly why Rodgers is trying to sell 2023 Celtic signing this summer". 67 Hail Hail.