Christopher John Wilder was born on 23 September 1967 and is an English professional football manager who formerly played as a right-back.
23 Facts About Chris Wilder
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Chris Wilder was most recently the manager of EFL Championship club Watford.
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Chris Wilder won promotion from the Conference Premier with Oxford via the play-offs in 2010, from League Two as champions with Northampton in 2016, from League One with Sheffield United as champions in 2017, and from the Championship with the same club two years later.
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Christopher John Wilder was born on 23 September 1967 in Stocksbridge, West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Chris Wilder started his football career as a trainee at Southampton and was released without making it into the first team.
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Chris Wilder moved on to Sheffield United in August 1986.
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In December 1987, defender Chris Wilder was sent off for a crude tackle on Millwall's Jimmy Carter in a season which saw the Sheffield club relegated to the third division.
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Chris Wilder was a regular during the following season back in the first division, but thereafter found appearances harder to come by, hence Chris Wilder left for nearby Rotherham United in 1992, staying for a further four years and amassing his largest number of games and goals for one club.
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Chris Wilder took over at the club in late October 2001 and in the 27 weeks he was in charge won four trophies: the Northern Counties League Premier Division, the League Cup, the President's Cup and the Derbyshire Senior Cup.
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Chris Wilder returned to Halifax Town as manager on 2 July 2002.
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Chris Wilder replaced caretaker manager Neil Redfearn, who had in turn replaced Alan Little.
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Chris Wilder was in charge at Halifax for more than 300 games until the club went into liquidation on 30 June 2008, and he decided to join former Halifax defender Alan Knill, as the assistant manager of Bury.
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On 27 January 2014, Chris Wilder was appointed manager of Northampton Town, signing a three-and-a-half year contract.
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Chris Wilder successfully battled against relegation to the Conference, after taking over the club in the relegation zone in League 2.
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On 12 May 2016, Chris Wilder joined his boyhood club Sheffield United as their new manager on a three-year contract, following the parting of company with Nigel Adkins.
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Chris Wilder then made Sheffield born Billy Sharp club captain.
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In July 2019, Chris Wilder signed a new three-year contract with the club.
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On 10 January 2020, Chris Wilder signed a four-year contract extension with the club.
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On 13 March 2021, Chris Wilder left the club by mutual consent, with the club bottom of the Premier League, with 14 points from 28 games.
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On 7 November 2021, Chris Wilder was appointed manager of Middlesbrough after the club parted ways with Neil Warnock.
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Chris Wilder was sacked on 3 October 2022 with the club in the bottom three of the Championship.
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On 7 March 2023, Chris Wilder was appointed manager of Watford on a contract until the end of the season.
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On 10 May 2023, Chris Wilder was replaced as head coach by Valerien Ismael, after Chris Wilder's short-term contract came to an end after the final match of the season.