Jason Wilcox
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| Jason Wilcox | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jason Wilcox | |
| Date of birth | 15 July 1971 | |
| Place of birth | Bolton, England | |
| Playing position | Winger (retired) | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1989–1999 1999–2004 2004–2006 2005–2006 2006 |
Blackburn Rovers Leeds United Leicester City → Blackpool (loan) Blackpool |
271 (31) 81 (4) 20 (1) 12 (0) 14 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1994–1998 1996–2000 |
England B England |
2 (0) 3 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jason Wilcox (born 15 July 1971 in Bolton, Lancashire, England) is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger.
Wilcox began his career at Blackburn Rovers, clocking up over 300 games and scoring 33 goals for the Lancashire club. Wilcox suffered the lows of relegation while at Blackburn, but also enjoyed the success of winning the Premiership title in 1995.
He was Blackburn's longest serving player at the time of joining Leeds United in a £3m deal in December 1999. That season he help the Yorkshire side to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, where they lost to Galatasaray. A year later he was part of the club's run to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. He made 106 appearances for Leeds, scoring 6 goals.
In 2004 Wilcox was signed on a free by Leicester. He initially signed a one year deal which was extended by another year in the summer of 2005. Wilcox made a good start to his Leicester career, but unfortunately picked up a cruciate ligament injury in October 2004. It was feared it would end his season but hard work paid off and he returned in City's 3-1 win over Millwall on April 2, 2005. On January 28, 2006, Wilcox joined Blackpool on a free transfer following a two-month spell on loan to the club but was released at the end of the 2005-2006 season.
He won his first England cap in a 3-0 win over Hungary in 1996. He went on to play against France and Argentina. These turned out to be his only 3 caps. He made the squad for Euro 2000 but did not play through injury.
[edit] Judo
As a 14-year-old brought up in Bolton, Wilcox was a black belt in Judo and even represented England.[1] After retiring from football, Wilcox established his own school of judo — The Wilcox Masters of Martial Arts — and has schools in Blackburn, Accrington and Whalley.
