Marc Wilson (Irish footballer)
Wilson in the jersey of the Irish national team ( 2013)
Marc David Wilson ( born August 17, 1987 in Aghagallon ) is a Northern Irish football player. The defender, who can also be used in the central- midfield, comes from the youth department of Manchester United. About the Portsmouth and various rental stations in lower leagues led him the way to the English first division club Stoke City. He is also active for the Irish national team, having already played games in the youth for the country's selection of his home country of Northern Ireland.
- 2.1 national team
Career
Portsmouth
Wilson joined in 2000 in the youth department of Manchester United, managed there not the leap into the professional squad and in 2004 moved to Portsmouth. The first years at Pompey he spent in the second team or as Kurzleihe at the second-and third-tier clubs Yeovil Town FC Bournemouth and Luton Town. In the season 2008/ 09, shortly after he had signed a new three-year contract, he managed to jump into the first team. First uses and Startelfdebüts League and cup competitions followed. After a total of three league games this season, Wilson made in preparation for the 2009/10 season with team-mate David Nugent a scandal. During a Portugal travel of the club, both players came together such that the club sent them back to England and finished with fines.
Nevertheless, Wilson was one of this season the first choice of coach Paul Hart and his successor Avram Grant sat preferred to Wilson at right-back, so he came to 28 league operations. Grant was also the first time Wilson began towards the end of the season in central midfield. The season in which he still extended his contract in February to the end of the 2012/13 season, ran for the team with mixed success. In the FA Cup they reached the final and failed there at Chelsea; in the league but could not avoid relegation in the Football League Championship.
During preparations for the season in the second division Wilson was appointed team captain and was the age of 22 became the youngest carrier of the binding in the club's history. At the same time announced that manager Steve Cotterill, Wilson could rely on such an offer, the club because the club had to make due to the descent savings.
Stoke City
Consequently, Wilson was transferred in summer 2010 to Stoke City, but Liam Lawrence and Dave Kitson exchanged in return to Portsmouth. While he was still occasionally used in the first half of the first season with the Potters at right-back and in central midfield, coach Tony Pulis sent him by the violation of Danny Higginbotham on the left-back position. The flexibility as well as its benefits equally Wilson was a regular player quickly. The 2010/11 season ended the team in 13th place in the table, but also reached the FA Cup final, where they failed to Manchester City.
In October 2012, he extended his contract by three years, before a short time later in the game against Sunderland broke the fibula, turned out for five months and in February, came to his next league use.
National
Wilson was in the long-lasting conflict between the Irish Football Association, the Northern Ireland Association, and the Football Association of Ireland involved. The IFA struggled for some time against the trend that more talented players tendency for the Irish national team decide, even though they have no family ties to the Republic. The International Sports Court confirmed this possibility, citing the Good Friday Agreement, so that Wilson, who played in U-15 Northern Ireland, nor could opt for the Republic of Ireland.
There he went through the U -18, U-19 and U -21 and finally came at the Nations Cup in 2011 for his debut in the senior team against Wales. With Ireland he won the competition. The offer of Michael O'Neill, coach of Northern Ireland to play for his country, he refused in January 2012 finally from .. There were other two games in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup.
Achievements
- FA Cup finalist: 2010 and 2011
- Nations Cup winner: 2011