Conor Wilkinson

Conor Dominic Geoffrey Wilkinson (born 23 January 1995) is an English-born Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Leyton Orient.

For the actor, see Connor Wilkinson.

Conor Wilkinson
Personal information
Full name Conor Dominic Geoffrey Wilkinson[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-23) 23 January 1995[2]
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Leyton Orient
Number 9
Youth career
2010–2013 Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Bolton Wanderers 13 (0)
2013 → Chester (loan) 4 (1)
2014 → Torquay United (loan) 3 (0)
2014 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 6 (1)
2015 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 11 (2)
2015–2016 → Barnsley (loan) 8 (1)
2016 → Newport County (loan) 12 (1)
2016 → Portsmouth (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Chesterfield (loan) 12 (4)
2017–2019 Gillingham 41 (3)
2018–2019 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 10 (6)
2019 Dagenham & Redbridge 13 (6)
2019– Leyton Orient 45 (12)
National team
2011–2012 Republic of Ireland U17 6 (0)
2012 Republic of Ireland U19 2 (0)
2014–2016 Republic of Ireland U21 13 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:20, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Wilkinson began his career at Millwall in 2010 and progressed through the ranks during his three-year stint at the club. He left the club in the summer of 2013 to join fellow Championship side Bolton Wanderers on a three-year contract.[3] He initially joined the reserve side and has been in good scoring form. In October 2013 Wilkinson along with teammate Chris Lester joined new Conference side Chester on a month's long loan.[4] He made his debut and scored against Aldershot Town, he also played the full 90 minutes. His second appearance for the non-league side against strugglers Hyde where he received first yellow card of his career and he was substituted as Chester won 2–1. He returned to Bolton after making a total of four league appearances and scoring one goal. He returned to the reserve side and his scoring form continued until February when he was loaned to League Two side Torquay United on an emergency one-month loan deal.[5] He was named among the substitutes and made his professional debut a day later against high flying Chesterfield coming on as a 75th minute replacing Jayden Stockley.[6]

Returning to Bolton, he scored three goals in Bolton's pre season for the 2014–15 season and made his competitive debut for Wanderers in their 3–2 League Cup victory over neighbours Bury on 12 August 2014, starting the game before being substituted for Craig Davies in the second half.[7] He joined Oldham Athletic on loan for a month in September 2014,[8] scoring once during his loan spell, in a 2–1 win for Oldham against Walsall.[9]

In December 2014 Wilkinson signed a contract extension with Bolton until 2018.[10] Later on that month he made his first league appearance for Bolton when coming on as a substitute for Craig Davies in a goalless draw at Reading.[11] On 2 February 2015 he moved to Oldham, again on loan, for the duration of the season.[12] His first-team debut came at the Macron Stadium in a 0–0 draw against Ipswich Town.[13]

He joined Barnsley on loan in July 2015 for six months.[14] He scored on his debut in a 3–1 defeat at Chesterfield on 8 August 2015.[15]

On 21 January 2016 Wilkinson joined Newport County on an initial one-month loan which was subsequently extended a further month. He made his Newport debut in the starting line up versus Dagenham & Redbridge on 23 January 2016, scoring the second goal in the 2–2 draw.

On 23 March 2016, Wilkinson joined Portsmouth on loan until the end of the season.

On 31 August 2016, Wilkinson joined Chesterfield on loan until January.

On 29 June 2017, Wilkinson joined Gillingham on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[16]

On 17 June 2019, after scoring 12 league goals in 23 games for Dagenham & Redbridge in the previous season, Wilkinson joined newly-promoted League Two side Leyton Orient for an undisclosed fee.[17]

International career

Wilkinson has been capped at Republic of Ireland U19 and U21 level.

Career statistics
As of match played 24 October 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Bolton Wanderers 2013–14[18] Championship 000000—00
2014–15[19] Championship 401020—70
2015–16[20] Championship 00———00
2016–17[21] League One 9000001[lower-alpha 1]0100
Total 130102010170
Chester (loan) 2013–14[18] Conference National 41———41
Torquay United (loan) 2013–14[18] League Two 30———30
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2014–15[19] League One 173——1[lower-alpha 2]0183
Barnsley (loan) 2015–16[20] League One 8110201[lower-alpha 2]0121
Newport County (loan) 2015–16[20] League Two 121———121
Portsmouth (loan) 2015–16[20] League Two 10———10
Chesterfield (loan) 2016–17[21] League One 124———124
Gillingham 2017–18[22] League One 34330103[lower-alpha 1]1414
2018–19[23] League One 7000101[lower-alpha 1]090
Total 413302041504
Dagenham & Redbridge 2018–19[23] National League 2312——1[lower-alpha 3]02412
Leyton Orient 2019–20[24] League Two 26500101[lower-alpha 1]0285
2020–21[25] League Two 7200112[lower-alpha 1]2105
Total 3370021323810
Career total 16732508111319136
  1. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in the Football League Trophy
  3. Appearances in the FA Trophy

References
  1. "Professional Retain List & Free Transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 3 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  2. "Conor Wilkinson". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  3. "Wilkinson joins from Millwall". bwfc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. "BBC Sport – Bolton: Conor Wilkinson & Chris Lester join Chester on loan". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  5. "BBC Sport – Torquay United: Bolton teenager Conor Wilkinson joins on loan". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  6. "BBC Sport – Chesterfield 3–1 Torquay United". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. "Bolton Wanderers 3–2 Bury (aet)". BBC Sport.
  8. "Conor Wilkinson: Oldham sign young Bolton Wanderers striker". BBC Sport.
  9. "Oldham Athletic 2–1 Walsall". BBC Sport.
  10. @OfficialBWFC. "Conor Wilkinson extends Bolton contract".
  11. "BBC Sport – Reading 0–0 Bolton". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  12. "Conor Wilkinson joins Oldham Athletic on loan". Bolton Wanderers F.C. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  13. Match Report. "Match Report". Archived from the original on 24 June 2016.
  14. "Reds Land Striker Conor Wilkinson On Loan!". Barnsley FC.
  15. "Chesterfield 3–1 Barnsley". BBC Sport. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  16. "Conor Wilkinson joins Gillingham". Bolton Wanderers Official Site. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  17. "Conor Wilkinson: Leyton Orient sign Dagenham & Redbridge forward". BBC Sport. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  18. "Games played by Conor Wilkinson in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  19. "Games played by Conor Wilkinson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  20. "Games played by Conor Wilkinson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  21. "Games played by Conor Wilkinson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  22. "Games played by Conor Wilkinson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  23. "Games played by Conor Wilkinson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  24. "Games played by Conor Wilkinson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  25. "Games played by Conor Wilkinson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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