Chris Kirkland

**Chris Kirkland** (born 2 May 1981) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the head coach at Colne.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|FA Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=5|Coventry City|1998–99|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||
|1999–2000|Premier League|0|0|0|0|1|0|—|1|0||||
|2000–01|Premier League|23|0|1|0|3|0|—|27|0||||
|2001–02|First Division|1|0|—|—|—|1|0||||||
|rowspan=5|Liverpool|2001–02|Premier League|1|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|4|0|
|2002–03|Premier League|8|0|2|0|4|0|1|0|15|0|||
|2003–04|Premier League|6|0|1|0|1|0|4|0|12|0|||
|2004–05|Premier League|10|0|0|0|0|0|4|0|14|0|||
|West Bromwich Albion (loan)|2005–06|Premier League|10|0|2|0|0|0|—|12|0|||
|rowspan=7|Wigan Athletic|2006–07|Premier League|26|0|0|0|0|0|—|26|0||
|2007–08|Premier League|37|0|1|0|0|0|—|38|0||||
|2008–09|Premier League|32|0|0|0|2|0|—|34|0||||
|2009–10|Premier League|32|0|0|0|0|0|—|32|0||||
|2010–11|Premier League|4|0|0|0|0|0|—|4|0||||
|2011–12|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||||
|Leicester City (loan)|2010–11|Championship|3|0|—|—|—|3|0|||||
|Doncaster Rovers (loan)|2011–12|Championship|1|0|—|—|—|1|0|||||
|rowspan=4|Sheffield Wednesday|2012–13|Championship|46|0|0|0|1|0|—|47|0||
|2013–14|Championship|35|0|0|0|1|0|—|36|0||||
|2014–15|Championship|4|0|1|0|3|0|—|8|0||||
|Preston North End|2015–16|Championship|5|0|1|0|0|0|—|6|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|England|2006|1|0|

## Honours

**Coventry City**
- FA Youth Cup runner-up: 1998–99

**Liverpool**
- UEFA Champions League: 2004–05
- FA Community Shield runner-up: 2002

**Individual**
- Coventry City Players' Player of the Year: 2000–01
- Wigan Athletic Players' Player of the Year: 2007–08

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Chris Kirkland
- **image**: Chris Kirkland Aug 2010.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Kirkland warming up with Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic in 2010
- **fullname**: Christopher Edmund Kirkland
- **birth place**: Barwell, England
- **position**: Goalkeeper (association football), Goalkeeper
- **currentclub**: Colne F.C., Colne (Head Goalkeeping Coach)
- **youthyears1**: –1998
- **youthclubs1**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **years1**: 1998–2001
- **clubs1**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **caps1**: 24
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2001–2006
- **clubs2**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps2**: 25
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2005–2006
- **clubs3**: → West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion (loan)
- **caps3**: 10
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2006
- **clubs4**: → Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic (loan)
- **caps4**: 9
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2006–2012
- **clubs5**: Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic
- **caps5**: 122
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2010
- **clubs6**: → Leicester City F.C., Leicester City (loan)
- **caps6**: 3
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2011
- **clubs7**: → Doncaster Rovers F.C., Doncaster Rovers (loan)
- **caps7**: 1
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2012–2015
- **clubs8**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday
- **caps8**: 85
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 2015–2016
- **clubs9**: Preston North End F.C., Preston North End
- **caps9**: 5
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2016
- **clubs10**: Bury F.C., Bury
- **caps10**: 0
- **goals10**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 284
- **totalgoals**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2001–2003
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2006
- **nationalteam2**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2018
- **managerclubs1**: Liverpool F.C. Women, Liverpool Women (caretaker manager, caretaker)