Ray Wilkins

**Raymond Colin "Butch" Wilkins** MBE (14 September 1956 – 4 April 2018) was an English football player and coach.

Wilkins began his career at Chelsea, where he was appointed captain at the age of 18. He later played for the likes of Manchester United, Milan, Queens Park Rangers, and Rangers. He won 84 caps for the England national football team from 1976 to 1986.

After his playing career ended, he worked as coach and manager with Queens Park Rangers, Fulham and Chelsea. He managed Jordan at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and his last coaching job was as the assistant manager of Aston Villa later that year.

On 4 April 2018, Wilkins died of cardiac arrest at St George's Hospital in Tooting at the age of 61.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|rowspan="2"|Division|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Chelsea|1973–74|First Division|6|0|1|0|0|0|7|0|||
|1974–75|First Division|21|2|2|0|1|0|24|2|||||
|1975–76|Second Division|42|11|4|1|4|0|50|12|||||
|1976–77|Second Division|42|7|2|0|6|2|50|9|||||
|1977–78|First Division|33|7|3|1|4|1|40|9|||||
|1978–79|First Division|35|3|0|0|1|0|36|3|||||
|rowspan="6"|Manchester United|1979–80|First Division|37|2|2|0|3|0|42|2|||
|1980–81|First Division|13|0|2|0|0|0|15|0|||||
|1981–82|First Division|42|1|1|0|2|0|45|1|||||
|1982–83|First Division|26|1|4|1|6|0|36|2|||||
|1983–84|First Division|42|3|1|0|13|2|56|5|||||
|rowspan="4"|A.C. Milan|1984–85|Serie A|28|0|12|0|0|0|40|0|||
|1985–86|Serie A|29|2|6|1|6|0|41|3|||||
|1986–87|Serie A|16|0|7|0|1|0|24|0|||||
|Paris Saint-Germain|1987–88|French Division 1|13|0|0|0|0|0|13|0||||
|rowspan="4"|Rangers|1987–88|Scottish Premier Division|24|1|3|0|2|0|29|1|||
|1988–89|Scottish Premier Division|31|1|6|0|8|2|45|3|||||
|1989–90|Scottish Premier Division|15|0|0|0|7|0|22|0|||||
|rowspan="6"|Queens Park Rangers|1989–90|First Division|23|1|9|2|0|0|32|3|||
|1990–91|First Division|38|2|1|0|5|0|44|2|||||
|1991–92|First Division|27|1|1|0|2|1|30|2|||||
|1992–93|Premier League|27|2|1|0|4|0|32|2|||||
|1993–94|Premier League|39|1|1|0|4|0|44|1|||||
|Crystal Palace|1994–95|Premier League|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0||||
|rowspan="4"|Queens Park Rangers|1994–95|Premier League|2|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|||
|1995–96|Premier League|15|0|1|0|3|0|19|0|||||
|1996–97|First Division|4|0|0|0|0|0|4|0|||||
|Wycombe Wanderers|1996–97|Second Division|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0||||
|Hibernian|1996–97|Scottish Premier Division|16|0|0|0|1|0|17|0||||
|Millwall|1996–97|Second Division|3|0|0|0|1|0|4|0||||
|Leyton Orient|1996–97|Third Division|3|0|0|0|0|0|3|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|England|1976|3|0|
|1977|7|0|||
|1978|8|0|||
|1979|9|1|||
|1980|8|1|||
|1981|7|0|||
|1982|12|1|||
|1983|1|0|||
|1984|10|0|||
|1985|9|0|||
|1986|10|0|||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wilkins goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|13 June 1979|Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria|24||3–3|3–4|Friendly|||||||||||
|2|12 June 1980|Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy|33||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 1980|||||||||||
|3|23 February 1982|Wembley Stadium, London, England|43||3–0|4–0|Home Championship|||||||||||

### Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Queens Park Rangers|align=left|15 November 1994|align=left|4 September 1996|||||
|align=left|Fulham|align=left|25 September 1997|align=left|7 May 1998|||||
|align=left|Chelsea (caretaker)|align=left|13 September 2000|align=left|17 September 2000|||||
|align=left|Chelsea (caretaker)|align=left|9 February 2009|align=left|14 February 2009|||||
|align=left|Jordan|align=left|3 September 2014|align=left|1 July 2015|||||

### Player

**Manchester United**
- FA Cup: 1982–83
- FA Charity Shield: 1983

**Rangers**
- Scottish Premier Division: 1988–89, 1989–90
- Scottish League Cup: 1988–89

**England**
- Rous Cup: 1986
- British Home Championship: 1977–78, 1981–82, 1982–83

**Individual**
- Chelsea Player of the Year: 1975–76, 1976–77
- English Football Hall of Fame: 2013

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ray Wilkins
- **image**: Ray Wilkins 18-10-2008 1.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Wilkins in 2008
- **fullname**: Raymond Colin Wilkins
- **birth place**: London Borough of Hillingdon, Hillingdon, London, England, U.K.
- **death place**: Tooting, London, England, U.K.
- **position**: Midfielder
- **years1**: 1973–1979
- **clubs1**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
- **caps1**: 179
- **goals1**: 30
- **years2**: 1979–1984
- **clubs2**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps2**: 160
- **goals2**: 7
- **years3**: 1984–1987
- **clubs3**: A.C. Milan, Milan
- **caps3**: 73
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 1987
- **clubs4**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **caps4**: 13
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 1987–1989
- **clubs5**: Rangers F.C., Rangers
- **caps5**: 70
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 1989–1994
- **clubs6**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **caps6**: 154
- **goals6**: 7
- **years7**: 1994
- **clubs7**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace
- **caps7**: 1
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 1994–1996
- **clubs8**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **caps8**: 21
- **goals8**: 0
- **years9**: 1996
- **clubs9**: Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Wycombe Wanderers
- **caps9**: 1
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 1996–1997
- **clubs10**: Hibernian F.C., Hibernian
- **caps10**: 16
- **goals10**: 0
- **years11**: 1997
- **clubs11**: Millwall F.C., Millwall
- **caps11**: 3
- **goals11**: 0
- **years12**: 1997
- **clubs12**: Leyton Orient F.C., Leyton Orient
- **caps12**: 3
- **goals12**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 694
- **totalgoals**: 48
- **nationalyears1**: 1976
- **nationalteam1**: England under-21 national football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1976–1986
- **nationalteam2**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps2**: 84
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 1994–1996
- **managerclubs1**: Queens Park Rangers F.C., Queens Park Rangers
- **manageryears2**: 1997–1998
- **managerclubs2**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **manageryears3**: 1998–2000
- **managerclubs3**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea (assistant)
- **manageryears4**: 2000–2002
- **managerclubs4**: Watford F.C., Watford (assistant)
- **manageryears5**: 2003–2005
- **managerclubs5**: Millwall F.C., Millwall (assistant)
- **manageryears6**: 2004–2007
- **managerclubs6**: England national under-21 football team, England U21 (assistant)
- **manageryears7**: 2008–2009
- **managerclubs7**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea (assistant)
- **manageryears8**: 2009
- **managerclubs8**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea (caretaker)
- **manageryears9**: 2009–2010
- **managerclubs9**: Chelsea F.C., Chelsea (assistant)
- **manageryears10**: 2013–2014
- **managerclubs10**: Fulham F.C., Fulham (assistant)
- **manageryears11**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs11**: Jordan national football team, Jordan
- **manageryears12**: 2015
- **managerclubs12**: Aston Villa F.C, Aston Villa (assistant)