Alex Wilkinson

Wilkinson began playing football as a student at Ryde East Primary School, and then Epping Boys High School. His main junior football club was North Ryde and then Gladesville Hornsby/Northern Spirit youth team where he played alongside Brett Holman. In 2004, two years after Wilkinson first joined the Northern Spirit team, the National Soccer League (NSL) shut down and Wilkinson found work at a surf shop in his local Macquarie Centre. On Sunday 12 November 2006, Noel Spencer was dropped from the starting eleven and in his absence Alex Wilkinson was named captain of the team. Spencer was then struck down with injury and Alex filled in as captain until round 18 when Spencer returned. He was named captain for Season 3 (2007–2008) and only injury has interrupted that (with ex-Socceroo Tony Vidmar and midfielder John Hutchinson filling in). On 17 March 2011 it was announced that Wilkinson had signed a short-term loan deal with Chinese side Jiangsu Sainty. On 18 July he had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with K League 1 team Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. The reported transfer fee paid to the Mariners upon completion of the deal is $450,000. Following a lengthy and successful stint in Asia, Wilkinson signed with Melbourne City in February 2016, for the remainder of the 2015–16 A-League season.

Sydney FC

After Melbourne City were eliminated from the finals series Wilkinson signed a two-year contract with Sydney FC, rejoining former Mariners manager Graham Arnold In 2017,…

He represented Australia in 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. In August 2006, Alex was selected for the first time to join the 22-man Socceroos squad, training for the Asian Cup against Kuwait. He has also joined the 37-man training squad for the Socceroos against Qatar. He made his full national team debut against Ecuador in a friendly at The New Den in London on 5 March 2014. He was a surprise inclusion for Australia's 2014 World Cup squad and started in Australia's 3–1 opening loss to Chile. After he cleared a certain goal off the line he was the first player in history to be involved in FIFA's new goal line review system which showed he successfully saved a goal. On 30 March 2015 in a friendly match against Macedonia, at the 72nd minute as captain Mile Jedinak was substituted off the ground, Wilkinson was handed the captain's arm band.

As of 1 September 2022

Club

Central Coast Mariners

A-League Premiership: 2007–08, 2011–12 A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup: 2005 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

K League 1: 2014, 2015 Sydney FC

A-League Premiership: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20 A-League Championship: 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20 FFA Cup: 2017

International

Australia

AFC Asian Cup: 2015 Australia U-20

OFC U-19 Men's Championship: 2002

Individual

K League Best XI: 2014 PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20 Sydney FC Player of the Year: 2020–21 Sydney FC season