Ray Wilkins

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

Ray Wilkins

Wilkins in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Colin Wilkins[1]
Date of birth	(1956-09-14)14 September 1956
Place of birth	Hillingdon, London, England, U.K.
Date of death	4 April 2018(2018-04-04) (aged 61)
Place of death	Tooting, London, England, U.K.
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1979	Chelsea	179	(30)
1979–1984	Manchester United	160	(7)
1984–1987	Milan	73	(2)
1987	Paris Saint-Germain	13	(0)
1987–1989	Rangers	70	(2)
1989–1994	Queens Park Rangers	154	(7)
1994	Crystal Palace	1	(0)
1994–1996	Queens Park Rangers	21	(0)
1996	Wycombe Wanderers	1	(0)
1996–1997	Hibernian	16	(0)
1997	Millwall	3	(0)
1997	Leyton Orient	3	(0)
Total		694	(48)
International career
1976	England U21	1	(0)
1976–1986	England	84	(3[2])
Managerial career
1994–1996	Queens Park Rangers
1997–1998	Fulham
1998–2000	Chelsea (assistant)
2000–2002	Watford (assistant)
2003–2005	Millwall (assistant)
2004–2007	England U21 (assistant)
2008–2009	Chelsea (assistant)
2009	Chelsea (caretaker)
2009–2010	Chelsea (assistant)
2013–2014	Fulham (assistant)
2014–2015	Jordan
2015	Aston Villa (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilkins began his career at Chelsea, where he was appointed captain at the age of 18.^[3] 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.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5][6][7][8]

Club	Season	Division	League		National Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
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
	Total		179	30	12	2	16	3	207	35
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
	Total		160	7	10	1	24	2	194	10
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
	Total		73	2	25	1	7	0	105	3
Paris Saint-Germain	1987–88	French Division 1	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
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
	Total		70	2	9	0	17	2	96	4
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
	Total		154	7	13	2	15	1	182	10
Crystal Palace	1994–95	Premier League	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
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
	Total		21	0	1	0	3	0	25	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
Career total			694	48	70	6	84	8	848	62

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[9][10][11]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
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
Total		84	3

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

List of international goals scored by Ray Wilkins

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	13 June 1979	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	24	Austria	3–3	3–4	Friendly	[12]
2	12 June 1980	Stadio Comunale, Turin, Italy	33	Belgium	1–0	1–1	UEFA Euro 1980	[13]
3	23 February 1982	Wembley Stadium, London, England	43	Northern Ireland	3–0	4–0	Home Championship	[14]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Queens Park Rangers	15 November 1994	4 September 1996	80	31	13	36	038.75	[6]
Fulham	25 September 1997	7 May 1998	43	20	8	15	046.51	[6]
Chelsea (caretaker)	13 September 2000	17 September 2000	2	1	0	1	050.00	[6]
Chelsea (caretaker)	9 February 2009	14 February 2009	1	1	0	0	100.00	[6]
Jordan	3 September 2014	1 July 2015	15	2	2	11	013.33	[15]
Total			142	56	23	63	039.44

Honours

Player

Manchester United

• FA Cup: 1982–83^[16]
• FA Charity Shield: 1983^[17]

Rangers

• Scottish Premier Division: 1988–89, 1989–90^[18]
• Scottish League Cup: 1988–89^[18]

England

• Rous Cup: 1986^[19]
• British Home Championship: 1977–78, 1981–82, 1982–83^[20]

Individual

• Chelsea Player of the Year: 1975–76, 1976–77^[21]
• English Football Hall of Fame: 2013^[22]