Conor Dominic Geoffrey Wilkinson (born 23 January 1995) is a

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who plays as a

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for side

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. Born in England, he has represented Ireland at youth level.

Club career

Millwall

Wilkinson began his career at

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in 2010 and progressed through the ranks during his three-year stint at the club.

Bolton Wanderers

He left the club in the summer of 2013 to join fellow Championship side

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on a three-year contract. He initially joined the reserve side and was in good scoring form. In October 2013 Wilkinson along with teammate Chris Lester joined new Conference side

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on a month's long loan. He made his debut and scored against

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, he also played the full 90 minutes. His second appearance for the non-league side against strugglers

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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

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on an emergency one-month loan deal. He was named among the substitutes and made his professional debut a day later against high flying

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coming on as a 75th minute replacing

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. 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

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victory over neighbours

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on 12 August 2014, starting the game before being substituted for Craig Davies in the second half. He joined

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on loan for a month in September 2014, scoring once during his loan spell, in a 2–1 win for Oldham against

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. In December 2014 Wilkinson signed a contract extension with Bolton until 2018. 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

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. On 2 February 2015 he moved to Oldham, again on loan, for the duration of the season. His first-team debut came at the

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in a 0–0 draw against

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. He joined Barnsley on loan in July 2015 for six months. He scored on his debut in a 3–1 defeat at

on 8 August 2015. 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

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on loan until the end of the season. On 31 August 2016, Wilkinson joined

on loan until January.

Gillingham

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

Leyton Orient

On 17 June 2019, after scoring 12 league goals in 23 games for

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in the previous season, Wilkinson joined newly promoted

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side

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for an undisclosed fee. Wilkinson was offered a new deal due to his contract expiring but chose to leave the club.

Walsall

Wilkinson joined

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side

on a two-year deal on 1 July 2021.

Motherwell

On 4 July 2023,

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announced the signing of Wilkinson to a two-year contract after his

contract had ended the previous season.

Colchester United

On 3 January 2024, Wilkinson signed for

for an undisclosed fee.

International career

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

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Bolton Wanderers * EFL League One runner-up (promoted): 2016–17

References

External links

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at UEFA {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, Conor 1995 births Living people English people of Irish descent English Football League players National League (English football) players Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Millwall F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Chester F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Men's association football forwards