Kirk Hilton
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kirk Hilton[1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 April 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Flixton, England | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1997–1999 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2003 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
1999–2000 | → Royal Antwerp (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2002–2003 | → Livingston (loan) | ||
2003–2004 | Blackpool | 14 | (1) |
2004–2006 | Altrincham | ||
2006–2008 | Royal Antwerp | 23 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:24, 19 March 2009 (UTC) |
Kirk Hilton (born 2 April 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Blackpool.
Club career
[edit]Hilton began his career in the Manchester United youth programme. He was released from United and played for clubs such as Altrincham and Blackpool, before being last seen playing as a defender for Royal Antwerp.
After football
[edit]Hilton retired aged 28 after a hip operation. He later moved to Dubai and founded a football academy.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kirk Hilton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ "Kirk Hilton using his Manchester United experiences to nurture Dubai's youth football talent". 12 February 2020.
External links
[edit]- Kirk Hilton at Soccerbase
- Profile – FC Antwerp
Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Manchester United F.C. players
- Royal Antwerp F.C. players
- Livingston F.C. players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Halifax Town A.F.C. players
- Altrincham F.C. players
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- People from Flixton, Greater Manchester
- Sportspeople from Trafford (district)
- Footballers from Greater Manchester
- English Football League players
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- English football defender, 1980s birth stubs