Barry Wilson (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Barry John Wilson | ||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992 | Southampton | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Ross County | 3 | (1) |
| 1994–1996 | Raith Rovers | 39 | (5) |
| 1996–2000 | Inverness CT | 83 | (28) |
| 2000–2003 | Livingston | 101 | (25) |
| 2003–2008 | Inverness CT | 170 | (32) |
| 2008 | → St Johnstone (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Queen of the South | 28 | (5) |
| 2010 | Peterhead | 16 | (5) |
| 2010–2012 | Elgin City | 28 | (4) |
| 2013 | Wick Academy | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 478 | (106) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012–2014 | Wick Academy | ||
| 2014 | Elgin City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 April 2013 (UTC). |
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Barry John Wilson (born 16 February 1972 in Kirkcaldy) is a Scottish football player and manager.
Wilson began his career in the Highland League at Ross County, where his father, Bobby Wilson, was manager. After a spell at Southampton,where he failed to break into the first team, he returned to Ross County before moving to Raith Rovers in 1994. He was a member of the Raith squad that played in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup. In July 1996 Wilson signed for Inverness Caledonian Thistle and helped them to the Scottish Third Division title in 1996–97. In the following few seasons Wilson established himself as a firm favourite of the Caley Thistle fans, with his extraordinarily quick runs down the right wing and his ability to both create and score goals.
During season 1999–00, Caley Thistle's then-manager Steve Paterson decided to move Wilson up front as a striker, which proved an extremely successful tactic, with Wilson scoring a number of goals that season. In the summer of 2000, Wilson was sold to Livingston, with whom he won the Scottish First Division title and was promoted to the SPL.
After three years at Livingston, Wilson returned to Caley Thistle in August 2003, under the management of John Robertson. Since then he has once again proved a valuable asset to the team.
Wilson holds Scottish First Division winner's medals, won with Caley Thistle, Livingston and Raith Rovers, a Scottish Third Division winner's medal, won with Caley Thistle and a Challenge Cup winner's medal, also won with Caley Thistle. His most historic achievement was in scoring the last senior Scottish goal of the old millennium (against Clydebank, 27 December 1999) and the first of the new millennium (against Livingston, 3 January 2000). He is also famous for scoring the opening goal when Caley Thistle beat Celtic 3–1 at Parkhead in the Scottish Cup on 8 February 2000.
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