Courtney James Wildin (born 30 March 1996) is a

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who most recently played as a defender for Southern League Premier Central side Coalville Town. Born in England, he represents the Antigua and Barbuda national team at international level.

Club career

Sheffield Wednesday

Wildin was a youth team player for

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...

, before joining

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot of ...

as part of their development squad. In January 2016 he joined

Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough Trinity Football Club is a football club based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. Established in 1873, the club became members of the Football League in 1893 and remained members of the Second Division until 1912, making Gainsbo ...

on loan. In February 2016 he joined Lincoln City on loan before in March, he extended the loan until the end of the season. He was then released by Sheffield Wednesday at the end of the season.

Boston United

After his release Wildin joined

Boston United Boston United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. The club participates in the National League North, at the sixth tier of the English football league system. The club is known ...

. In December 2016 he joined

Hednesford Town Hednesford Town Football Club is a football club based in Hednesford, Staffordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Keys Park. History The club was established in 1880 as a merger of the Red & Whites and Hill Top.

on loan before returning on completion of the month loan period. Wildin joined

Corby Town Corby Town Football Club is a football club based in Corby, Northamptonshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Steel Park. History The club was established in 1948, taking over from Stewarts & Lloyds as the main team i ...

on loan on 23 February 2017, and left the club again on 23 April.

Nuneaton Town

Wildin joined

Nuneaton Town Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton to ...

in May 2017 along with his brother,

Luther Wildin Luther Ash James-Wildin (born 3 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Stevenage. Born in England, he represents the Antigua and Barbuda national team. James-Wildin joined Notts County's academy in 201 ...

In September he left the club when his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

Nantwich Town

In October he joined

Nantwich Town Nantwich Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1884 and is nicknamed ''The Dabbers'', a reference to the town's tanning industry. They currently compete in and play ...

Coalville Town

Wildin signed for Southern League Premier Central side Coalville Town on 9 June 2018. In December 2018 he announced that he had been diagnosed with

leukaemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ' ...

International career

Wildin was called up by

Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (, ) is a sovereign country in the West Indies. It lies at the juncture of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Leeward Islands part of the Lesser Antilles, at 17°N latitude. The country consists of two maj ...

for the first time in May 2016 and made his full international debut as a second-half substitute on 4 June 2016 for in a

Caribbean Cup The Caribbean Cup was the championship tournament for national association football teams that are members of the Caribbean Football Union. The first competition, established by Shell and run by former England Cricket fast bowler Fred Rumsey, wa ...

qualifier against

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

Personal life

Wildin is the brother of

Stevenage Stevenage ( ) is a large town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevena ...

and fellow

defender

. The beginning of December 2018 he was diagnosed with

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* * * Living people 1996 births English sportspeople of Antigua and Barbuda descent Antigua and Barbuda men's footballers English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Antigua and Barbuda men's international footballers Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Gainsborough Trinity F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Aston Villa F.C. players Hednesford Town F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players Corby Town F.C. players Nantwich Town F.C. players Coalville Town F.C. players Antigua and Barbuda expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Crewe {{Antigua-footy-bio-stub