Christopher John Wilder is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a right back. He is the manager of Premier League club Sheffield United.
His extensive professional playing career saw spells at Sheffield United (twice), Rotherham United, Notts County, Bradford City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Halifax Town. He also had loan spells at five clubs.
After retiring, he became a manager and was in charge of Alfreton Town, Halifax Town (their last manager before liquidation), Oxford United and Northampton Town before his appointment at Sheffield United. He won promotion from the Conference Premier with Oxford via the play-offs in 2010, from League Two as champions with Northampton in 2016, from League One with Sheffield United as champions in 2017, and from the Championship with the same club two years later.<\/P>","D39E7C23A464F86D":"1","CB6C8C34A68D7715A055D664FDADB411":"18","97493DA145895B7F":"532001","58839C5489CF8F47":"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bramall+Lane+Sheffield+S2+4SU+england&sll=51.486414,0.03724&sspn=0.003848,0.01133&ie=UTF8&ll=53.370291,-1.470344&spn=0.001844,0.005665&t=h&z=18","6D32C6445CC2D59F8C50EC9CE9BD145C":"","6267E3B72302FBDE":"Sheffield","6BCA2519085BAC06":"","6C2FDBC58B5FC31747574B8DEC532270":"Bramall Lane Sheffield S2 4SU","4873D80D884C1965174890917813A0BA":"","2B86CD8155EF4869BD305F9EC6E55A2D":"32050","577B068F2C47D74D":"26.06","5D60482112F81397E864AECB05D29C32":"
First Division Sheffield United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The football club was formed in 1889 as an offshoot of Sheffield United Cricket Club, and are nicknamed The Blades due to Sheffield's history of steel production. The club have played their home games at Bramall Lane since their formation in 1889. Bramall Lane is currently an all-seater ground with a capacity of 32,702. CLUB
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1897–98
Football League North
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1945–46
Second Division\/Championship
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1952–53
Third Division\/League One
<\/STRONG>Winners: 2016–17
Fourth Division\/League Two
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1981–82
FA Cup
<\/STRONG>Winners: 1899, 1902, 1915, 1925<\/P>","9FD5B574D8E8CE5C88A3F16796B0AB69":"Sheffield United","A667671DDBFFBFB2FA72AB297542675213E7B0BF26878540":"1","736ECA69114CA0121CDC75D8A7FDA057F4F7013DE66F87F8":"1889-3-22","7FB3F46040506B81":"Sheffield United","C3DE130B7D4AB7DB":"Sheffield United","1EC75259044B48303E2B2218490C3924":"Watford","FEE968D9DBFC6146299A2FFCF2C397DB":"England","A667671DDBFFBFB212A5D1335EAC16DE":"146850000.00","BF30D6091E95FD5C1F450BE35912A445":"2023-12-5","12F030D6FCEE9D12":"44","14CEFA5CBB9C80784CE9143AE9461C0C":"England","FA57902DDF74DCE49FAB6DBEF2AE8499":"Chris Wilder","699012D84534D371":"Chris Wilder","EC0A9CD40A79F4A7":"1","63AFECC3B4146719A7C304785A3E3995":"Bramall Lane","3A5BA2FF10D30F08":"http:\/\/www.sufc.co.uk","41F6CDCCD6C1C3AD77386ED2FC4083F7":"
Sheffield United won the original Football League in 1898 and the FA Cup in 1899, 1902, 1915 and 1925. They were beaten finalists in the FA Cup in 1901 and 1936, and reached the semi-finals in 1961, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2014. They reached the semi-finals of the League Cup in 2003 and 2015.
For most of the club's history they have played in red and white striped shirts with black shorts. Their closest rivals are Sheffield Wednesday, with whom they contest the Steel City derby.<\/P>","99076DE7EF4979F536E5BDD3036F7064":"
<\/U><\/STRONG>Sheffield United<\/STRONG>
EFL League One: 2016–17
EFL Championship runners-up: 2018–19
INDIVIDUAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>Football League Two Manager of the Month:
<\/STRONG>January 2015, November 2015, January 2016, February 2016
LMA League Two Manager of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2015–16
EFL League One Manager of the Month:
<\/STRONG>April 2017
LMA League One Manager of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2016–17
EFL Championship Manager of the Month:
<\/STRONG>February 2019, April 2019
LMA Championship Manager of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2018–19
LMA Special Achievement Award:
<\/STRONG>2016–17
LMA Manager of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2018–19<\/P>","0AF0E16F0C83F152F5BEC0064DED5CF2":"Watford,Middlesbrough,Sheffield United,Northampton Town,Oxford United,Bury FC,Halifax Town,Alfreton Town","e_index":5};