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Ray Wilkins Autograph for sale Chelsea Rangers AC Milan legend

Authentic Ray Wilkins Autograph for sale Chelsea Rangers AC Milan legend. Signed piece of paper  mounted with photo of Ray playing for Chelsea. Measuring: 12″ x 16″.

Raymond Colin Wilkins, MBE (14 September 1956 – 4 April 2018) was an English football player and coach.

Born into a footballing family with his father and three brothers involved in the game, Wilkins played as a midfielder. He began his career at Chelsea, where he was appointed captain at the age of 18, and later played for clubs including Manchester United, A.C. Milan, Queens Park Rangers and Rangers. He won 84 caps for the England national football team from 1976 to 1986, playing at UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups.

Besides, After his playing career ended, he worked as a television pundit; and as a coach and manager with Queens Park Rangers, Fulham and Chelsea. He managed Jordan at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and his last coaching job was as the assistant manager of Aston Villa later that year.

Chelsea

Wilkins made his name in the 1970s with boyhood club Chelsea, which he joined as an apprentice, progressing to his first team debut against Norwich City at the age of 17 on 26 October 1973 as a substitute in a 3–0 home league win.

In 1975, following the club’s relegation and the departure of many established players; an 18-year-old Wilkins was handed the captaincy of Chelsea by new manager Eddie McCreadie; taking it from long-time Blues captain John Hollins. He took to the role well, keeping it for four years. Furthermore, He emerged as Chelsea’s key player of that period, leading a team of mainly young players to promotion again in 1976–1977 and, in the next season, consolidation of their place in the First Division. His rapid success, along with his “dark good looks”; also saw Wilkins becoming a regular pin-up feature in British teenybopper magazines.

His elder brother, Graham Wilkins also played for Chelsea.