Upcoming Birthday. Kirkland remembers “crying my eyes out” when he said his goodbyes at Wigan after six years – he had fallen from favour under Roberto Martínez – and, although he would be the No1 at Sheffield Wednesday for the next two seasons, he could feel “things starting to slip”. 4401 Northside Pkwy ... Chris is a native Atlantan and resides in Vinings with his wife and 2 daughters. “I couldn’t think properly. Other international suicide helplines can be found at www.befrienders.org. I said to Leeona: ‘I have to do something here’. Below we countdown to Chris Kirkland upcoming birthday. [26] Manager Paul Jewell said that "He certainly has the potential, but there's the obvious question mark over fitness. [40] He was stretchered off after a collision with Johan Elmander in a 1–1 draw against Bolton Wanderers on 5 January 2011; Kirkland was in the Wigan squad due to Ali Al-Habsi's ineligibility to play against his parent club. Wiki Bio of Chris Kirkland net worth is updated in 2020. Chris Kirkland. Currently, Chris Kirkland is 39 years old. [15] He played 14 consecutive matches, during which he kept six clean sheets, but sustained an ankle injury in January 2003, which ruled him out for the rest of the 2002–03 season,[16] meaning he missed the victorious 2003 League Cup Final. Wednesday would still offer him a new contract for the following season but he did not sign it. Leeona says that it was like losing her husband for four years. [22] He kept a clean sheet on his Albion debut as the team drew 0–0 away at Manchester City. But you think about it. He has set up the Chris Kirkland Goalkeeper Academy for young hopefuls while he also coaches his daughter’s under-11s team. He has set up the Chris Kirkland Goalkeeper Academy for young hopefuls while he also coaches his daughter’s under-11s team. “That’s one of the things that has griped at me – that people say I was always injured, when I wasn’t,” Kirkland says. [29] A highlight of this season was saving a Benni McCarthy penalty in a 5–3 win over Blackburn Rovers at the DW Stadium. Chris Kirkland Net Worth. I certainly didn’t sit there one night, thinking, right, I’ve got to … you know. I couldn’t see a way of functioning. [34], At the start of the 2010–11 season, Wigan were heavily defeated in their first two matches against Blackpool and Chelsea, and he was replaced in the starting line-up by Ali Al-Habsi. You put your phone on silent and you don’t reply to anyone. He simply could not continue. [64], He and his wife Leeona had a daughter, Lucy, born on 14 November 2006, which caused him to miss an international friendly match against Netherlands the next day.
“I saw her at least once a week at first and now, I’m at once every two or three weeks. He signed his first professional contract at the age of 17 with Coventry. The injuries themselves, to quote Kirkland, “knocked the stuffing out of me” but so, too, did the view of him as a serial crock. But depression is no respecter of reputation and it spreads furiously beneath the surface.
[51] He was signed as an understudy to on loan goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, and remained on the bench after Pickford was recalled, as Sam Johnstone and Anders Lindegaard also joined the club on loan. “They didn’t wait for us,” Kirkland says. [30] He committed his future to Wigan in May 2008 when he signed a new contract, tying him to the club until 2012.