Matt Gilks — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

12

clubs played for

01/02

debut season

0

goals / match

Blackpool FC

top club · 200 apps

Position rank · 21/22

#309

goals rank

#446

assists rank

0

season goals

0

season assists

Among 3,366 Goalkeepers · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€1.50m

peak value · 2011

—

top transfer fee

—

best season

3 / 0

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Tim Gilissen

Midfield - Defensive Midfield · Retired

Do Namkung

Attack - Centre-Forward · Retired

Leonardo Paris

Midfield · Retired

Shares 1982-06-04 · 3 players total

471Appearances

0Goals

0Assists

11Yellow cards

0Red cards

469Full matches (90′)

Full name	Matt Gilks
Name in home country	Matthew Gilks
Date of birth	1982-06-04 (43 yrs)
Place of birth	Rochdale, Scotland
Citizenship	Scotland England
Position	Goalkeeper
Foot	right
Height	185.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2022-01-10
Contract expires	—

Jan 2022

Transfer: Bolton → Retired

21/22 · Transfer

Jul 2021

21/22 — Bolton Wanderers

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Aug 2020

Transfer: Fleetwood → Bolton

20/21 · Transfer

Jul 2020

20/21 — Bolton Wanderers

35 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Aug 2019

Transfer: Lincoln City → Fleetwood

19/20 · Transfer

Jul 2019

19/20 — Fleetwood Town

6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jan 2019

Transfer: Scunthorpe Utd. → Lincoln City

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2018

18/19 — Lincoln City

12 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

May 2018

Injury: unknown

34 games missed

Jul 2017

17/18 — Scunthorpe United

48 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2017

Transfer: Wigan → Scunthorpe Utd.

17/18 · Transfer

Jan 2017

Transfer: Rangers → Wigan

16/17 · Transfer

Jul 2016

16/17 — Rangers FC, Wigan Athletic

19 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2016

Transfer: Burnley → Rangers

16/17 · Transfer

Jul 2015

15/16 — Burnley FC

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2014

Transfer: Blackpool → Burnley

14/15 · Transfer

Jul 2014

14/15 — Burnley FC

1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2013

13/14 — Blackpool FC

48 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2012

12/13 — Blackpool FC

48 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2011

11/12 — Blackpool FC

48 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Mar 2011

Injury: unknown

9 games missed

Nov 2010

Injury: unknown

18 games missed

Jul 2010

10/11 — Blackpool FC, Blackpool FC U21

21 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2009

09/10 — Blackpool FC

32 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Dec 2008

Transfer: Shrewsbury → Blackpool

08/09 · Return from loan

Nov 2008

Transfer: Blackpool → Shrewsbury

08/09 · Loan

Jul 2008

08/09 — Blackpool FC, Shrewsbury Town

10 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2008

Transfer: Norwich → Blackpool

08/09 · Transfer

Jul 2007

07/08 — Norwich City

0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2007

Transfer: Rochdale → Norwich

07/08 · Transfer

Jul 2006

06/07 — Rochdale AFC

51 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2005

05/06 — Rochdale AFC

50 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2004

04/05 — Rochdale AFC

32 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2003

03/04 — Rochdale AFC

3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2001

01/02 — Rochdale AFC

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2000

Transfer: Rochdale U18 → Rochdale

00/01 · Transfer

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €1.50m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 2860 other Goalkeepers with ≥500 minutes in 21/22. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals0 total · 0.00/90

0

Assists0 total · 0.00/90

0

G+A0 total · 0.00/90

0

Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90

62

Clean sheets1 total · 1.00/90

4

Minutes played by club

Bolton Wanderers 8.3%

Fleetwood Town 1.3%

Lincoln City 2.6%

Scunthorpe United 10.2%

Rangers FC 1.1%

Wigan Athletic 2.9%

Burnley FC 0.4%

Blackpool FC 42.5%

Blackpool FC U21 0.4%

Shrewsbury Town 0.9%

Norwich City 0.0%

Rochdale AFC 29.5%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Minutes
Bolton Wanderers	2	20/21	21/22	39	3,510
Fleetwood Town	1	19/20	19/20	6	540
Lincoln City	1	18/19	18/19	12	1,080
Scunthorpe United	1	17/18	17/18	48	4,322
Rangers FC	1	16/17	16/17	5	450
Wigan Athletic	1	16/17	16/17	14	1,215
Burnley FC	2	14/15	15/16	2	180
Blackpool FC	6	08/09	13/14	200	17,955
Blackpool FC U21	1	10/11	10/11	3	149
Shrewsbury Town	1	08/09	08/09	4	360
Norwich City	1	07/08	07/08	0	0
Rochdale AFC	5	01/02	06/07	138	12,480

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	YC	Minutes
21/22	EFL Cup	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	90
21/22	EFL Trophy	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	180
21/22	FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0
21/22	League One	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	90
20/21	League Two	Bolton Wanderers	35	1	3,150
19/20	EFL Trophy	Fleetwood Town	1	0	90
19/20	FA Cup	Fleetwood Town	0	0	0
19/20	League One	Fleetwood Town	5	0	450
19/20	League One Play-Offs	Fleetwood Town	0	0	0
18/19	League Two	Lincoln City	12	0	1,080
17/18	EFL Cup	Scunthorpe United	2	0	210
17/18	EFL Trophy	Scunthorpe United	0	0	0
17/18	FA Cup	Scunthorpe United	3	0	270
17/18	League One	Scunthorpe United	42	3	3,780
17/18	League One Play-Offs	Scunthorpe United	1	0	62
16/17	Betfred Cup	Rangers FC	5	0	450
16/17	Championship	Wigan Athletic	14	0	1,215
16/17	Premiership	Rangers FC	0	0	0
16/17	SFA Cup	Rangers FC	0	0	0
15/16	Championship	Burnley FC	0	0	0
15/16	FA Cup	Burnley FC	0	0	0
15/16	League Cup	Burnley FC	1	0	90
14/15	FA Cup	Burnley FC	0	0	0
14/15	League Cup	Burnley FC	1	0	90
14/15	Premier League	Burnley FC	0	0	0
13/14	Championship	Blackpool FC	46	2	4,140
13/14	FA Cup	Blackpool FC	1	0	90
13/14	League Cup	Blackpool FC	1	0	90
12/13	Championship	Blackpool FC	45	1	4,025
12/13	FA Cup	Blackpool FC	2	0	210
12/13	League Cup	Blackpool FC	1	0	90
11/12	Championship	Blackpool FC	42	0	3,780
11/12	Championship Play-Offs	Blackpool FC	3	0	270
11/12	FA Cup	Blackpool FC	3	0	270
10/11	League Cup	Blackpool FC	0	0	0
10/11	Premier League	Blackpool FC	18	0	1,575
10/11	Reserve League	Blackpool FC U21	3	0	149
09/10	Championship	Blackpool FC	26	0	2,340
09/10	Championship Play-Offs	Blackpool FC	3	0	270
09/10	League Cup	Blackpool FC	3	0	270
08/09	Championship	Blackpool FC	5	0	445
08/09	EFL Trophy	Shrewsbury Town	0	0	0
08/09	FA Cup	Blackpool FC	0	0	0
08/09	League Cup	Blackpool FC	1	0	90
08/09	League Two	Shrewsbury Town	4	0	360
07/08	Championship	Norwich City	0	0	0
07/08	FA Cup	Norwich City	0	0	0
07/08	League Cup	Norwich City	0	0	0
06/07	EFL Trophy	Rochdale AFC	2	0	180
06/07	FA Cup	Rochdale AFC	2	0	210
06/07	League Cup	Rochdale AFC	1	0	90
06/07	League Two	Rochdale AFC	46	2	4,140
05/06	EFL Trophy	Rochdale AFC	2	1	180
05/06	FA Cup	Rochdale AFC	1	0	90
05/06	League Cup	Rochdale AFC	1	0	90
05/06	League Two	Rochdale AFC	46	1	4,140
04/05	FA Cup	Rochdale AFC	2	0	180
04/05	League Cup	Rochdale AFC	0	0	0
04/05	League Two	Rochdale AFC	30	0	2,700
03/04	FA Cup	Rochdale AFC	0	0	0
03/04	League Cup	Rochdale AFC	1	0	90
03/04	League Two	Rochdale AFC	2	0	180
01/02	FA Cup	Rochdale AFC	1	0	90
01/02	League Cup	Rochdale AFC	1	0	120

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
00/01	2000-07-01	Rochdale U18	Rochdale	Transfer	0	—
07/08	2007-07-01	Rochdale	Norwich	Transfer	0	—
08/09	2008-07-01	Norwich	Blackpool	Transfer	250000	—
08/09	2008-11-21	Blackpool	Shrewsbury	Loan	250000	—
08/09	2008-12-21	Shrewsbury	Blackpool	Return from loan	250000	—
14/15	2014-07-02	Blackpool	Burnley	Transfer	700000	—
16/17	2016-07-01	Burnley	Rangers	Transfer	500000	—
16/17	2017-01-31	Rangers	Wigan	Transfer	500000	—
17/18	2017-07-01	Wigan	Scunthorpe Utd.	Transfer	400000	—
18/19	2019-01-31	Scunthorpe Utd.	Lincoln City	Transfer	200000	—
19/20	2019-08-01	Lincoln City	Fleetwood	Transfer	200000	—
20/21	2020-08-06	Fleetwood	Bolton	Transfer	200000	—
21/22	2022-01-10	Bolton	Retired	Transfer	200000	—

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
10/11	Broken kneecap	2010-11-18	2011-03-10	113	18
10/11	Calf problems	2011-03-14	2011-05-20	68	9
18/19	Knee injury	2018-05-12	2019-01-02	236	34

Current—

Peak€1.50m

Low—

Δ since start−€250k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	—
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k
Jan 1, 1970	€700k
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.25m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€250k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #3380	—	3	0	—	—	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals	Minutes
Tom Ince	1	0	0
Matt Phillips	1	0	0

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
08/09	2008-12-21	Shrewsbury	Blackpool	Return from loan	—	€250k
08/09	2008-11-21	Blackpool	Shrewsbury	Loan	—	€250k

Teams faced most often by Matt Gilks's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Doncaster Rovers	113	45	27	41	152	146	+6	40%
Gillingham FC	112	42	35	35	163	142	+21	38%
Charlton Athletic	104	40	31	33	139	127	+12	38%
Peterborough United	104	41	20	43	150	155	-5	39%
Portsmouth FC	99	34	18	47	109	138	-29	34%
Bradford City	96	35	27	34	129	118	+11	36%
Oxford United	95	41	17	37	140	124	+16	43%
Bristol Rovers	94	36	29	29	111	98	+13	38%
Milton Keynes Dons	92	31	23	38	122	128	-6	34%
Southend United	90	37	27	26	129	104	+25	41%
Ipswich Town	89	21	25	43	91	117	-26	24%
Bury FC	88	36	28	24	119	100	+19	41%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
01/02	Senior debut season

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	Cards / 90′
20/21	35	3,150	1	0.03
17/18	48	4,322	3	0.06
13/14	48	4,320	2	0.04
12/13	48	4,325	1	0.02
06/07	51	4,620	2	0.04
05/06	50	4,500	2	0.04

Goalkeeper-specific aggregates: clean sheets and goals conceded by season.

Season	Matches	Mins	Clean sheets	CS %	Goals conceded	GC / 90′
21/22	4	360	1	25%	6	1.5
20/21	35	3,150	16	46%	33	0.94
19/20	6	540	1	17%	8	1.33
18/19	12	1,080	6	50%	6	0.5
17/18	48	4,322	17	35%	52	1.08
16/17	19	1,665	9	47%	16	0.86
15/16	1	90	0	0%	1	1
14/15	1	90	0	0%	1	1
13/14	48	4,320	12	25%	69	1.44
12/13	48	4,325	10	21%	66	1.37
11/12	48	4,320	14	29%	60	1.25
10/11	21	1,724	5	24%	40	2.09
09/10	32	2,880	10	31%	44	1.38
08/09	10	895	3	30%	14	1.41
06/07	51	4,620	19	37%	56	1.09
05/06	50	4,500	5	10%	79	1.58
04/05	32	2,880	15	47%	29	0.91
03/04	3	270	1	33%	5	1.67
01/02	2	210	0	0%	3	1.29