Ray Wilkins
English football player and coach
Died when: 61 years 202 days (738 months)Star Sign: Virgo
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.
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.
