Curtis Tilt
Personal information
Full name Curtis Anthony Tilt[1]
Date of birth (1991-08-04) 4 August 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Walsall, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.89 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Salford City
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Gornal Athletic
2013 Tipton Town
2013–2015 Halesowen Town
2015 Hednesford Town 7 (2)
2015–2016 AFC Telford United 31 (0)
2016–2017 Wrexham 36 (1)
2017 → Forest Green Rovers (loan) 7 (0)
2017–2020 Blackpool 99 (5)
2020–2022 Rotherham United 1 (0)
2020–2021 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 13 (0)
2021 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 23 (3)
2021–2022 → Wigan Athletic (loan) 8 (2)
2022–2023 Wigan Athletic 38 (1)
2023– Salford City 41 (3)
International career‡
2021– Jamaica 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:02, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:42, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Curtis Anthony Tilt (born 4 August 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Salford City. Born in England, he represented Jamaica at international level.

Club career

Born in Walsall,[2] Tilt was working in a quarry and had largely stopped playing football when he was spotted by Gornal Athletic playing in a tournament organised by Sporting Khalsa.[3] After one season with Gornal he left to join Tipton Town in the summer of 2013, but then moved on again to Halesowen Town in September of the same year.[4] After two seasons with Halesowen, Tilt moved on to Hednesford Town in 2015,[5] before signing for Wrexham in June 2016,[6] and moving on loan to Forest Green Rovers in March 2017.[7] He signed for Blackpool in June 2017.[8]

Tilt signed for Rotherham United on 31 January 2020 for an undisclosed fee.[9]

In October 2020 Tilt moved on loan to Wigan Athletic.[10][11] On 30 January 2021, he rejoined Wigan Athletic on loan for the remainder of the 2020–21 season.[12][13] He scored his first goal for Wigan in a 3–2 loss to AFC Wimbledon on 6 February 2021.[14]

He re-joined Wigan Athletic for a third loan spell on loan on 31 August 2021.[15] Although the loan was originally until the end of the season, Rotherham exercised the option to recall in the January transfer window on 14 January 2021.[16] He returned to Wigan later that month on a permanent deal.[17]

On 18 July 2023, Tilt signed for League Two club Salford City on a two-year deal.[18][19]

International career

In March 2021 he was one of six English-born players to receive their first call-up to the Jamaica national team.[20] On 25 March 2021, he made his Jamaica debut when he came on in the 64th minute of a 4–1 defeat to the USA.[21]

Personal life

Tilt was born in England and is of Jamaican descent.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of matched played on 8 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hednesford Town 2015–16[23] National League North 7 2 0 0 — 0 0 7 2
Telford United 2015–16[23] National League North 31 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 32 0
Wrexham 2016–17[23] National League 36 1 1 0 — 1[a] 0 38 1
Forest Green Rovers (loan) 2016–17[24] National League 7 0 — — 0 0 7 0
Blackpool 2017–18[25] League One 42 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 45 1
2018–19[26] League One 37 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 42 4
2019–20[27] League One 20 0 2 0 0 0 2[b] 0 24 0
Total 99 5 5 0 2 0 5 0 111 5
Rotherham United 2019–20[27] League One 1 0 — — — 1 0
2020–21[28] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2021–22[29] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2020–21[28] League One 36 3 0 0 0 0 — 36 3
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2021–22[29] League One 8 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 12 2
Wigan Athletic 2021–22[29] League One 12 0 0 0 0 0 — 12 0
2022–23 Championship 26 1 2 0 0 0 — 28 1
Total 38 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 40 1
Career total 263 14 9 0 3 0 9 0 284 14
  1. ^ a b Appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in the EFL Trophy

International

As of 1 September 2022[30]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team Year Apps Goals
Jamaica 2021 2 0
Total 2 0

References

  1. ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Blackpool" (PDF). English Football League. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Curtis Tilt at Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Curtis Tilt deserves his shot at big league football". Express and Star. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Yeltz Capture Tipton's Tilt". The Non-League Paper. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Curtis Tilt signs for Hednesford Town". Express and Star. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Wrexham sign Wayne Rooney's brother John from rivals Chester". BBC Sport. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Forest Green Rovers: Wrexham's Curtis Tilt joins on loan". BBC Sport. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Curtis Tilt: Blackpool sign Wrexham defender on two-year contract". BBC Sport. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Tilt Moves To Rotherham United" – Blackpool F.C., 31 January 2020
  10. ^ FC, Wigan Athletic (15 October 2020). "Wigan Athletic FC – Central defender Curtis Tilt joins John Sheridan's Latics squad until January". Wigan Athletic FC.
  11. ^ "Wigan sign Rotherham defender Tilt". BBC Sport.
  12. ^ "Tilt re-joins Wigan Athletic on loan". Rotherham United FC. 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Rotherham's Tilt rejoins Wigan on loan". BBC Sport.
  14. ^ "Wigan 2–3 AFC Wimbledon". BBC. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Wigan sign Bennett, Kerr and Tilt". BBC Sport.
  16. ^ "Tilt recalled from Wigan loan spell". Rotherham United F.C. 14 January 2021.
  17. ^ "Wigan sign loanee Tilt on permanent deal". BBC Sport.
  18. ^ "Curtis Tilt signs for The Ammies". salfordcityfc.co.uk. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Salford sign Wigan defender Tilt". BBC Sport.
  20. ^ "JFF names team for USA friendly". jamaica-gleaner.com. 17 March 2021.
  21. ^ "International Friendly: USA 4 – Jamaica 1". www.ussoccer.com. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  22. ^ "Exclusive: Championship quartet track Wrexham ace Tilt". TeamTalk. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  23. ^ a b c Curtis Tilt at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  24. ^ "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  25. ^ "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  26. ^ "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  27. ^ a b "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  28. ^ a b "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  29. ^ a b c "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  30. ^ "Curtis Tilt". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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