Rhys Wilmot
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 February 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Newport, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Plymouth Argyle (Youth academy goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1980 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1989 | Arsenal | 8 | (0) |
| 1983 | → Hereford United (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 1984 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 46 | (0) |
| 1988 | → Swansea City (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 1989–1992 | Plymouth Argyle | 133 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Grimsby Town | 33 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Crystal Palace | 6 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Torquay United | 33 | (0) |
| Total | 284 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rhys Wilmot (born 21 February 1962) is a Welsh football coach and former professional footballer who is youth academy goalkeeping coach at Football League One side Plymouth Argyle.
As a player Wilmot featured as a goalkeeper in a 17-year career spanning from 1980 to 1997 for clubs Arsenal, Hereford United, Leyton Orient, Swansea City, Plymouth Argyle, Grimsby Town, Crystal Palace and Torquay United.
Wilmot started out at Arsenal, joining as a schoolboy in 1977 before turning professional in 1980. Mainly an understudy to Pat Jennings, George Wood and then John Lukic, Wilmot had loan spells at both Hereford United and Leyton Orient. He had to wait six years until his Arsenal first-team debut, against Aston Villa on 28 March 1986. He had six games deputising for Lukic in 1986–87 before another loan spell, this time at Swansea City.
Unable to break into the first team properly, he left Arsenal in 1989 for Plymouth Argyle. During his time in Devon Rhys Played under Peter Shilton until he was sold for a sum of £87,500. He later played for Grimsby Town, Crystal Palace and Torquay United.
