Curtis Tilt

Curtis Anthony Tilt (born 4 August 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Wigan Athletic, on loan from Champonship side Rotherham United.

Curtis Tilt

Personal information
Full name	Curtis Anthony Tilt[1]
Date of birth	4 August 1991
Place of birth	Walsall, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.92 m)[2]
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Wigan Athletic (on loan from Rotherham United)
Number	4
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–	Rotherham United	1	(0)
2020–2021	→ Wigan Athletic (loan)	13	(0)
2021–	→ Wigan Athletic (loan)	3	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:46, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

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 he moved on loan to Wigan Athletic.[10][11] On 30 January 2021, Tilt 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]

Personal life

Tilt was born in England and is of Jamaican descent.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 February 2021

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[16]	National League North	7	2	0	0	—		0	0	7	2
Telford United	2015–16[16]	National League North	31	0	0	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	32	0
Wrexham	2016–17[16]	National League	36	1	1	0	—		1[lower-alpha 1]	0	38	1
Forest Green Rovers (loan)	2016–17[17]	National League	7	0	—		—		0	0	7	0
Blackpool	2017–18[18]	League One	42	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	45	1
	2018–19[19]	League One	37	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	42	4
	2019–20[20]	League One	20	0	2	0	0	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	24	0
	Total		99	5	5	0	2	0	5	0	111	5
Rotherham United	2019–20[20]	League One	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2020–21[21]	Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wigan Athletic (loan)	2020–21[21]	League One	16	1	0	0	0	0	—		16	1
Career total			197	9	6	0	2	0	7	0	212	9

1. Appearances in the FA Trophy
2. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Blackpool" (PDF). English Football League. p. 6. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
2. 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. "Wigan Athletic FC - Central defender Curtis Tilt joins John Sheridan's Latics squad until January". Wigan Athletic FC.
11. "Wigan sign Rotherham defender Tilt" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
14. "Wigan 2-3 AFC Wimbledon". BBC. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
15. "Exclusive: Championship quartet track Wrexham ace Tilt". TeamTalk. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
16. Curtis Tilt at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
17. "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
18. "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
19. "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
20. "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
21. "Games played by Curtis Tilt in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2021.