Job Wilding

{{short description|Welsh footballer}}

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| birth_date = 1862

| birth_place = Wrexham, Wales

| death_date = 15 March {{Death year and age|1947|1862}}

| death_place = Hoole, Chester, England

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| position = Forward

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| clubs1 = Wrexham Olympic

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| years2 = 1886

| clubs2 = Everton

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| years3 = 1886

| clubs3 = Bootle

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| clubs4 = Wrexham

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| years5 = 1891

| clubs5 = Wrexham Victoria

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| years6 = 1895–1897

| clubs6 = Westminster Rovers

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| years7 = 1900

| clubs7 = Wrexham

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| nationalyears1 = 1885–1892

| nationalteam1 = Wales

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 4

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Job Wilding (1862 – 15 March 1947) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a forward. He was among the first full-time professional football players in England.{{cite web|url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/13-14/comment/fan/25805.html|title=The Lost Professional of Everton FC

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He made his international debut for the Wales national team on 14 March 1885, in the Wales versus England match at Leamington Road, Blackburn.{{cite web|title=Match Report|url=http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=19|publisher=Welsh Football Data Archive|accessdate=10 October 2013}} He was also Everton F.C.'s first player to represent Wales at full international level.

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