Andre Wisdom

Andre Alexander Shaquille Wisdom (born 9 May 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back or centre back for National League North club Warrington Town.

Wisdom began his career at Bradford City before signing for Liverpool in 2008.

He signed for Liverpool as a 14-year-old in January 2008 for what his Bradford youth-team manager Peter Horne implied was an unprecedented fee for a League Two youngster.

Wisdom progressed through the youth teams at Liverpool before featuring for the club's reserve team.

Wisdom was called up to the England Under-16 squad for the Victory Shield tournament in the autumn of 2008.

He started in the away fixture to Wales in a 1–0 victory at Stebonheath Park on 31 October.

He featured again in the tournament a month later as a substitute in the 2–0 victory over Scotland at Sincil Bank as England finished top of the group and took the 2008 Victory Shield title.

Wisdom has also played for and captained the England youth teams at various levels, and was part of the squad which won the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in 2010.

Wisdom was born to Jamaican parents in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and grew up in the suburb of Chapeltown.

He studied at Abbey Grange Church of England Academy.

In his youth, he excelled in the junior teams of Bradford City and regularly played a year above his age group up to the under-15s.

In September 2010, manager Roy Hodgson called up Wisdom to his first-team squad for the League Cup match against League Two team Northampton Town.

The following year, Wisdom was called up to John Peacock's England Under-17 squads for their 2010 UEFA European Under-17 Championship campaign.

England breezed through the qualifying and elite rounds to qualify for the Championship in Liechtenstein.

He was selected for the final squad along with fellow Liverpool teammate and captain Conor Coady.

He was rewarded for his progress with an extension to his contract by newly appointed manager Kenny Dalglish in the summer of 2011.

He made his debut for the club in 2012 before enjoying loan spells with Derby County, West Bromwich Albion, Norwich City, and Red Bull Salzburg.

The appointment of Brendan Rodgers in June 2012 would be Wisdom's fourth manager during his time at Anfield and would present him with a fresh opportunity to stake a claim in the first team.

In September, Wisdom would travel with several other Liverpool youngsters to Switzerland for their UEFA Europa League group tie versus Young Boys.

He was named in the starting line-up and scored on his debut as Liverpool won 5–3.

His impressive performance in Europe would lead to further opportunities for him in the first team in the following weeks; starting in the 2–1 victory over West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup on 26 September and making his Premier League debut from the start three days later in the 5–2 win away to Norwich City.

He retained his place in the first team for the following month, making his first appearance at Anfield in a goalless draw with Stoke City in doing so.

He was handed his first taste of a Merseyside derby for the 2–2 draw at Everton on 28 October 2012.

On 9 January 2013, Wisdom signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool.

On 22 October 2013, Wisdom signed a season-long loan at Championship club Derby County in order to progress his development.

He went straight into Derby's back four and made his debut in the 1–1 home draw against Birmingham City on 26 October.

An ever-present in the team,

he left the club in May 2014 after playing at Wembley against QPR in the Championship play-off final, which Derby lost by the only goal of the game.

On 22 July 2014, Wisdom joined West Bromwich Albion on a season-long loan and was assigned the number 2 shirt.

Having played 22 games under manager Alan Irvine, after a 0–3 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur on 31 January 2015, he fell out of favour with new manager Tony Pulis and lost his starting place.

Having signed a new four-year contract with Liverpool ahead of the 2015–16 season on 26 May 2015, Wisdom joined Premier League newcomers Norwich City on a season-long loan on 29 July 2015.

On 31 August 2016, he joined reigning Austrian Bundesliga champions Red Bull Salzburg on a season-long loan.

He left Liverpool in 2017 to spend four seasons with Derby County.

On 3 July 2017, Wisdom joined Derby County on a permanent basis.

He scored his first goal for Derby, and his first professional goal since his Liverpool debut in 2012, in a 4–2 FA Cup win over Northampton Town on 4 February 2020.

He scored his first ever league goal on 16 February 2021 to secure Derby's last-minute win away to Wycombe Wanderers in the Championship.

His contract expired at the end of the season, and although he trained with the financially struggling club ahead of the 2021–22 season, he did not re-sign.

After his release by Derby County, Wisdom trialled with Portsmouth, Birmingham City, Sheffield United and Polish club Warta Poznań.

On 22 September 2023, Wisdom signed for National League North club Warrington Town.

He made his debut the following day when playing the entirety of Warrington's 1–0 home win over King's Lynn Town.