Career
In October 2013 Wilson became the youngest ever player to play for Wales, at the age of 16 years and 207 days, beating a record previously held by Gareth Bale. He also became Liverpool"s youngest ever international, ahead of Raheem Sterling. Born in Wrexham, he was schooled at Ysgol Dinas Brân in Llangollen.
Liverpool
During the 2012-2013 campaign, Wilson featured for the U18s and was a regular face in the U16 side.
Foreign the beginning of the next season, he was promoted to the U18s full-time. In 2014 Wilson was joint top scorer with fellow Liverpool youngster Sheyi Ojo at the Ajax Future Cup.
In July 2014 he signed his first professional contract with the club On 11 July 2015, Wilson was named in Liverpool"s 30-man squad for their pre-season tour of Thailand, Australia and Malaysia.
On 16 August he was crowned best forward of the 2015 PSV Otten Cup.
Crewe Alexandra (loan)
On 26 August 2015, Wilson joined League One side Crewe Alexandra on youth loan deal for four months until 5 January 2016. He made his debut against Millwall as a 67th-minute substitute for David Fox in a 1–3 loss at Gresty Road on 12 September, and his first start in a goalless draw away to Burton Albion on 20 October. Wilson was recalled from his loan spell at Crewe Alexandra on 1 December 2015.
Having represented Wales in the Victory Shield and at under-17 level and impressing manager Chris Coleman with his performances, in October 2013, Wilson was called up by the Wales national football team at the age of 16.
An unused substitute in a 1–0 victory over Macedonia on 11 October, Wilson made his debut four days later against Belgium, when he came on as a substitute for Hal Robson-Kanu in the 87th minute. Upon making this appearance he became the youngest ever player to play for Wales, beating the previous record holder Gareth Bale by 108 days.
He also became Liverpool"s youngest ever international at the age of 16 years and 207 days, beating the record previously held by Raheem Sterling who represented England for the first time in November 2012 at the age of 17 years and 342 days. He was praised by Coleman, who said "Now he has had a little taste of it, that cements his future with Wales for the next 10 or 15 years".
The manager also spoke of England"s interest in the player.
In June 2015 Wilson again joined up with the senior Welsh squad for a post-season training camp in Cardiff.