Kelvin James Wilson (born 3 September 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Ilkeston Town.

[6] In the 2007–08 campaign, Wilson was a virtual ever-present in defence, as he helped Forest gain automatic promotion to the Championship after finishing second in League One.

He made 42 appearances, missing a few games due to a red card in Forest's 2–1 victory over Huddersfield Town and an injury towards the end of the season.

On 13 April 2009, a red card for a head butt on Sheffield United's Greg Halford saw Wilson's season finish under a black cloud.

On 23 October 2012, Wilson put in one of the finest performances of his career, shutting out Lionel Messi in Celtic's narrow 2–1 defeat to Barcelona at the Camp Nou.

During the summer Wilson expressed a desire to return south to England for family reasons, with former club Nottingham Forest making public in July their interest in re-signing him.

[28] Wilson made a handful of appearances after that but then required to undergo surgery to his back in November 2013,[29] and did not play any games between 19 October 2013 and 5 April 2014.

[29] Having missed the beginning of the 2014–15 season, Wilson played the full ninety minutes for Nottingham Forest's under 21s on 26 August 2014 against Sheffield Wednesday's under 21s.

[32] Wilson started Forest's next game against Millwall at The Den on 20 September 2014, partnering Michael Mancienne at central defence in a 0–0 draw.

Forest teammate Jamaal Lascelles brought the attacker down with a rugby tackle before stewards took over and dragged the supporter away and handed him over to police officers.

[citation needed] In June 2020, Wilson joined non-league club Ilkeston Town in a player-coach role, following a three-year break from football.