Chris Whyte
| Chris Whyte | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Christopher Anderson Whyte | |
| birthday | 2nd September 1961 | |
| place of birth | Islington , London , England | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| position | Central defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1977-1979 | Arsenal FC | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1979-1986 | Arsenal FC | 90 (8) |
| 1984-1985 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 13 (0) |
| 1988-1990 | West Bromwich Albion | 84 (7) |
| 1990-1993 | Leeds United | 113 (5) |
| 1993-1996 | Birmingham City | 68 (1) |
| 1995 | → Coventry City (loan) | 1 (0) |
| 1996 | Charlton Athletic | 11 (0) |
| 1997 | Leyton Orient | 1 (0) |
| 1997 | Oxford United | 10 (0) |
| 1997-1999 | Rushden & Diamonds | 53 (1) |
| 1999 | Raleight Capital Express | 7 (0) |
| 1999-2000 | Harlow Town | |
| 2000 | HPS Hyvinkää | 10 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1982 | England U-21 | 4 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Christopher Anderson "Chris" Whyte (born September 2, 1961 in Islington , London ) is a former English football player . The at Arsenal trained central defender and four-time U-21 Players of England experienced after a promising start to the middle of the 1980s, a career break and later won on his return to English football in 1992 with Leeds United the championship .
Athletic career
Born in north London, Whyte joined the youth division of Arsenal in August 1977 and made his senior debut against Manchester City on October 17, 1981 . As a technically adept central defender with good positional play , who in rare cases was also used in the outer position in the defensive network, he was considered one of the greatest national talents, who also made four U-21 internationals for England in 1982 . After two years at the side of the key player David O'Leary , Whyte fell in the ranking no later than the 1983/84 season - and there especially after a cup failure against the lower class FC Walsall - behind the newly signed Tommy Caton and the up-and-coming Tony Adams . In August 1984 he was then loaned to the second division club Crystal Palace for two months . After his return, however, with the exception of a brief period as a "substitute striker" during the 1985/86 season at Arsenal, he was never considered in the professional team again. Since there was no concrete interest in his commitment at other English professional clubs either, he completely turned his back on English football. Instead, Whyte tried his luck in North American indoor soccer and competed in the major indoor soccer league there, first for the New York Express and a short time later on the west coast for the Los Angeles Lazers .
The opportunity to return to English professional football gave him the second division West Bromwich Albion in August 1988 and Whyte used this opportunity with solid performances in the 1988/89 season, at the end of which his own supporters voted him the best player of the previous round. Another year later he had finally recommended himself with 44 league games for "WBA" for higher tasks and so he moved in June 1990 for 400,000 pounds from "almost relegated" to second division champions Leeds United .
The three professional years at Leeds United until the end of the 1992/93 season were Whyte's most successful period in professional football. With constant and reliable performance in central defense, although he was not one of the fastest players, but was equipped with a high level of game intelligence and a "good eye" for the situation, he was largely responsible for the fact that the first division climber was a surprise in the first year achieved a good fourth place and even won the English championship the following year . He only missed a single league game on the way to the title. But since Whyte was already heading towards a relatively high footballing age in the mid-30s and with David Wetherall and Jon Newsome were pushing young talent into the team in his position, the club's management approved a transfer for 250,000 pounds to the second division side Birmingham in August 1993 City .
In St. Andrew’s he blended seamlessly into the new environment with 33 league games in the 1993/94 season, but in the end had to accept his first relegation in his professional career. When he immediately rose again as a third division champion the following year, he was initially placed in central defense before an eye injury put him out of action for a long time and after his return he found a new pair in the defense center with Liam Daish and Dave Barnett . He had thus lost his regular place and was briefly loaned to the Premier League at Coventry City in December 1995 , where he played a league game in the relegation battle (a spectacular 5-0 win against reigning champions Blackburn Rovers ). In March 1996, he finally moved to Charlton Athletic on a free transfer under a 15-week contract and completed eleven second division games alongside Stuart Balmer until the end of the 1995/96 season. Then he stood with the club in the play-off games for promotion to the Premier League, but lost in the semifinals against the "neighbor" Crystal Palace. After another excursion into North American indoor soccer at Detroit Neon (later Detroit Safari ), further short appearances in English soccer followed at the beginning of 1997. He was active in January 1997 initially for Leyton Orient and from the end of the following month for the second division Oxford United . At the last-named club, he was still in such good shape that he received several “Man of the Match” awards.
Outside of the full profit, Whyte moved to Rushden & Diamonds in June 1997 , which was supervised by Brian Talbot , his former coach at West Bromwich Albion and former Arsenal teammate in the early 1980s. Whyte was on the pitch for the club for two years in the Football Conference and experienced his personal highlight in the 1998/99 season in the FA Cup with a reunion with Leeds United, when he won the ex-club to a replay ( 1: 3) forced. Last activities as a player included a return to the USA as a player for the A-League club Raleight Capital Express and from November 1999 under ex-Arsenal team-mate Ian Allinson an engagement for Harlow Town . For a short time in 2000 he was hired for the Finnish third division team HyPS Hyvinkää , but returned to England in the same year.
Title / Awards
- English Championship (1): 1992
literature
- Matthews, Tony: West Bromwich Albion - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-85983-565-4 , pp. 147 .
Web links
- Chris Whyte in the soccerbase.com database
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
- Profile at ozwhitelufc.net.au
Individual evidence
- ↑ "England - U-21 International Results 1976–1985 - Details" (RSSSF)
- ↑ "Major Indoor Soccer League Players: Chris Whyte" (NASL Jerseys)
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1995-96 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1995, ISBN 0-09-180854-5 , pp. 233 .
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1996-97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1996, ISBN 1-85291-571-4 , pp. 260 .
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1997-98 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1997, ISBN 1-85291-581-1 , pp. 290 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Whyte, Chris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Whyte, Christopher Anderson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd September 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Islington , London |