Steven Whittaker

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Steven Whittaker
Steven Whittaker 2.jpg
Steven Whittaker in
the Scottish national team jersey (2011)
Personnel
Surname Steven Gordon Whittaker
birthday June 16, 1984
place of birth Edinburgh ,  Scotland
size 185 cm
position Right full-back
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2001-2007 Hibernian Edinburgh 141 0(4)
2007–2012 Glasgow Rangers 150 (19)
2012-2017 Norwich City 90 0(5)
2017-2020 Hibernian Edinburgh 48 0(2)
2020– Dunfermline Athletic 0 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2004-2006 Scotland U21 15 0(1)
2007 Scotland B 1 0(0)
2009-2016 Scotland 31 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: July 1, 2020

Steven Gordon Whittaker (born June 16, 1984 in Edinburgh ) is a Scottish football player . He started his professional career in his hometown at Hibernian Edinburgh . From there he went to the Glasgow Rangers , with whom he was three times Scottish champion.

Career

In the club

Hibernian Edinburgh (2001-2007)

Whittaker moved from Hutchison Vale to the youth department of Hibernian Edinburgh. He made his debut for the club from his hometown on May 12, 2002 in a 1-0 win against FC St. Johnstone . In the 2002/03 season he came to further missions and made the jump into the starting line-up the following season. During the season he finally managed his first goal in the league against Partick Thistle and he reached the league cup final with Edinburgh . In the defeat against Livingston FC , however, he was not used. As a result, he was with Hibernian in the 2004/05 season third in the SPL . He celebrated his only success in his last season for Edinburgh, when he won the league cup with the team against FC Kilmarnock .

Glasgow Rangers (2007-2012)

He left Easter Road in 2007 and joined the Glasgow Rangers for £ 2,000,000 . In the Ibrox , he scored directly on his debut against FC Falkirk . Later in the season he was able to reach the final of the UEFA Cup with the Rangers, in which he was in the starting line-up and was replaced in the 86th minute by Kris Boyd . However, the final was lost 2-0 to Zenit Saint Petersburg . Nevertheless, ten days later he was able to win the Scottish FA Cup with the Rangers against Queen of the South . He then dominated the league with the Rangers and won the double in 2009 , as well as the championship two more times.

Norwich City (2012-2017)

As a result of the Glasgow Rangers bankruptcy, Whittaker moved to Norwich City in the summer of 2012 .

Return to Hibernian Edinburgh (2017-2020)

In July 2017 Whittaker moved back to Hibernian Edinburgh , where he started his career.

Dunfermline Athletic (since 2020)

After leaving Hibernian, he signed a contract with Scottish second division club Dunfermline Athletic until 2021 .

In the national team

He made his debut in the Scottish U-21 national team under coach Rainer Bonhof in a friendly against Spain . He then made 14 more appearances and scored his only goal against Belarus before he was in the senior squad for the first time in a 2006 European Championship qualifier against Ukraine . It was only three years later - after he had also played a game for the B national team - that he made his debut against Norway . This was followed by 13 more missions, the last time he was used against Cyprus in 2011 .

titles and achievements

The league cup win in 2007

Hibernian Edinburgh

Glasgow Rangers

Web links

Commons : Steven Whittaker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of all players from Hibernian Edinburgh
  2. ↑ Match report on bbc.co.uk
  3. ↑ Match report on bbc.co.uk
  4. ↑ Match report on bbc.co.uk
  5. ↑ News report of the transfer on bbc.co.uk
  6. ↑ Match report on bbc.co.uk
  7. ↑ game on scottishfa.co.uk
  8. ↑ game on scottishfa.co.uk
  9. ↑ News item on bbc.co.uk
  10. ↑ game on scottishfa.co.uk
  11. ↑ game on scottishfa.co.uk
  12. ↑ game on scottishfa.co.uk
personal data
SURNAME Whittaker, Steven
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whittaker, Steven Gordon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh , Scotland