Theodore Whitmore

Theodore Whitmore
Personnel
birthday	5th August 1972
place of birth	Montego Bay ,  Jamaica
size	188 cm
position	midfield player
Juniors
Years	station
	Montego Bay Boys Club
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1994-1996	Ajax Cape Town	3 0(1)
1996-1997	Violet Kickers	12 0(2)
1997-1999	Seba United	14 0(1)
1999-2002	Hull City	77 0(9)
2002-2003	Seba United	? 0(4)
2003	Livingston FC	3 0(0)
2003-2004	Seba United	? 0(1)
2004-2006	Tranmere Rovers	37 0(5)
2006-2009	Seba United	24 0(8)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1993-2004	Jamaica	105 (24)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2006-2008	Seba United
2007	Jamaica (interim)
2008-2009	Jamaica (Co-Tr.)
2008	Jamaica (interim)
2009-2013	Jamaica
1 Only league games are given.

Theodore Whitmore (born August 5, 1972 ) is a retired Jamaican soccer player at the position of midfielder and soccer coach .

society

Whitmore began his career at the Montego Bay Boys Club and moved to Ajax Cape Town in South Africa in 1994 . From there he returned to the Violet Kickers in his home country. He then moved to Hull City in England. In his three years he was a regular player and scored 9 goals in 77 games.

The midfielder then gained further international experience at Livingston FC in Scotland and the Tranmere Rovers (England).

In 2006 he moved back to Jamaica. He is now a player-coach at Seba United, a Jamaican cult club from Montego Bay. He was also assistant coach of the Jamaican national team until he left this post in 2013.

National team

"Tappa" Whitmore became legendary with his 2 goals in Jamaica's only World Cup victory against Japan in France in 1998 (final score 2-1). He made 105 caps for Jamaica in which he scored 24 goals. So far he holds the record with the most international goals for Jamaica.

Trivia

• In 2003, Tappa was charged with the death of fellow player Steve Malcolm , who died in 2001 . Whitmore was at the wheel of the car that Malcolm was in. However, Whitmore was acquitted of these charges.

• The fact that an apple variety (the Whitmore apple) was named after him in Jamaica shows how popular he is on the island.

successes

• Participation in the 1998 World Cup in France .
• Two goals in the 1998 World Cup game against Japan. (Result 2: 1 for Jamaica)
• Hat trick in the World Cup qualifier for the 2006 World Cup against Guatemala.