Jeff Whitley

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Jeff Whitley
Personal information
Full name Jeffrey Whitley
Date of birth 28 January 1979 (1979-01-28) (age 33)
Place of birth Ndola, Zambia
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1996 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996–2003 Manchester City 116 (6)
1999 → Wrexham (loan) 9 (2)
2002 → Notts County (loan) 6 (0)
2002–2003 → Notts County (loan) 12 (0)
2003–2005 Sunderland 68 (2)
2005–2007 Cardiff City 34 (1)
2006 → Stoke City (loan) 3 (0)
2007 → Wrexham (loan) 11 (1)
2008 Wrexham 11 (0)
2009 Woodley Sports 7 (0)
2009–2010 Northwich Victoria 2 (0)
National team‡
1998–2000 Northern Ireland U21 17 (1)
1997–2004 Northern Ireland 20 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:40, 8 April 2009 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:35, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Jeffrey "Jeff" Whitley (born January 28, 1979 in Ndola, Copperbelt Province) is a Zambian-born Northern Irish former professional football. He twice won promotion to the Premiership with Manchester City in 2000 and Sunderland in 2005[1] and was an Northern Ireland international. His brother, Jim was also a professional footballer.

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[edit] Club career

Whitley was a product of the Manchester City youth scheme[2] which he joined as a ten year old and began his club career as a trainee in 1996, making over 120 league and cup appearances for the first-team.[3] He had a two-month loan spell at Wrexham in the 1998–99 season.[3] and in March 2002, having fallen out of favour at Manchester City, joined Notts County on loan for the remainder of the 2001–02 season.[4] He had a three-month loan spell at Notts County in the 2002–03 season, returning to Manchester City in January 2003[5] but was released by the club in March 2003 as he did not feature in manager Kevin Keegan's plans.[6]

After a trial[7] and impressing in pre-season, he signed a contract with Sunderland in August 2003.[8] He made over 70 league and cup appearances for Sunderland,[3] helping the club to the Football League Championship play-offs at the end of the 2003–04 season[9] and to the Football League Championship title in 2005.[10] In July 2005, he joined Cardiff City on a free transfer[11] and made 38 league and cup appearances for the club in the 2005–06 season,[12] scoring once against Watford in the league.[13] Whitley joined Stoke City on loan in August 2006[14] but made only four appearances[15] in an unsuccessful loan spell.[16] Cardiff made him available for transfer but he did not take up offers to talk with Millwall and Rotherham[16] and joined Wrexham in February 2007 on loan for the remainder of the 2006–07 season.[17] He scored the winning goal against Bristol Rovers in a 1–0 away victory in March 2007.[18] He was released by Cardiff and signed for Wrexham on non contract terms in January 2008[19] but was released by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Football Conference.[20] He joined Northern Premier League Division One North side Woodley Sports in an effort to gain match fitness, before signing for Northwich Victoria on 7 March 2009.[21]

[edit] International career

Despite being Zambian born, due to Whitley living in England since he was a child, he was eligible to, and played for the England under-17 team. As his father was born in Belfast, he was also eligible to play for Northern Ireland and made his debut for them in 1997.[22]

[edit] Personal life

Whitley has spent time at the Sporting Chance clinic after becoming addicted to alcohol and drugs. It affected him greatly and said "at times I would just be praying just to die".[23] Whitley is currently working as a car salesman in the Stockport area and delivers talks at professional football clubs about the dangers of alcohol and drug misuse. [24]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Whitley poised for promotion push". BBC Sport. 2006-08-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/5274182.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 
  2. ^ Manchester City save best till last
  3. ^ a b c "Jeff Whitley". Soccerbase. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9762. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  4. ^ "Whitley joins Notts County". BBC Sport. 2002-03-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/1884047.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  5. ^ "Whitley returns to City". BBC Sport. 2003-01-21. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/2679207.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  6. ^ "Whitley leaves Maine Road". BBC Sport. 2003-03-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2830973.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  7. ^ "Whitley wants Black cats deal". BBC Sport. 2003-03-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/2885639.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  8. ^ "Whitley joins Sunderland". BBC Sport. 2003-08-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3122981.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  9. ^ "Whitley signs new contract". BBC Sport. 2004-06-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/3816211.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  10. ^ "Whitley completes Cardiff switch". BBC Sport. 2005-07-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/4119326.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  11. ^ "Whitley completes Cardiff switch". BBC Sport. 2005-07-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/4119326.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 
  12. ^ "Games played by Jeff Whitley in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9762&seasonid=135. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 
  13. ^ "Watford 2-1 Cardiff". BBC. 25 February 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/4727104.stm. Retrieved 22 February 2010. 
  14. ^ "Whitley joins Stoke in loan deal". BBC Sport. 2006-08-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stoke_city/5262844.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  15. ^ "Games played by Jeff Whitley in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Racing Post. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=9762&seasonid=136. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 
  16. ^ a b "Cardiff fret over missing Whitley". BBC Sport. 2007-02-27. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/6339763.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 
  17. ^ "Whitley makes Wrexham loan move". BBC Sport. 2007-02-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/6368109.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  18. ^ "Bristol Rovers 0-1 Wrexham". BBC Sport. 2007-03-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/6461715.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-11. 
  19. ^ "Quartet join Wrexham with one out". BBC Sport. 2008-01-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/7195476.stm. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  20. ^ "Roberts and Llewellyn leave Reds". BBC Sport. 2008-05-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/7367679.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-11. 
  21. ^ "Northwich complete double signing". BBC Sport. 2009-03-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/northwich_victoria/7930284.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-09. 
  22. ^ "Jeff Whitley". Squad Profiles - Legends of the Game. Irish Football Association. http://www.irishfa.com/squad-profiles/130/senior/jeff-whitley-midfielder/. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
  23. ^ "Former Man City player Jeff Whitley reveals drug battle". BBC Sport. 2011-10-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15274757.stm. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  24. ^ Taylor, Louise (2012-01-13). "Sheffield Wednesday the beneficiary of Nicky Weaver's go-ahead surgeon". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/13/sheffield-wednesday-nicky-weaver-manchester-city. 

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