Name: Jeffrey Whitley
Born: 28 January 1979, Ndola (Zambia)
Height: 5.09 ft
Weight: 11.00 st
Position: Midfielder/Right-Back
Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 20 Full Caps/2 Goals (1997-2005), 2 B Caps (1998-1999); 17 Under-21 Caps/1 Goal (1998-2000), 2 Under-18 Caps; England: Under-17.
Club Honours: (with Man. City) Football League Division One Runner-Up 1999/00; (with Sunderland) Football League Championship Champion 2004/05.
Club Career:
Clubs
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Seasons
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Signed
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Fee
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League
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FA
Cup
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FL
Cup
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Other
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Manchester
City
|
96/97-02/03
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Feb-96
|
Youth
|
96(27)/ 8
|
2(2)/0
|
9(1)/0
|
4(0)/0
|
Wrexham
|
98/99
|
Jan-01
|
Loan
|
9 (0)/ 2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Notts
County
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01/02
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Mar-02
|
Loan
|
6 (0)/ 0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Notts
County
|
02/03
|
Oct-02
|
Loan
|
12 (0)/ 0
|
1(0)/0
|
-
|
1(0)/0
|
Sunderland
|
03/04-04/05
|
Aug-03
|
Free
|
65 (3)/ 2
|
5(0)/0
|
2(0)/0
|
2(0)/0
|
Cardiff
City
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05/06-06/07
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Jun-05
|
Free
|
32 (2)/ 1
|
1(0)/0
|
3(0)/0
|
-
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Stoke
City
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06/07
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Aug-06
|
Loan
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0 (3)/ 0
|
-
|
1(0)/0
|
-
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Wrexham
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06/07
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Feb-07
|
Loan
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11 (0)/ 1
|
-
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-
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-
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Wrexham
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07/08
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Jan-08
|
Free
|
5 (6)/ 0
|
-
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-
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-
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Woodley
Sports
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08/09
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Jan-09
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Free
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7 (-)/ 0
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(Northern Premier League)
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||
Northwich
Victoria
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08/09
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Mar-09
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Free
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2 (0)/ 0
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(Football Conference)
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||
TOTALS
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£0
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245(41)/14
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9(2)/0
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15(1)/0
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7(0)/0
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Biography:
Jeff Whitley was Northern Ireland's first black player, and an early captain of the Under-21s. His international career was put on-hold following a breach of discipline while with the squad in September 2005. He has since been attempting to rebuild his career after battling drink and drug problems.
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It was announced that Whitley had been released following Wrexham's relegation from the Football League in April 2008. He remained un-signed through to the following January, though he trained regularly with Wolves who were manged by ex-Sunderland boss, Mick McCarthy. He then signed for Woodley Sports of the Unibond League where he was given a joint role of playing, coaching and running educational seminars. He then finished his playing career with a brief spell at Nothwich Victoria.
Whitley has remained in football, offering the benefits of his experiences to young footballers as a mentor at Wolves' Academy. He combines this role with a day job selling cars.
More to follow.
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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
11-02-1997 Belgium............ H W 3-0 FR sub
21-05-1997 Thailand........... A D 0-0 FR sub
03-06-1998 Spain.............. A L 1-4 FR sub
16-08-2000 Yugoslavia......... H L 1-2 FR
07-10-2000 Denmark............ H D 1-1 WCQ
28-02-2001 Norway............. H L 0-4 FR
11-10-2003 Greece............. A L 0-1 ECQ
31-03-2004 Estonia............ A W 1-0 FR
28-04-2004 Serbia & Montenegro H D 1-1 FR
02-06-2004 St Kitts & Nevis... A W 2-0 FR
06-06-2004 Trinidad & Tobago.. A W 3-0 FR
04-09-2004 Poland............. H L 0-3 WCQ
08-09-2004 Wales.............. A D 2-2 WCQ 1 Goal
09-10-2004 Azerbaijan......... A D 0-0 WCQ
13-10-2004 Austria............ H D 3-3 WCQ
09-02-2005 Canada............. H L 0-1 FR
26-03-2005 England............ A L 0-4 WCQ
30-03-2005 Poland............. A L 0-1 WCQ
17-08-2005 Malta.............. A D 1-1 FR
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Summary: 17(3)/2. Won 4, Drew 7, Lost 9.
Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
11-02-1998 Republic of Ireland A W 1-0 FR sub
09-02-1999 Wales.............. A L 0-1 FR sub
Summary: 0(2)/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 1.
Northern Ireland B Cap Details:
11-02-1998 Republic of Ireland A W 1-0 FR sub
09-02-1999 Wales.............. A L 0-1 FR sub
Summary: 0(2)/0. Won 1, Drew 0, Lost 1.
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