Aurtis Whitley

Aurtis Whitley
CM
Personal information
Full name Aurtis Whitley[1]
Date of birth (1977-05-01) 1 May 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 Superstar Rangers 0 (0)
1997–1998 Vitoria Setubal 0 (0)
1998–2007 San Juan Jabloteh 22 (9)
2007–2008 W Connection 0 (0)
2008–2009 United Petrotrin
2010–2011 San Juan Jabloteh
International career‡
2000–2008 Trinidad and Tobago 41 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2008
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 August 2008

Aurtis Whitley CM (born 1 May 1977) is a Trinidad and Tobago former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He captained the Trinidad and Tobago national team.[2]

As a member of the Trinidad and Tobago squad that competed at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Whitley was awarded the Chaconia Medal (Gold Class), the second highest state decoration of Trinidad and Tobago.[3]

Club career

Whitley played for San Juan Jabloteh for nine years in the TT Pro League prior to his contract termination in September 2007 after comments by manager Terry Fenwick regarding the player's attendance at practices.[4] Several days later, he was signed by rival club W Connection where he remains to date (as of July 2008). His previous clubs include Superstar Rangers and Vitoria Setubal.

International career

Whitley made his international debut for the Trinidad and Tobago national team (T&T) on 15 November 2005 in a 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Panama.[5] He played most of T&T's qualification matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany when T&T qualified, its first ever qualification. He played at the World Cup in all of T&T three games. He was absent from the national team for all of 2007 along with other World Cup players due to a dispute over bonuses with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. He returned to the national team as captain for a friendly match against El Salvador in March 2008 and has retained the captain's armband for all games since (as of July 2008).

International goals

Scores and results list Trinidad and Tobago's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Whitley goal.[6]
List of international goals scored by Aurtis Whitley
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 19 November 2003 Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago  Cuba 1–0 2–1 Friendly
2 26 March 2008 Independence Park, Jamaica  Jamaica 2–2 2–2 Friendly

References

  1. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
  2. ^ Soca Warriors back in training, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Accessed 5 July 2008.
  3. ^ "Birchall and Bell up for award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  4. ^ Jabloteh sacks Whitley, W Connection signs him[permanent dead link‍], Trinidad Guardian, Accessed 5 July 2008.
  5. ^ T&T Squad Line-ups since 2000 Archived 3 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Soca Warriors Online, Accessed 5 July 2005.
  6. ^ "T&T_games_since_2000". www.socawarriors.net. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.


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