Steven Whittaker

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Personal information
Steven Whittaker
Date of birth	June 16, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position	Defender/Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hibernian
Number	2
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-present	Hibernian	132 (3)
National team
2006	Scotland U21 Scotland B	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:22, 13 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Steven Whittaker (born June 16, 1984, in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League.

Whittaker signed for Hibs from Hutchison Vale Boys Club in 2001. After winning a first team debut in 2003, his form suffered through lacking a defined position he was deployed as a right-back and on both sides of midfield as Bobby Williamson struggled to fashion a successful Hibs team during the 2003-04 season.

The arrival of Tony Mowbray in 2004 saw Whittaker confirmed in the team's right-back role, and with this new certainty, he flourished, becoming a regular in the Scotland Under 21 team and helping Hibs to a 3rd place league finish.

In October 2006 Whittaker was brought into the Scotland squad for the European Football Championship qualifying match against Ukraine after the suspension of Christian Dailly following a yellow card in 1-0 win over France. Although he did not feature in the match as Scotland lost 2-0.

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Steven Whittaker career stats at Soccerbase

Hibernian F.C. - Current Squad
1 Simon Brown \| 2 Whittaker \| 3 Murphy \| 4 Zemmama \| 5 Jones \| 6 Stewart \| 7 Scott Brown \| 9 Killen \| 10 Benjelloun \| 12 Martis \| 14 Beuzelin \| 15 Hogg \| 17 Sproule \| 18 McCluskey \| 19 Sowunmi \| 20 Fletcher \| 21 Baillie \| 22 Shiels \| 25 McCann \| 26 Stevenson \| 27 Lynch \| 28 Campbell \| 32 Ayre \| 33 Chisholm \| 41 McNeil \| 42 Grof \| -- Haji \| Manager: Collins