Adrian Whitbread

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Adrian Whitbread
Personal information
Date of birth 22 October 1971 (1971-10-22) (age 36)
Place of birth    Epping, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Defender
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1989–1993
1993–1994
1994–1996
1995
1996–2001
2000–2001
2001
2001–2003
2003		 Leyton Orient
Swindon Town
West Ham United
→ Portsmouth (loan)
Portsmouth
→ Luton Town (loan)
→ Reading (loan)
Reading
→ Exeter City (loan)		 125 (2)
036 (1)
010 (0)
013 (0)
134 (2)
009 (0)
019 (0)
014 (0)
007 (0)   
Teams managed
2003–2004
2004–?
?–2007
2007		 Barnet (assistant)
Brentford (assistant)
MK Dons (assistant)
Leicester City (assistant)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Adrian Whitbread (born 22 October 1971 in Epping, Essex) is a former professional footballer. He played for Leyton Orient, Swindon Town, West Ham United, Portsmouth and Reading before retiring from playing due to a persistent knee injury. He moved into coaching and worked at Barnet, Brentford, MK Dons and Leicester City.

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[edit] Playing career

Whitbread began his professional career as a trainee with Leyton Orient in 1989.[1] He captained the team at the age of 21,[2] and helped Leyton Orient to promotion to the Football League Second Division in 1992. He made a total of 155 league and cup appearances for Leyton Orient in four seasons, before joining Swindon Town in July 1993 for £500,000,[1] and made 38 league and cup appearances for Swindon in the 1993-94 season.[1] Following Swindon's relegation from the Premier League, Whitbread joined West Ham United in August 1994 in part-exchange for Joey Beauchamp.[2]

Whitbread's first-team opportunities at West Ham were limited and he made only 14 league and cup appearances.[2][1] He went to Portsmouth on loan in November 1995 and eventually joined them on a permanent basis in October 1996 for £250,000.[2] Following knee surgery in the summer of 2000, he was unable to obtain a regular place in the first-team and requested a transfer.[3] He joined Luton Town on loan in November 2000,[4] and then went on loan to Reading for the rest of the season in February 2001, before joining Reading on a permanent basis.[5] He had made a total of 145 league and cup appearances for Portsmouth, in addition to 13 appearances while on loan to Portsmouth in 1995.[1]

Whitbread signed a two-year contract with Reading in July 2001.[6] He made 18 league and cup appearances before a knee injury sustained in training in December 2001 ruled him out of the rest of the 2001-02 season.[1][7] He had a spell on loan at Exeter City in early 2003, where he made seven appearances, but a persistent knee injury forced his retirement from playing football in April 2003 without making any further appearances for Reading.[8]

[edit] Managerial career

After retiring, Whitbread joined Barnet in June 2003 as first-team coach, assisting Martin Allen.[9] He later worked as assistant manager at Brentford,[10] MK Dons, and Leicester City,[11] all under Allen.[12] In 2007 Allen and Whitbread lost their jobs at Leicester.[12]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Adrian Whitbread. Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
  2. ^ a b c d Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media, 214. ISBN 1 903135 50 8. 
  3. ^ "Pompey release Whitbread", BBC Sport, 2000-11-15. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 
  4. ^ "Pompey finance Whitbread's Luton move", BBC Sport, 2000-11-23. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 
  5. ^ "Royals secure Whitbread prize", BBC Sport, 2001-02-08. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 
  6. ^ "Reading's double deal", BBC Sport, 2001-07-05. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 
  7. ^ "Whitbread faces scan", BBC Sport, 2001-12-19. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 
  8. ^ "Whitbread forced to retire", BBC Sport, 2003-04-09. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 
  9. ^ "Barnet look to Whitbread", BBC Sport, 2003-06-16. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 
  10. ^ "Barnet duo to join Allen", BBC Sport, 2004-03-21. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 
  11. ^ "Allen raids MK Dons for key trio", BBC Sport, 2006-06-06. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 
  12. ^ a b Ashton, Neil; Neill Moxley. "Allen axed by Leicester after just 96 days", Daily Mail, 2007-08-29. Retrieved on 2008-03-14. 

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NAME Whitbread, Adrian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH 1971-10-22
PLACE OF BIRTH Epping, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH