James Waite

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Jamie Waite
Personal information
Date of birth 20 February 1986 (1986-02-20) (age 22)
Place of birth    Plymouth, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Droylsden
on loan from Bradford City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003–2004
2004
2004
2004
2004–2005
2005
2005
2005–2006
2005
2006
2006–2007
2007
2007–
2008		 Rotherham
Braintree
Leyton
Woking
Kettering
Barrow
Stevenage Borough
Cambridge Utd
→ Chelmsford (loan)
Sudbury
MK Dons
St Albans
Bradford City
→ Droylsden (loan)











0 (0)
0 (0)   
National team
2002 Thailand 1 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 22:42, 16 March 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

James 'Jamie' Waite (born 20 February 1986 in Plymouth) is a Thai professional football goalkeeper. He plays for Bradford City in England's League Two and has represented Thailand at full international level, being the second youngest international aged just 15 years 354 days.

[edit] Career

Waite, the son of a British father and Thai mother, began his career as a junior in Thailand and made his debut for the national side aged just 15 years and 354 days when he came on as a second-half substitute in a game against Singapore in Bangkok. At the time it made him the second youngest player ever to appear in a full international.[1]

His form for the Thai national team attracted the attention of Rotherham United with who Waite started a three year scholarship in 2003. He left Rotherham after just one year and subsequently played for a number of clubs, including Braintree Town, Leyton and Woking, before joining Kettering Town,[2] and then moving on to Barrow in January 2005.[2]

He left Barrow to join Stevenage Borough in March 2005.[3] He joined Cambridge United in August 2005,[4] joining Chelmsford City on loan in September 2005[5] and moving to AFC Sudbury in January 2006.[6]

Waite joined Milton Keynes Dons in July 2006. He was unable to break into the Dons first team and was released in January 2007. During his time at Milton Keynes found a cancer of the lymph glands and underwent a 10-month chemotherapy programme before being given the all-clear.[1]

In August 2007 Waite signed on non-contract terms for Conference South side St Albans City,[7] before moving to Bradford City on 21 November 2007 and playing in a reserve game on the same day against Hartlepool United.[8] In March 2008 he joined Conference National side Droylsden on a loan deal. On 29 April 2008, Waite was deemed to be surplus to requirements at Valley Parade and was released by manager Stuart McCall along with 13 other Bradford players.[9] He never featured for Bradford.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Crowther, Mike. "City Keeper Wins Cancer Battle", Telegraph & Argus, 2007-11-23. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  2. ^ a b "Thai keeper set for debut", North West Evening Mail, 2005-01-11. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  3. ^ "Waite moves south", Non League Daily, 2005-03-28. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  4. ^ "Keeper Waite pens Cambridge deal", BBC Sport, 2005-08-24. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  5. ^ Dorrington, Steve. "City sign international keeper", Non League Daily, 2005-09-17. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  6. ^ "Sudbury sign international keeper", Sudbury official website, 2006-02-01. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  7. ^ Jones, Mark. "Waite signs for Saints", St Albans City official website, 2007-08-01. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  8. ^ "Conlon at the double for reserves", Telegraph & Argus, 2007-11-21. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 
  9. ^ Parker, Simon. "Johnson one of 13 axed by City", Telegraph & Argus, 2008-04-29. Retrieved on 2008-04-29. 

[edit] External links

James Waite career stats at Soccerbase


Persondata
NAME Waite, Jamie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 20 February 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Plymouth, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH