Derek Whyte

Derek Whyte
Personal information
Full name	Derek Whyte
Date of birth	(1968-08-31) 31 August 1968
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Defender (Retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1985–1992	Celtic	215	(7)
1992–1997	Middlesbrough	167	(2)
1997–2002	Aberdeen	134	(0)
2002–2004	Partick Thistle	40	(0)
Total		556	(9)
National team
1986–1989	Scotland U21	9	(0)
1990–1996	Scotland B	4	(0)
1987–1999	Scotland	12	(0)
Teams managed
2003–2005	Partick Thistle (joint manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Derek Whyte (born 31 August 1968 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, Middlesbrough, Aberdeen and Partick Thistle. He also won twelve caps for Scotland during his 18-year playing career. He participated at Euro 92, Euro 96 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Whyte joined Celtic on 14 May 1985 as a 16-year-old from the Celtic Boys Club. A defender with the greatest of promise, described as the new Billy McNeill, his form slumped towards the end of his time at the club. He left at the end of the 91-92 season when an agreeable new contract was not forthcoming. He was sold to Middlesbrough for £900,000 where he returned to the early good form he had shown at Celtic.

After 5 seasons on Teesside, Whyte left Middlesbrough to return to Scotland, joining Aberdeen for an undisclosed fee and a four and a half year contract in December 1997. He was appointed Captain at Pittodrie and remained there until 2002, when he joined Partick Thistle on a free transfer.

Along with Gerry Britton, Whyte was appointed joint player-manager of the Jags when Gerry Collins was sacked in November 2003. In March 2004 he decided to hang up his playing boots to concentrate on management & television work, and is now a pundit on ShowSports, the sports channel on the Showtime Arabia network, based in Dubai, and writes a weekly column for the UAE's leading daily newspaper 7DAYS. UAE^[1]

Notes

External links

Derek Whyte at scottishfa.co.uk
Derek Whyte at Newcastlefans.com
Scotland U21 stats at Scottish FA

Scotland squads

Scotland squad – UEFA Euro 1992

1 Goram 2 Gough (c) 3 McStay 4 Malpas 5 McCoist 6 McClair 7 Durie 8 McPherson 9 McKimmie 10 McCall 11 McAllister 12 Smith 13 Nevin 14 Gallacher 15 Boyd 16 McInally 17 Whyte 18 Bowman 19 McLaren 20 Ferguson Coach: Roxburgh

Scotland squad – UEFA Euro 1996

1 Leighton 2 McKimmie 3 Boyd 4 Calderwood 5 Hendry 6 Whyte 7 Spencer 8 McCall 9 McCoist 10 McAllister (c) 11 Collins 12 Goram 13 T. McKinlay 14 Durie 15 Jess 16 Burley 17 B. McKinlay 18 Gallacher 19 Jackson 20 Booth 21 Gemmill 22 Walker Coach: Brown

Scotland squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Leighton 2 McNamara 3 Boyd 4 Calderwood 5 Hendry (c) 6 T. McKinlay 7 Gallacher 8 Burley 9 Durie 10 Jackson 11 Collins 12 Sullivan 13 Donnelly 14 Lambert 15 Gemmill 16 Weir 17 B. McKinlay 18 Elliott 19 Whyte 20 Booth 21 Gould 22 Dailly Coach: Brown

Partick Thistle F.C. – managers

Easton (1903–29)
Turner (1929–47)
Meiklejohn (1947–59)
Thornton (1959–68)
Symon (1968–70)
McParland (1970–74)
Auld (1974–80)
Quinn^c (1980)
Cormack (1980–84)
Rooney (1984–86)
Auld (1986)
Johnstone (1986–87)
Hagart^c (1987)
Lamont (1987–88)
Watson^c (1988)
Lambie (1988–89)
Clark (1989–90)
Collins^c (1990)
Lambie (1990–95)
MacLeod (1995–97)
McVeigh (1997–98)
Bryce (1998–99)
Lambie (1999–03)
Collins (2003)
Britton & Whyte (2003–04)
Lambie^c (2004–05)
Campbell (2005–07)
Bone^c (2007)
McCall (2007–11)
McNamara (2011–13)
Archibald (2013–)

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