Chris Whyte
Christopher Anderson " Chris " Whyte ( born September 2, 1961 in Islington, London ) is a former English footballer. The trained at Arsenal central defender and four-time U -21 players England experienced after a promising start to the middle of the 1980s, a career slump and later won on his return to English football in 1992 with Leeds United the championship.
Sports career
Born in North London Whyte joined in August 1977, the youth department of FC Arsenal and debuted on October 17, 1981 against Manchester City in the A- team. As a technically skilled and equipped with a good positional play center-back, which was used in rare cases on the outside position in the defense network, he was regarded as one of the nation 's greatest talents, which also in 1982 came to four U-21 internationals for England. After two years at the side of the key player David O'Leary Whyte fell in the pecking order at the latest from the 1983/84 season - and there especially after Cup defeat against unterklassigen Walsall FC - back behind the newly obligated Tommy Caton and the emerging Tony Adams. In August 1984, for two months you lent him then from the second division club Crystal Palace. After his return, he found, however, with the exception of a brief period as a " temporary striker " during the 1985/86 season with Arsenal never again considering the professional team. As in other English professional clubs there was no real interest in his obligation, he returned to the English football completely to the back. Instead, Whyte tried his luck in the North American indoor soccer and went to the local Major Indoor Soccer League, first for New York Express and a short time later on the west coast for the Los Angeles Lazers at the start.
The opportunity to return to the English professional football gave him in August 1988, the second division side West Bromwich Albion and Whyte took advantage of this opportunity with solid performances in the 1988/89 season, at the end of the own supporters voted him the best player in the last round. Another year later he had finally with 44 league appearances for " WBA " recommended for higher tasks and so he joined in June 1990 for 400,000 pounds from the " fast losers " to second division champions Leeds United.
The three professional years at Leeds United until the end of the 1992/93 season were Whytes successful time in professional football. With constant and reliable services in central defense, where he did not belong to the fastest players, but was it equipped with high game intelligence and a "good eye" for the situation, he was instrumental partly responsible for the Erstligaaufsteiger a surprise in the first year achieved good fourth place and it even won the English championship in the year. He missed only one league game on the way to the title. As Whyte but already headed to a relatively high Footballer age in the area in mid -30 and were urging young talent at his position in the team with David Wetherall and Jon Newsome, the club's management was in August 1993 approving a transfer of £ 250,000 to the second division Birmingham City.
In St. Andrew's he complied with 33 league games in the 1993/94 season seamlessly into the new environment one, but in the end had to accept the first descent in his pro career. In the immediate re-emergence as a third league champions the following year he was then first put forth in central defense before made him an eye injury for a long time out of action and had found a new pair in central defense after his return with Liam Daish and Dave Barnett. He had thus lost his place and was briefly hired in December 1995 to the Premier League at Coventry City, where he played in a relegation battle a league game ( a spectacular 5-0 victory against the defending champions Blackburn Rovers). In March 1996, he finally moved free transfer as part of a 15 -week contract at Charlton Athletic and graduated at the side of Stuart Balmer to the end of the 1995/96 season eleven second division games. Then he stood with the club in the play- off games for promotion to the Premier League, but lost in the semis against the " neighbors " Crystal Palace. After another trip to the North American indoor soccer at Detroit Neon (later Detroit Safari) followed at the beginning of 1997, more short exposures in English football. He was initially active for Leyton Orient and from the end of the following month for the second division Oxford United in January 1997. At last -called club he was even more such good shape that were bestowed on him several awards for "Man of the Match".
Outside the Vollprofitums Whyte moved in June 1997 to Rushden & Diamonds, which was at the beginning of the 1980s, supervised by Brian Talbot, his former coach at West Bromwich Albion and former Arsenal team-mates. Whyte was for the club two years in the Football Conference in the square and experienced in the 1998/99 season in the FA Cup with a reunion with Leeds United his personal highlight, as he with a 0-0 to former club to a replay ( 1:3 ) forced. Latest activity as a player included a return to the U.S. as a player of the A-League club Raleight Capital Express and from November 1999, ex- Arsenal team-mate Ian Allinson a commitment to Harlow Town. Short term he hired himself then in 2000 nor for the Finnish third division HyPS Hyvinkää, but returned later that year to England.
Title / Awards
- English Championship ( 1): 1992