Peter Whittingham

Peter Michael Whittingham ( born September 8, 1984 in Nuneaton, England) is an English footballer. He is since 2007 at Cardiff City in the Premier League under contract.

Career

Aston Villa

Peter Whittingham made ​​his debut for Aston Villa in the second half of the Premier League 2002/ 03. His breakthrough as a regular player for the club from Birmingham, he reached the following season, when he was used in 32 league games. Due to lower operating periods 2004/ 05, he was loaned in the second half of the second division FC Burnley. In the season 2005/ 06 he moved on loan to Derby County, who also played in the second division. After Peter Whittingham in the Premier League could rarely act for his team in 2006/ 07, he signed for £ 350,000 transfer fee in January 2007, a contract with the second division Cardiff City.

Cardiff City

In his new team to Whittingham found around quickly and completed 19 league games in which he scored four goals. City finished the season a place in mid-table. In the following year, the club from Cardiff found in this table region again, Peter Whittingham came to 41 inserts League 2007/ 08 and scored five goals. The highlight of the season was the finals of the FA Cup in 2007 /08. Cardiff City had, inter alia, on the way there Wolverhampton Wanderers and Middlesbrough FC defeated before waiting in the semifinals of the Barnsley FC. 82 752 spectators in Wembley Cardiff won by an early goal from Joe Ledley 1-0 and drew with it to the Finals. This lost the team on 17 May 2008, 89 874 spectators at Wembley but with 0:1 against FC Portsmouth. The golden goal for the Südengländer Nwankwo Kanu scored in 37 minutes. Peter Whittingham, who scored three goals during the FA Cup, was replaced in the 61st minute and replaced by the young Welshman Aaron Ramsey.

In the Football League Championship 2008/09 Cardiff could increase significantly and missed with the seventh place play- offs only very scarce. Only one more goal scored led the point - and tordifferenzgleiche team from Preston North End to sixth place. Also in the 2009/10 season played City successfully and ended the year in fourth place in the table. After a success in the first play-off round against Leicester City, Whittingham led his team into the play-off final. The match was played on May 22, 2010 in Wembley and won by FC Blackpool 3-2. This Cardiff missed the rise of the narrowest of margins in the Premier League. Peter Whittingham played an excellent season, scoring 20 goals in 41 league operations. He was together with Nicky Maynard of Bristol City top scorer in the second division. He also received an honorary Player of the Month October 2009 to be awarded and was welcomed into the PFA Team of the Year of the Football League Championship 2009/10.

National

Peter Whittingham came between 2003 and 2007 to 17 international matches for the English U- 21 team, scoring three goals. He also participated with other players such as Ashley Young, James Milner, Joe Hart and Leighton Baines at the U -21 Football Championship in 2007 in the Netherlands. England failed in the semifinals with 12:13 on penalties at the host. His debut in the English national team is still pending.

Achievements

  • FA Cup Runners-up: 2007/ 08 ( 0:1 against FC Portsmouth)
  • PFA Championship Team of the Year: 2009/10
  • Scorer in the Football League Championship 2009/10
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