Derek Whyte

For other people with similar names, see Derek White.

Derek Whyte

Personal information
Full name	Derek Whyte [1]
Date of birth	(1968-08-31) 31 August 1968 (age 57)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1992	Celtic	216	(7)
1992–1997	Middlesbrough	159	(2)
1997–2002	Aberdeen	134	(0)
2002–2004	Partick Thistle	40	(0)
Total		549	(9)
International career
1986–1989	Scotland U21	9	(0)
1990–1996	Scotland B	4	(0)
1987–1999	Scotland	12	(0)
Managerial career
2003–2004	Partick Thistle (joint manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Derek Whyte (born 31 August 1968) is a Scottish former 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 1992, Euro 1996 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 1991–92 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 team 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 after Gerry Collins was sacked in November 2003. ^[2] In March 2004 he decided to hang up his playing boots to concentrate on management. ^[3] Whyte and Britton were sacked by Thistle in December 2004. ^[4] Soon afterwards he moved to the United Arab Emirates. He 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. ^[5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Celtic	1985–86	Scottish Premier Division	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	1986–87		42	0	4	0	5	0	3	0	54	0
	1987–88		41	3	5	0	2	0	2	1	50	4
	1988–89		22	0	2	0	3	0	4	0	31	0
	1989–90		35	1	6	0	3	0	2	0	46	1
	1990–91		24	2	5	0	4	0	0	0	33	2
	1991–92		40	1	4	0	3	0	4	0	51	1
	1992–93		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		216	7	26	0	20	0	15	1	277	8
Middlesbrough	1992–93	Premier League	35	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	37	0
	1993–94	First Division	42	1	1	0	3	0	-	-	46	1
	1994–95		36	1	1	0	3	0	-	-	40	1
	1995–96	Premier League	25	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	28	0
	1996–97		21	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	29	1
	1997–98	First Division	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	1	0
	Total		159	2	6	0	16	1	0	0	181	3
Aberdeen	1997–98	Scottish Premier Division	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
	1998–99	SPL	35	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	38	0
	1999–00		20	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	28	0
	2000–01		29	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	33	0
	2001–02		31	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	36	0
	Total		134	0	12	0	8	0	1	0	155	0
Partick Thistle	2002–03	SPL	25	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	31	0
	2003–04		15	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	17	0
	Total		40	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	45	0
Career total			549	9	44	0	49	1	16	1	658	11

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[10]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Scotland	1987	2	0
	1988	—
	1989	1	0
	1990	—
	1991	—
	1992	3	0
	1993	—
	1994	—
	1995	2	0
	1996	2	0
	1997	—
	1998	1	0
	1999	1	0
Total		12	0

Managerial record

^[11]

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	L	D	Win %
Partick Thistle	30 November 2003	20 December 2004	52	16	26	10	30.77%

References

1. "Derek Whyte". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
2. "Britton and Whyte keep Jags role". BBC Sport. 23 December 2003. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
3. "Whyte gives up playing". BBC Sport. 1 March 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
4. Forsyth, Roddy (20 December 2004). "Legend Lambie makes comeback at Partick". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
5. "It's Showtime for the Premier League starting August 11 | Showtime". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
6. "Celtic Player Derek Whyte Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
7. "11v11".
8. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
9. "Derek Whyte | Football Stats | No Club | Season 2002/2003 | 1985-2004 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
10. "Derek Whyte | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
11. "Partick Thistle Manager Derek Whyte Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

External links

• Derek Whyte at the Scottish Football Association
• Derek Whyte at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
• Scotland U21 stats at Scottish FA