Theo Wharton

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Theo Wharton
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Wharton warming up for York City
Personal information
Full name Theo Jay Wharton [1]
Date of birth (1994-11-15) 15 November 1994 (age 29) [2]
Place of birth Cwmbran, Wales
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2012 Cardiff City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2017 Cardiff City 0 (0)
2017 → Weston-super-Mare (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2018 York City 7 (0)
2017–2018 → Tamworth (loan) 4 (0)
2018 Nuneaton Borough 7 (0)
2018–2019 Hereford 12 (0)
2020–2022 Barry Town United 51 (2)
2022–2023 Newtown 13 (0)
International career‡
2010 Wales U17 2 (0)
2012–2013 Wales U19 2 (0)
2014 Wales U21 1 (0)
2016– Saint Kitts and Nevis 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 March 2024

Theo Jay Wharton (born 15 November 1994) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Saint Kitts and Nevis national team.

Contents

Early and personal life

Wharton was born in Cwmbran, Torfaen, [2] and is the son of former footballer Sean Wharton and godson of former footballer Nathan Blake. [3]

Club career

Early career

Wharton played for Pontypool-based side Race Juniors and helped the team to Tesco Cup final at the City of Manchester Stadium. [3]

Cardiff City

Wharton playing for the Cardiff City development team in 2013 Theo Wharton.jpg
Wharton playing for the Cardiff City development team in 2013

Wharton started his career at Cardiff City, playing for their under-18 side during the 2011–12 season. His impressive form for the youth team resulted in a first-team call up by manager Malky Mackay for the FA Cup game against West Bromwich Albion, in which he came on as a substitute. [4] Following his debut, Mackay admitted that Wharton would train with first team and had a "big future ahead of him". [5] On 29 March 2012, Wharton signed his first professional contract which would keep at Cardiff until at least June 2014. [6]

Wharton joined National League South club Weston-super-Mare on 23 March 2017 on loan. [7]

York City and Nuneaton Borough

Wharton signed for newly relegated National League North club York City on 30 June 2017 on a one-year contract. [8] He joined York's divisional rivals Tamworth on 22 December 2017 on a one-month loan. [9] Tamworth's attempts to extend his loan for the rest of the season were unsuccessful, [10] and he finished his spell at the club with four appearances. [11] Wharton made nine appearances for York [11] [12] as they finished 2017–18 in 11th place in the table. [13] He was released at the end of the season. [14]

Wharton signed for National League North club Nuneaton Borough in July 2018. [15]

Hereford

Wharton signed for National League North club Hereford on 22 December 2018. [16]

Barry Town United

Wharton signed for Cymru Premier club Barry Town United on 13 January 2020. [17]

International career

Wharton was first selected for the Wales national under-17 team for the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round, starting two matches against Belgium and Denmark. Wharton was called up to the Wales under-21 team to play Moldova on 22 March 2013. [18] On 9 September 2014, Wharton made his Wales under-21 debut in a 1–1 draw against Lithuania under-21s. [19]

In 2016, Wharton chose to switch allegiance to play for Saint Kitts and Nevis, the country where his grandparents were born. He made his debut for the side on 13 November 2016 in a 2–0 defeat to Haiti. [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 October 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cardiff City 2011–12 [21] Championship 0010000010
2012–13 [22] Championship001000—10
2013–14 [23] Premier League 000000—00
2014–15 [24] Championship000000—00
2015–16 [25] Championship000000—00
2016–17 [26] Championship000000—00
Total0020000020
Weston-super-Mare (loan) 2016–17 [11] National League South 40———40
York City 2017–18 [11] [12] National League North 7020—0090
Tamworth (loan)2017–18 [11] National League North40———40
Nuneaton Borough 2018–19 [27] National League North6010—0070
Career total210500000260

International

As of match played 15 June 2021 [1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Saint Kitts and Nevis 201610
201730
201852
201960
202000
202140
Total192
As of match played 14 October 2018. Saint Kitts and Nevis score listed first, score column indicates score after each Wharton goal. [1]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
114 October 2018 Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, Anguilla8Flag of France.svg  Saint Martin 5–010–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification [28]
210–0

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