Anthony Whyte (soccer)

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Anthony Whyte
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-10) March 10, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Sigma FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Florida Southern Moccasins 3 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Morvant Caledonia United
2016 Sigma FC 0 (0)
2017 North Mississauga SC 6 (0)
International career
2015 Guyana U23
2015–2016 Guyana 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 31, 2021

Anthony Whyte (born March 10, 1996) is a soccer player. Born in Canada, he represented Guyana internationally.

Early life[edit]

He played youth soccer with Sigma FC, winning various youth titles.[1] He trained and played in Holland for two years.[1]

In 2014, he played college soccer with the Florida Southern Moccasins.[2]

Club career[edit]

In 2015, he joined Trinidad & Tobago club Morvant Caledonia United.[3]

In 2016, he was on the roster for League1 Ontario club Sigma FC, but did not make any appearances.[4]

In 2017, he played with North Mississauga SC.[5]

International career[edit]

In January 2015, he made contact with Faizal Khan, a national team recruiter for the Guyana national team, who gave him an opportunity to try out for the team, after being introduced by Jamaal Smith, another Canadian-born Guyanese national team player.[3][2]

He played with the Guyana U23 team participating in Olympic qualifying.[6]

He made his senior debut on March 29, 2015, playing all 90 minutes and keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over Grenada.[7][8] Afterwards, he earned call-ups to the senior team for World Cup qualifying.[9][10]

Personal[edit]

His father hails from Campbellville, Guyana.[2] His brother, Daniel Whyte, also played for the Guyana national team.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Anthony Whyte Florida Southern Mocs profile". Florida Southern Moccasins.
  2. ^ a b c Nagulendran, Santokie (August 25, 2015). "Anthony Whyte looks to make a positive impact both on and off the field!". Kaieteur News.
  3. ^ a b c Pereira, Samantha (April 13, 2016). "Kickin' it With the Whyte Brothers". Emerge Magazine.
  4. ^ "Anthony Whyte 2016 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  5. ^ "Anthony Whyte 2017 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  6. ^ "National U-23 team off to Antigua … Guyana to face Cuba tomorrow". Guyana Chroncle. June 22, 2015.
  7. ^ Toney, Rawle (March 30, 2015). "Schultz doubles for Golden Jaguars – Guyana stops Grenada 2 – 0". Guyana Chronicle.
  8. ^ "Schultz brace lifts Guyana past Grenada". CONCACAF. February 9, 2018.
  9. ^ Toney, Rawle (May 23, 2015). "Star-studded 'Golden Jaguars' squad named for World Cup Qualifiers". Guyana Chronicle.
  10. ^ @sigmafc (June 2, 2015). "Congrats to Emery Welshman, Daniel Whyte & Anthony Whyte on their call ups to the Guyanese MNT" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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