Jeff Whitley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeffrey Whitley | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Ndola, Zambia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1996 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2003 | Manchester City | 116 | (6) |
| 1999 | → Wrexham (loan) | 9 | (2) |
| 2002 | → Notts County (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Notts County (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Sunderland | 68 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Cardiff City | 34 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Stoke City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Wrexham (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2008 | Wrexham | 11 | (0) |
| 2009 | Woodley Sports | 7 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Northwich Victoria | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Droylsden | ||
| Total | 279 | (12) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–2000 | Northern Ireland U21 | 17 | (1) |
| 1997–2004 | Northern Ireland | 20 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:40, 8 April 2009 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:35, 8 August 2008 (UTC) |
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Jeffrey "Jeff" Whitley (born 28 January 1979 in Ndola, Copperbelt Province) is a Zambian-born Northern Irish former professional football player. He twice won promotion to the Premiership with Manchester City in 2000 and Sunderland in 2005 and was a Northern Ireland international. His brother, Jim was also a professional footballer.
Whitley was a product of the Manchester City youth scheme which he joined as a ten-year-old and began his club career as a trainee in 1996, making over 120 league and cup appearances for the first-team. He had a two-month loan spell at Wrexham in the 1998–99 season. and in March 2002, having fallen out of favour at Manchester City, joined Notts County on loan for the remainder of the 2001–02 season. He had a three-month loan spell at Notts County in the 2002–03 season, returning to Manchester City in January 2003 but was released by the club in March 2003 as he did not feature in manager Kevin Keegan's plans.
After a trial and impressing in pre-season, he signed a contract with Sunderland in August 2003. He made over 70 league and cup appearances for Sunderland, helping the club to the Football League Championship play-offs at the end of the 2003–04 season and to the Football League Championship title in 2005. In July 2005, he joined Cardiff City on a free transfer and made 38 league and cup appearances for the club in the 2005–06 season, scoring once against Watford in the league. Whitley joined Stoke City on loan in August 2006 but made only four appearances in an unsuccessful loan spell. Cardiff made him available for transfer but he did not take up offers to talk with Millwall and Rotherham and joined Wrexham in February 2007 on loan for the remainder of the 2006–07 season. He scored the winning goal against Bristol Rovers in a 1–0 away victory in March 2007. He was released by Cardiff and signed for Wrexham on non-contract terms in January 2008 but was released by Wrexham in May 2008 following the club's relegation to the Football Conference. He joined Northern Premier League Division One North side Woodley Sports in an effort to gain match fitness, before signing for Northwich Victoria on 7 March 2009.
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