Philip Whelan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip James Whelan | ||
| Date of birth | 7 March 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Reddish, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1990 | Ipswich Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1995 | Ipswich Town | 81 | (2) |
| 1995–1997 | Middlesbrough | 22 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Oxford United | 54 | (2) |
| 1999 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 13 | (4) |
| 2000–2003 | Southend United | 100 | (6) |
| Total | 253 | (35) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1993 | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Philip James "Phil" Whelan (born 7 August 1972) is an English former professional footballer. A defender, he played for Ipswich Town, Middlesbrough, Oxford, Rotherham and Southend.
Born in Reddish in , Whelan began his career at Ipswich Town, signing professional terms with the club on 2 July 1990. He made his Ipswich debut in a Full Members Cup first round match against Bristol Rovers on 2 October 1991. He spent most of the 1991–92 season playing for the reserves in the Football Combination, not making his league debut until 4 April, when he scored the first goal in a 2–1 win at Southend United. He scored again in his second match for the first team three days later as Ipswich beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 at Portman Road, although he never scored for the club again. He went on to play six more games that season, as Ipswich won Division Two, earning promotion to the new Premier League.
The following season saw Whelan become a first-team regular, playing in 32 of the club's 42 Premier League matches. He also became an England U21 international, and was a member of the Great Britain team that competed in the World Student games in July 1993, qualifying as he was completing an accountancy degree at the University of East Anglia.
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