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Dwight Yorke

Trinidad and Tobago association football player

Dwight Eversley Yorke CM (born 3 November 1971) is a retired Trinidadian football player. He has played for Trinidad and Tobago national team. He won the 1998–99 Premier League Golden Boot, along side Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Michael Owen. This made him the joint first foreign Golden Boot winner.

Dwight Yorke
Dwight Yorke in Chennai.jpg
Yorke in 2012
Personal information
Full name Dwight Eversley Yorke[1]
Date of birth (1971-11-03) 3 November 1971 (age 50)[1]
Place of birth Canaan, Trinidad and Tobago[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Forward
Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1989 Signal Hill Comprehensive School
1989–1990 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1998 Aston Villa 231 (73)
1998–2002 Manchester United 96 (48)
2002–2004 Blackburn Rovers 60 (12)
2004–2005 Birmingham City 13 (2)
2005–2006 Sydney FC 22 (7)
2006–2009 Sunderland 59 (6)
Total 481 (148)
National team
1989–2009 Trinidad and Tobago 72 (19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statisticsEdit

ClubEdit

Source:[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aston Villa 1989–90 First Division 2 0 0 0 — — 0 0 2 0
1990–91 First Division 18 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 — 21 2
1991–92 First Division 32 11 5 5 2 0 — 1[a] 1 40 17
1992–93 Premier League 27 6 4 1 4 0 — — 35 7
1993–94 Premier League 12 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 — 14 3
1994–95 Premier League 37 6 2 1 4 1 0 0 — 43 8
1995–96 Premier League 35 17 5 2 8 6 — — 48 25
1996–97 Premier League 37 17 2 2 2 1 2[b] 0 — 43 20
1997–98 Premier League 30 12 2 2 1 0 7[b] 2 — 40 16
1998–99 Premier League 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 231 73 24 14 22 8 9 2 1 1 287 98
Manchester United 1998–99 Premier League 32 18 8 3 0 0 11[c] 8 — 51 29
1999–2000 Premier League 32 20 — 0 0 11[c] 2 4[d] 1 47 23
2000–01 Premier League 22 9 2 0 2 2 11[c] 1 1[e] 0 38 12
2001–02 Premier League 10 1 1 0 1 0 3[c] 0 1[e] 0 16 1
Total 96 48 11 3 3 2 36 11 6 1 152 65
Blackburn Rovers 2002–03 Premier League 33 8 3 3 4 2 3[b] 0 — 43 13
2003–04 Premier League 23 4 1 0 1 2 2[b] 0 — 27 6
2004–05 Premier League 4 0 — — — — 4 0
Total 60 12 4 3 5 4 5 0 — 74 19
Birmingham City 2004–05 Premier League 13 2 1 0 2 0 — — 16 2
Sydney FC 2005–06 A-League 21 7 — — — 2[f] 1 23 8
2006–07 A-League 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 22 7 — — — 2 1 24 8
Sunderland 2006–07 Championship 32 5 1 0 — — — 33 5
2007–08 Premier League 20 1 0 0 1 0 — — 21 1
2008–09 Premier League 7 0 1 0 0 0 — — 8 0
Total 59 6 2 0 1 0 — — 62 6
Career total 481 148 42 20 33 14 50 13 9 3 615 198
  1. ↑ Appearance in Full Members' Cup
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ One appearance in Charity Shield, one in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearance in Charity Shield
  6. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

InternationalEdit

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Trinidad and Tobago 1989 10 2
1992 5 0
1993 1 1
1994 1 0
1996 5 1
1999 1 0
2000 9 8
2001 7 1
2004 1 0
2005 13 0
2006 9 3
2008 6 2
2009 4 1
Total 72 19

International goalsEdit

Scores and results list Trinidad and Tobago's goal tally first.[3]
Num Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 9 July 1989 Bridgetown, Barbados   Grenada 2–1 Win 1989 Caribbean Championship
2
3 21 May 1993 Montego Bay, Jamaica   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4–1 Win 1993 Caribbean Cup
4 23 June 1996 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago   Dominican Republic 8–0 Win 1998 World Cup Qualifier
5 15 February 2000 Los Angeles, United States   Guatemala 4–2 Win 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
6 7 May 2000 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago   Haiti 3–1 Win 2002 World Cup Qualification
7 19 May 2000 Port-au-Prince, Haiti   Haiti 1–1 Draw 2002 World Cup Qualification
8 8 July 2000 Port of Spain   Jamaica 2–4 Loss Friendly
9
10 16 July 2000 Edmonton, Canada   Canada 2–0 Win 2002 World Cup Qualification
11 16 August 2000 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago   Panama 6–0 Win 2002 World Cup Qualification
12
13 23 June 2001 Hamilton, Bermuda   Bermuda 5–0 Win Friendly
14 28 February 2006 London, England   Iceland 2–0 Win Friendly
15
16 7 October 2006 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5–0 Win Friendly
17 15 October 2008 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago   United States 2–1 Win 2010 World Cup Qualification
18 19 November 2008 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago   Cuba 3–0 Win 2010 World Cup Qualification
19 11 February 2009 San Salvador, El Salvador   El Salvador 2–2 Draw 2010 World Cup Qualification


HonoursEdit

Aston Villa

Manchester United

Sydney FC

Sunderland

Trinidad and Tobago

Individual

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Dwight Yorke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Dwight Yorke at Soccerbase
  3. ↑ Mamrud, Roberto (7 January 2009). "Dwight Yorke – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Milosevic gives; Villa a touch of magic". The Independent. London. 25 March 1996. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Dwight Yorke: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Man Utd 2–0 Newcastle". The Guardian. London. 22 May 1999. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "United crowned kings of Europe". BBC News. 26 May 1999. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Man Utd crowned world champions". BBC News. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  9. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2007). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2007–2008. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 46, 370–371. ISBN 978-0-7553-1664-9.
  10. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1999). The 1999–2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p. 352. ISBN 978-1-85291-607-7.
  11. ↑ "Sydney FC inducts eight greats to its Hall of Fame". The World Game. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

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