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Dwight Yorke

Dwight Yorke  
Complete Name: Dwight Eversley Yorke
Nationality: Trinidadian and Tobagan
Place of Birth: Canaan, Trinidad & Tobago
Date of Birth: 03/11/1971
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 76 kg
National Team: Trinidad & Tobago
Current Club: Sydney FC (Australia)
Position: Striker
 

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Club career history

Aston Villa (England), Manchester United (England), Blackburn Rovers (England), Birmingham City (England), Sydney FC (Australia)
 

Honours

1999 Intercontinental Cup winner (Manchester United)
1999 Champions League winner (Manchester United)
1999 Champions League top scorer (Manchester United)
2000 Premiership Champions (Manchester United)
2001 Premiership Champions (Manchester United)
 

Biography

Dwight Yorke (born November 3, 1971 in Canaan, Tobago) is a Trinidad and Tobago football player. He currently plays for Sydney FC in the Australian A-League; he has previously played for the English clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, and Birmingham City.

Trinidad & Tobago

Yorke has been capped 59 times for the Trinidad and Tobago national team, scoring 26 goals. He retired from international football in 2001 with his friend Russell Latapy after a fiasco with the coach; however he returned to the team for the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, in which the team qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time in their history after a 2-1 aggregate qualifying victory over Bahrain. He is the current captain of the national team.

Aston Villa

Dwight Yorke was first discovered by Graham Taylor, at the time the Aston Villa manager, on a tour of the West Indies in 1989. He was signed by Taylor for approximately £120,000. Yorke made his Premiership debut for Aston Villa against Manchester United on December 29, 1990 in which the game ended one-all. During his time with Aston Villa, from 1989 to 1998, Yorke was plagued with injuries that would halt Yorke from further progressing his career at the time. He was a right winger until the 1995-96 season, when he switched to centre forward and quickly established himself as one of the Premiership's top strikers. Yorke was an integral member of the Villa team that reached the League Cup Final in 1996. Villa won 3-1 with Yorke getting on the scoresheet. On September 30, 1996 he scored a brilliant hat-trick against Newcastle United in a 4-3 loss. Newcastle were leading 3-1 at half-time and Aston Villa were down to ten men, with Mark Draper being sent off late in the first half. Yorke showed great character in leading his team in a brave fight back by scoring two more goals in the second half to complete his hat-trick, although it was to no avail as Aston Villa still lost the game. Yorke scored a fourth goal to equalize the game at 4-all, only for his goal to be ruled offside. It was brilliant performances like this that earned Yorke a £12.6 million transfer to Manchester United in August 1998. Yorke appeared for Aston Villa on 231 occasions scoring 97 times. He is the 12th top goalscorer in the history of the club.

Manchester United

In his first three seasons, Yorke was a key player in guiding his club to three successive Premiership titles including a unique treble of the Premiership title, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League, and at the same time forming a deadly attacking partnership with Andy Cole. Yorke was joint top scorer of the Premiership in the 1998-99 season. Yorke made 95 league appearances for Manchester United, scoring 47 goals. In 2001-02, Yorke lost his place in the line-up following the arrival of Ruud van Nistelrooy. It was also rumoured that Yorke had a fall-out with United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson, following his much publicised relationship with British supermodel Jordan. The following summer he was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £2 million. Yorke is currently training with Manchester United in a bid to stay fit for the upcoming World Cup. Although still contracted to Sydney.

Blackburn Rovers

Yorke spent two years at Blackburn Rovers, where he never made the same impact that he made at United, and subsequently joined Birmingham City in 2004 on a free transfer. There he fell out with manager Graeme Souness, and it spilled onto the training pitch, where Souness, accusing him of not trying hard enough, hit him with a tackle that could have broken his leg. After that he was on his way out. Word is that despite the tackle, there is still a healthy respect between the two.

Birmingham City

He saw little action during the first part of the 2004-05 season, and made no appearances after January 2005. Yorke was eventually released from his contract, and he signed with Sydney FC on 17 April.

Sydney FC

By signing for Sydney FC Yorke opted to continue his career in Australia for less money than might have been available in some other leagues, notably those in the Middle East (a common destination for aging stars seeking a lucrative final contract before retirement). Qatars football league were most interested, and can easily offer multimillion dollar salaries. He scored the first goal for Sydney in its first A-League regular season match, a spectacular diving header against the Melbourne Victory. Dwight Yorke came to Sydney FC with the biggest pedigree of all players in the new A-league, having won the treble with Manchester United. He has signed for Sydney for two years and has so far impressed with his vision and enormous experience. To date, Yorke has scored 7 goals in the A-League, with three of them being from penalty kicks. Recently, Sydney FC coach Pierre Littbarski has moved Yorke into a midfield role. The move from striker to playmaker has paid off, with Yorke's vision, and midfield experience playing for Trinidad and Tobago, coming into practice. Yorke's tantalising form, and crowd appeal has not gone unnoticed and he has been rewarded with the captain's arm-band.

Dwight now resides in Elizabeth Bay, in Sydney in a multi million dollar penthouse that overlooks Sydney Harbour.

He played a major role in leading Sydney FC to victory in the inaugural A-League Grand Final on March 5 against regional rivals Central Coast Mariners. He set up the only goal, scored by Steve Corica, in front of a sell out crowd of over 41,000 at Aussie Stadium.

Yorke is a "marquee" player for Sydney FC - meaning that his salary falls outside the salary cap. He is also a star name for the A-League as a whole. Aside from his footballing talents, the drawing power and credibility he brings both locally and internationally has proven to be extremely beneficial for the competition in its inaugural season.
 

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