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Dwight Yorke
CM
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Personal information
Full name: Dwight Eversley Yorke
Date of birth: 3 November 1971 (1971-11-03) (age 53)
Place of birth:    Canaan, Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position: Forward
Winger
Club information
Current club Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago (head coach)
Youth clubs
1988–1989
1989–1990
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Signal Hill Comprehensive School
Flag of England Aston Villa
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
1990–1998
1998–2002
2002–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2009
Total
Flag of England Aston Villa
Flag of England Manchester United
Flag of England Blackburn Rovers
Flag of England Birmingham City
Flag of Australia Sydney FC
Flag of England Sunderland
231 0(73)
096 0(48)
060 0(12)
013 00(2)
022 00(7)
059 00(6)
481 (148)   
National team
1989–2009 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago 072 0(19)
Teams managed
2022–2023
2024–
Flag of Australia Macarthur
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago

Dwight Eversley Yorke CM (born 3 November 1971) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian football coach and former professional football player. He is currently head coach of the Trinidad & Tobago national team. He played for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland. He was the assistant manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national team until the completion of the qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Along with Russell Latapy and Pat Jennings, Yorke holds the record number of participations in different World Cup competitions, including qualifying stages – six in total (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010). Yorke was nicknamed The Smiling Assassin because of his goal scoring abilities and his constant smile.

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Template:Macarthur FC managers Template:Trinidad and Tobago Template:Trinidad and Tobago squad (2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup) Template:Trinidad and Tobago squad (2006 FIFA World Cup)

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