General |
Dwight Yorke CM | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name: | Dwight Eversley Yorke | |
Date of birth: | 3 November 1971 | |
Place of birth: | Canaan, Trinidad and Tobago | |
Height: | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
Playing position: | Forward Winger | |
Club information | ||
Current club | Trinidad & Tobago (head coach) | |
Youth clubs | ||
1988–1989 1989–1990 |
Signal Hill Comprehensive School Aston Villa | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
1990–1998 1998–2002 2002–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2009 Total |
Aston Villa Manchester United Blackburn Rovers Birmingham City Sydney FC Sunderland |
231 96 (48) 60 (12) 13 (2) 22 (7) 59 (6) 481 (148) | (73)
National team | ||
1989–2009 | Trinidad & Tobago | 72 (19) |
Teams managed | ||
2022–2023 2024– |
Macarthur 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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