Dwight Yorke
Dwight Yorke, the Trinidad and Tobago forward, made 62 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 6 times, averaging 0.1 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2006-07, with 5 goals.
Dwight Eversley Yorke CM (born 3 November 1971) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian professional football coach and former player and former head coach of Trinidad and Tobago . Throughout his club career, he played for Aston Villa , Manchester United , Blackburn Rovers , Birmingham City , Sydney FC and Sunderland , mainly as a forward , between 1989 and 2009. Yorke formed a prolific strike partnership with Andy Cole at Manchester United, where he won numerous honours including several Premier League titles and the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1999 . Yorke scored 123 goals in the Premier League, a record for a non-European which was not broken until Sergio Agüero in 2017. [ 3 ] At international level, Yorke represented Trinidad and Tobago on 74 occasions between 1989 and 2009, scoring 19 goals. He helped his nation reach the semi-finals of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup , and later qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in its history, representing his country in the 2006 tournament . After retiring from playing in 2009, Yorke became assistant manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national team, a position he held until the completion of the qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup . As a manager, he won the Australia Cup with Macarthur FC in 2022 , and qualified with Trinidad and Tobago for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup . — Wikipedia
- Position
- FW
- Nationality
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Birthplace
- Canaan, Tobago
- Born
- 3 Nov 1971
- Height
- 178 cm
On 31 August 2006, Yorke's transfer to Sunderland was announced. [ 22 ] The transfer for a fee of £200,000 ( A$ $500,000) re-united Yorke with ex-teammate Roy Keane , manager of Sunderland. Yorke made his debut in the home match against Leicester City and received a rapturous standing ovation from home fans when he came on as a substitute in the first half. Yorke was used as a defensive midfielder rather than his usual striker role. [ 23 ] He scored his first goal for Sunderland in the 2–1 loss against Stoke. On 2 January 2008, during Sunderland's 1–0 defeat to Blackburn, Yorke was given a red card by referee Rob Styles. Yorke stated several times he would like to return to the A-League , preferably Sydney. However, following Sydney's signings at the time, it seemed unlikely that Sydney would have been able to fit him under the salary cap. It was reported that Yorke would play for rivals Central Coast Mariners, the team bankrolled by the man who brought him to Sydney, Peter Turnbull. [ 24 ] On 11 March 2008, it was announced that the Mariners were in "advanced negotiations" with Yorke to become the marquee for two years. [ 25 ] However, on 1 July he signed a new one-year contract to stay with Sunderland for the 2008–09 season. [ 26 ] He was named man of the match for his performance [ 27 ] against Arsenal on 4 October 2008, with Sunderland drawing 1–1 at home. Following Keane's departure in December 2008, Yorke and Neil Bailey were named as assistants to Ricky Sbragia . [ 28 ] Yorke was released at the end of the 2008–09 season. [ 29 ] — Wikipedia
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