Anthony Whyte (soccer)

Anthony Whyte (born March 10, 1996) is a soccer player. Born in Canada, he represented Guyana internationally.

This article is about the Canadian-Guyanese soccer player. For the Canadian soccer player, see Anthony White (soccer).
Anthony Whyte
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-10) March 10, 1996
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Sigma FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Florida Southern Moccasins 3 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Morvant Caledonia United
2016 Sigma FC 0 (0)
2017 North Mississauga SC 6 (0)
International career‡
2015 Guyana U23
2015–2016 Guyana 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 31, 2021

Early life

He played youth soccer with Sigma FC, winning various youth titles.[1] He trained and played in Holland for two years.[1]

In 2014, he played college soccer with the Florida Southern Moccasins.[2]

Club career

In 2015, he joined Trinidad & Tobago club Morvant Caledonia United.[3]

In 2016, he was on the roster for League1 Ontario club Sigma FC, but did not make any appearances.[4]

In 2017, he played with North Mississauga SC.[5]

International career

In January 2015, he made contact with Faizal Khan, a national team recruiter for the Guyana national team, who gave him an opportunity to try out for the team, after being introduced by Jamaal Smith, another Canadian-born Guyanese national team player.[3][2]

He played with the Guyana U23 team participating in Olympic qualifying.[6]

He made his senior debut on March 29, 2015, playing all 90 minutes and keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win over Grenada.[7][8] Afterwards, he earned call-ups to the senior team for World Cup qualifying.[9][10]

Personal

His father hails from Campbellville, Guyana.[2] His brother, Daniel Whyte, also played for the Guyana national team.[3]

References
  1. "Anthony Whyte Florida Southern Mocs profile". Florida Southern Moccasins.
  2. Nagulendran, Santokie (August 25, 2015). "Anthony Whyte looks to make a positive impact both on and off the field!". Kaieteur News.
  3. Pereira, Samantha (April 13, 2016). "Kickin' it With the Whyte Brothers". Emerge Magazine.
  4. "Anthony Whyte 2016 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  5. "Anthony Whyte 2017 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  6. "National U-23 team off to Antigua … Guyana to face Cuba tomorrow". Guyana Chroncle. June 22, 2015.
  7. Toney, Rawle (March 30, 2015). "Schultz doubles for Golden Jaguars – Guyana stops Grenada 2 – 0". Guyana Chronicle.
  8. "Schultz brace lifts Guyana past Grenada". CONCACAF. February 9, 2018.
  9. Toney, Rawle (May 23, 2015). "Star-studded 'Golden Jaguars' squad named for World Cup Qualifiers". Guyana Chronicle.
  10. @sigmafc (June 2, 2015). "Congrats to Emery Welshman, Daniel Whyte & Anthony Whyte on their call ups to the Guyanese MNT" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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