Anthony Whyte (soccer)
Canadian-Guyanese soccer player
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Anthony Whyte (born March 10, 1996) is a soccer player. Born in Canada, he represented Guyana internationally.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | March 10, 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position | 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) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of December 31, 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals 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]