Footballer Dwight York: biography, rating, stats and personal life

Dwight York is a former footballer, best known for his performances in the English clubs Aston Villa and Manchester United, as well as in the national team of Trinidad and Tobago. Currently he works as an assistant to the head coach in the Manchester United team.

Dossier

Dwight Eversley York was born on November 3, 1971 in Canaan (Trinidad and Tobago). Playing position on the football field - forward / midfielder. Height 178 cm, weight 78 kg. Years of performance in big football - 1989-2009. The place in the general ranking is 401.

Statistics of speeches

As a football player, Dwight York played in the championships of England and Australia for 6 different clubs. He spent 481 duel, scored 148 goals.

• 1989-98 - Aston Villa.
• 1998-02 - Manchester United.
• 2002-04 - Blackburn Rovers.
• 2004-05 - Birmingham City.
• 2005-06 - Sydney.
• 2006-09 - Sunderland.

In the national team of Trinidad and Tobago football began to be involved in 1989. In the period from 1989 to 2009 he played 72 matches, in which he scored 19 goals.

How it was

What do we know about one of the most outstanding football players of the late 20th - early 21st century, which was the famous striker from Trinidad and Tobago Dwight York? To many, he was remembered as a fast, technical, beautiful head-playing forward. And very few people know where in the English championship appeared this dark-skinned, short guy who for twenty years regularly beat goals, both in the Premier League, and in the European Cup tournaments. To begin with we will find out: who he is, where he comes from, what his biography is.

Dwight York was born in the far exotic country of Trinidad and Tobago, an island nation located in the southern Caribbean (near the northern shores of South America). Like most future great players, the boy grew up in poverty. In addition to him, the family had eight more children. From the earliest childhood, he was delirious with football. Dwight believed that only having managed to implement a real professional football career, you can escape from the vegetation that is prepared for the majority of his peers.

And to start, in his opinion, this very career is necessary with the acquisition of at least a couple of real football boots. Therefore, in order to bring the coveted moment closer, it is necessary to earn money on these boots. And for that there was only one possibility - to collect crabs on the seashore, so that they could buy some gaming ammunition on the proceeds from their sale.

History did not retain reliable information, whether Dwight was playing barefoot or in boots, being a schoolboy in the village of Bon-Accord, but later, while attending a comprehensive school in Signal Hill, he actively played as part of a local youth team with full football equipment. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the match that completely changed the life of the young boy. And I did not play with anyone, but with one of the best teams in England.

In 1989, the pre-season preparation of Aston Villa was chosen by Trinidad and Tobago. Here the team of Graham Taylor in the preparation for the football season held a number of friendly matches with local clubs. It so happened that one of the fights took place at a meeting with the "Signal Hill" team, in which our hero took part. The irony was that the local youth single-handedly tore one of the best defensive lines of the English championship.

History did not retain the final result of that match, but it determined the future fate of Dwight Yorke. Since December 1989, he became a football player of Aston Villa.

"Signal Hill" received 126,000 pounds sterling, and the English club - a young prospective player who signed his first professional contract.

Stages of football path

In the 1989/90 season Dwight played in the Premier League only two fights. This was due to protracted bureaucratic red tape to obtain a work permit in England. The player patiently collected dozens of papers, bypassed a multitude of bureaucratic offices. And when it seemed that all the information collected, it turned out that the name of the football player was incorrectly written (instead of Yorke, York was listed). Finally, after the end of all misadventures, the player was given the opportunity to compete in the championship of England.

His debut match he played on March 24, 1990 against the team "Crystal Palace". The English championship is a competition for the strong in spirit. Here players with strong nerves act. Therefore, the coach of "Aston Villa" was in no hurry to move the fledgling guy into the crucible of the fight. He prepared it for the next season. But the coaching fate is unpredictable. By results of the championship Taylor was displaced, giving way to Joseph Wenglosh. He immediately made it clear that he is betting on other players in the line of attack and Dwight does not count very much. It turned out that the coach himself "put on a lame horse." As a result, 17th place in the championship. And already Josef Wenglos is deprived of his post, giving way to Ron Atkinson.

With the new coach, York played. Yes, so played, that immediately became a favorite of the Birmingham public, and other fans were drawn to the map in order to find the country of Trinidad and Tobago. Nine seasons played for the blue-burgundy Dwight York. During this period, he spent 231 matches, scored 73 goals. Leaving the same footballer from the "Aston Villa" hard. Coach John Gregory at first did not want to hear about the possible parting with the best striker of the team, then tried to exchange it for Ashley Cole, then told the player that if he had a gun in his office, he would have shot him in place. In the end, Dwight still left the club. He was sold to Manchester United in August 1998 for £ 12 million.

The Mancunians were in great need of a scoring forward. Despite the presence of such attackers as Solskyaer, Sheringham, Cole, the attacking power in the team was not. York was announced at the last moment. Of course, there were fears for the football player himself, whether he could play in the new club, how fans would react to him, not complaining about the black players. And the more he should play no worse than the recent idol "United" Eric Cantona, which, in fact, counted coach Alex Ferguson.

Fears of the footballer did not materialize. Dwight painlessly joined the Manchester United team, becoming the team's main player from the first season. His debut match, he played in the championship of England with the club "West Ham United", and his first balls for the new team scored in a meeting with the "Charlton". In general, the 1998/99 season has become one of the most successful in the history of the "red devils". The team won the championship and the FA Cup, and was also the strongest in the Champions League tournament.

The most important role in the success of the club was played by Dwight York. His goals were crucial in the quarterfinal confrontation in the FA Cup with Chelsea, in the final cup match against Liverpool, in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with the Italian Inter. In the semifinal match against Juventus, the goal of York actually brought the English club to the finals of the most prestigious Eurotournament. In addition, Dwight becomes the best goalscorer of the championship of England, nakolotiv in the gate rivals 29 goals. The next season again brings the "mankunians" gold medals of the championship of England thanks to the magnificent game of the 19th team number. In the championship of 1999/2000, York also has excellent performance, scoring 24 goals.

This was, in fact, the peak of the performances of the football player in the "United". From the next season, he began to go out less often in the starting fights of the championship, giving way to Teddy Sheringham, and after the acquisition of the Dutch striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy lost his place at the base of the club. In his last season Dwight scored just 1 goal in 16 meetings.

Here it is worth highlighting the rather nasty character of the player, which is especially often manifested with extraordinary gaming, everyday and life situations. He often quarreled with the coach, and once he got into an unpleasant situation with the local model Katie Price. Often ignored the challenge for the matches of the national team of his country. In the end, in 2002, Dwight was sold to the Blackburn Rovers team for a humiliating 2 million pounds. But there were times when a bunch of Manchester United strikers Andy Cole and Dwight York were considered one of the strongest in the world, punching in 1999 53 goals.

The future of York's football career is a fall down. Neither Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, nor the Australian Sydney, he closely demonstrated the level of the game for which millions of fans around the world loved him.

Finished career footballer Dwight York in a modest team, "Sunderland", solving local problems in the championship of England. The level of skill of the player can be judged by the amount of compensation (200,000 pounds), which the English club paid to the team "Sydney". So it turned out that Dwight York, the striker, who alone broke the most intricate defenses of the best European teams, finished his playing career, scoring just one goal in his last 29 matches. It's unfortunate.

National team

In the national team of Trinidad and Tobago Dwight York played more than 100 fights, but not all of them were official. Those matches that entered the register of FIFA, there are 72 (19 goals). The highest achievement in the team - participation in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Team achievements

As a footballer, Dwight Yorke became a three-time Premier League champion (1999-2001), winner of the Champions League (1999), winner of the Intercontinental Cup (1999), FA Cup (1999) and the Football League Cup (1994,1996). In 2006 he won the Australian Championship.

Individual prizes

In 1999, Dwight York became the top scorer of the England Championship (29 goals) and the Champions League (8 goals). In the same year he was included in the symbolic team of the year (version of PFA).

Personal life

Dwight is a famous Lovelace. He had a connection with famous British models, as well as girls of easy virtue from the city of Birmingham. From the model, Cathy Price has Harvey's son. His paternity recognized by the results of the DNA test.

And Dwight is the ambassador of sport in Trinidad and Tobago. He is also a great fan of cricket, although he has not reached the level of playing his brother Clint, who participates in various international competitions in this sport.

In his spare time he writes books. Dwight York, whose biography and career began to slowly forget, in 2009 released an autobiographical epic called "Born to Score."

Coach career

Dwight York, biography, rating (401 out of 13,775 footballers) and statistics whose speeches speak about outstanding football talent, did not achieve much success in the coaching field. In 2009, he worked as an assistant coach in the national team of Trinidad and Tobago, then worked as a sports commentator. Since 2011 he has been working with the reserve team Manchester United.