Derek Whyte

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Derek Whyte (born August 31, 1968 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, Middlesbrough, Aberdeen and Partick Thistle. He also won twelve caps for Scotland during his 18 year playing career. He was participated at Euro 92, Euro 96 and 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Whyte joined Celtic on 14 May 1985 as a 16 year old from the Celtic Boys Club. A defender with the greatest of promise, described as the new Billy McNeill, his form slumped towards the end of his time at the club. He left at the end of the 91-92 season when an agreeable new contract was not forthcoming. He was sold to Middlesbrough for £900,000 where he returned to the early good form he had shown at Celtic.

After 5 seasons on Teeside, Whyte left Middlesbrough to return to Scotland, joining Aberdeen for an undisclosed fee and a 4 1/2 year contract in December 1997. He was appointed Captain at Pittodrie and remained there until 2002, when joined Partick Thistle on a free transfer.

Along with Gerry Britton, Whyte was appointed joint player-manager of the Jags when Gerry Collins was sacked in November 2003. In March 2004 he decided to hang up his playing boots to concentrate on management and soccer punditry but was sacked by Partick in January 2005.

Derek Whyte is now a pundit with ART Sport in Dubai. The channel provides us expats with high quality coverage of the English Premier League and the European Champion's League. He's a very good pundit - much better than some in the U.K.

Preceded by Jim Leighton

Aberdeen FC captain 1998-2002

Succeeded by Darren Young

	Scotland squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Leighton | 2 McNamara | 3 Boyd | 4 Calderwood | 5 Hendry | 6 T. McKinlay | 7 Gallacher | 8 Burley | 9 Durie | 10 Jackson | 11 Collins | 12 Sullivan | 13 Donnelly | 14 Lambert | 15 Gemmill | 16 Weir | 17 B. McKinlay | 18 Elliott | 19 Whyte | 20 Booth | 21 Gould | 22 Dailly | Coach: Brown