Daniel Whyte (soccer)

Daniel Whyte (born November 18, 1994) is a soccer player. Born in Mississauga, Ontario, he represented Guyana internationally.

Daniel Whyte
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-11-18) November 18, 1994
Place of birth Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Sigma FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Morvant Caledonia United
2016 Sigma FC 13 (0)
2017–2019 North Mississauga SC 29 (0)
International career‡
2015 Guyana U23
2015–2016 Guyana 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 31, 2021

Career

Club

In 2015, he joined Trinidad & Tobago club Morvant Caledonia United.[1]

In 2016, he played in League1 Ontario with Sigma FC.[2]

From 2017 to 2019, he played with North Mississauga SC.[3][4][5]

In 2018, he participated in the Open Trials for the new Canadian Premier League, being one of the 56 players of the over 200 participants who were invited to the second trial.[6]

International

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.[1]

He first played with the Guyana U23 team, making his debut against St Lucia U23 in a friendly, followed by participating in Olympic qualifying.[7][8] Afterwards, he earned call-ups to the senior team for World Cup qualifying.[9] In 2016, he played in a friendly with the senior squad against the Canada U23, his birth nation.[7]

Personal

His father hails from Campbellville, Guyana.[10] His brother, Anthony Whyte, also played for the Guyana national team.[1]

References
  1. Pereira, Samantha (April 13, 2016). "Kickin' it With the Whyte Brothers". Emerge Magazine.
  2. "Daniel Whyte 2016 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  3. "Daniel Whyte 2017 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  4. "Daniel Whyte 2018 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  5. "Daniel Whyte 2019 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  6. "Making the cut: List of trialists in Hamilton to advance to Day 2 of the Open Trials". Canadian Premier League. October 1, 2018.
  7. Green, Akeem (May 14, 2016). "Conditions could give Jags advantage against Canada". Guyana Times.
  8. "National U-23 team off to Antigua … Guyana to face Cuba tomorrow". Guyana Chroncle. June 22, 2015.
  9. Toney, Rawle (May 23, 2015). "Star-studded 'Golden Jaguars' squad named for World Cup Qualifiers". Guyana Chronicle.
  10. Saul, Duncan (March 19, 2015). "St Lucia selects provisional squad for Guyana encounter". Stabroek News.
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