Stuart Whitehead

Football player infobox
playername= "Stuart Whitehead"


fullname = Stuart Whitehead
height = 6'0" / 1.83 m
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|7|17
cityofbirth = flagicon|England Bromsgrove
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = AFC Telford United
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position = Right / centre-back
youthyears = up to 1994
youthclubs = Bromsgrove Rovers
years = Aug '94 - Sep '95
Sep '95 - May '98
Jul '98 - Oct '02
Oct '02 - Aug '03
Aug '03 - Jun '04
Jun '04 - Apr '06
Apr '06 - Jan '08
Jan '08 -
clubs = Bromsgrove Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Carlisle United
Darlington
Telford United
Shrewsbury Town
Kidderminster Harriers
AFC Telford United
caps(goals) = 00? 0(?)
000 0(0)
152 0(2)
023 0(0)
037 0(1)
063 0(0)
057
0 1(0)
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nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 27 December 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate =

Stuart Whitehead (born 17 July 1976 in Bromsgrove) is an English footballer who plays for English Conference North club AFC Telford United. He plays as a right-back or centre-back.

Whitehead began his career at his hometown club Bromsgrove Rovers. After a season with the club, he joined then-Premiership Bolton Wanderers in 1995 on a free transfer.

Bolton were relegated in his first season with them, but won promotion back to the Premier League in the following season. After another top-flight season, Bolton and Whitehead parted company, with Whitehead never appearing for the club.

A regular starting role at Carlisle United followed, with Carlisle spending the whole period near the bottom of the Football League. A ten-month spell at Darlington followed before Whitehead dropped down to the Football Conference in August 2003 for a season with Telford United. Telford, and their chairman, were to go bankrupt at the end of the season, so Whitehead made the short move to newly-promoted (to League Two) Shrewsbury Town.

In his two seasons with the club, Whitehead became Shrewsbury's first-choice right-back, making 70 appearances for the Shropshire club. However, on April 142006 he was released by Shrewsbury to allow the emergence of Gavin Cadwallader. Whitehead agreed to join Conference club Kidderminster Harriers on a two-year contract in the summer of 2006.

In his first season Whitehead played well and was a vital part of the FA Trophy run to the finals. He lead the team out on May 12th hoping to lift the trophy but, unfortunately he will go down in history as the first captain to lose a competitive match at Wembley.

Whitehead left Kidderminster by mutual consent on 31st January 2008 and subsequently made his return to the New Bucks Head, signing an 18 month deal with Conference North side AFC Telford United.

External links

*soccerbase|id=9526|name=Stuart Whitehead
* [http://www.harriers-online.co.uk/squad/whitehead.shtml Harriers Online profile]