Alan White (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = Alan White
height = height|ft=6
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1976|3|22
cityofbirth = Darlington
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Darlington
clubnumber = 4
position = Defender
years = 1995-1997
1997-2000
1999
2000-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-07
2007
2007-
clubs = Middlesbrough
Luton Town
→ Colchester United (loan)
Colchester United
Leyton Orient
Boston United
Notts County
→ Peterborough United (loan)
Darlington
caps(goals) = 003 (0)
081 (3)
004 (0)
139 (4)
026 (0)
048 (4)
035 (5)
007 (3)
046 (3)
pcupdate = 22:00, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Alan White (born March 22 1976 in Darlington, England) is an English professional footballer who plays for Darlington as a defender. He has made over 400 appearances in the Premier League and Football League.

Career

White began his career as a trainee at Middlesbrough in 1995,cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=8451|title=Alan White|work=Soccerbase|publisher=Racing Post|accessdate=2008-07-05] and made his debut in a 3–3 draw against Liverpool in August 1996.cite web|url=http://www.11v11.co.uk/index.php?pageID=315&sqlID=16&playerID=4463&teamID=&divID=&seasonend=|title=Alan White - Match history|work=The Football Genome Project|publisher=The Association of Football Statisticians|accessdate=2008-07-05 (Registration required)] He made two further appearances in the Premier League against Chelsea in August 1996 and against Sheffield Wednesday in March 1997, before joining Luton Town in September 1997 for a fee of £40,000, where he made over 80 league appearances in three seasons. He had a one-month loan spell with Colchester United in December 1999 and later joined Colchester on a free transfer in July 2000.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/891081.stm|title=Football transfers|date=2000-08-22|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-05] White made 166 appearances for Colchester in four seasons, scoring four goals, and was voted player of the year in the 2003–04 season but rejected the offer of a new contract and joined Leyton Orient in June 2004 on a two-year contract.cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/colchester_united/3770881.stm|title=White makes Orient switch|date=2004-06-02|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-05] However, he was allowed to leave nine months later and joined Boston United in March 2005 on a contract to June 2006 with Boston manager, Steve Evans, sayin, "I'm delighted to get Alan on board. He was outstanding for Colchester United last season and is a great competitor."cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leyton_orient/4315989.stm |title=White completes move to Pilgrims |date=2005-03-04|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-05]

In June 2006, White joined Notts County on a free transfer,cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/5037292.stm|title=Transfers - June 2006 |date=2006-06-30|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-05] where he was made club captain.cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/6470737.stm|title=Peterborough bag midfielder White|date=2007-03-20|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-05] Nine months later, he joined Peterborough United on loan for the remainder of the 2006–07 season and then was one of six players released by Notts County at the end of the season, [cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/6635019.stm |title=Notts County release six players|date=2007-05-08|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-07-05] when he joined Darlington.cite news| title = Quakers swoop for defensive duo| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/6657039.stm | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 2007-05-15| accessdate = 2007-05-28] At the end of the 2007–08 season, White had made 41 league and cup appearances for Darlington.

Honours

As a player

Middlesbrough
*Coca-Cola Cup runner-up: 1996–97

Boston United
*Lincolnshire Senior Cup winner: 2005–06

References

Exteternal links

*soccerbase|id=8451|name=Alan White