Aurtis Whitley

Aurtis Whitley

Personal information
Full name	Aurtis Whitley
Date of birth	May 1, 1977
Place of birth	Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current team	W Connection
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1997	Superstar Rangers	0	(0)
1997–1998	Vitoria Setubal	0	(0)
1998–2007	San Juan Jabloteh	22	(9)
2007–2008	W Connection	0	(0)
2008-	United Petrotrin	0	(0)
National team^‡
2000–2008	Trinidad and Tobago	41	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2008. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 August 2008

Aurtis Whitley CM (AKA Otis Seaton) (born May 1, 1977) is a Trinidad and Tobago footballer who plays as a midfielder for W Connection F.C. in the TT Pro League and current captain of the Trinidad and Tobago national football team.^[1]

Club career

Whitley played for San Juan Jabloteh for 9 years in the TT Pro League prior to his contract termination in September 2007 after comments by manager Terry Fenwick regarding the player's attendance at practices.^[2] Several days later, he was signed by rival club W Connection where he remains to date (as of July 2008). His previous clubs include Superstar Rangers and Vitoria Setubal.

International career

Whitley made his international debut for the Trinidad and Tobago national football team (T&T) on November 15, 2005 in a 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Panama.^[3] He played most of T&T's qualification matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany when T&T qualified, its first ever qualification. He played at the World Cup in all of T&T three games. He was absent from the national team for all of 2007 along with other World Cup players due to a dispute over bonuses with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation. He returned to the national team as captain for a friendly match against El Salvador in March 2008 and has retained the captain's armband for all games since (as of July 2008).

International Goals

Scores and results list T&T's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2003-11-19	Hasely Crawford Stadium	Cuba	1–0	2–1	Friendly match
2	2008-03-26	Independence Park	Jamaica	2–2	2–2	Friendly match

Source

References

1. Soca Warriors back in training, Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, Accessed 5 July 2008.
2. Jabloteh sacks Whitley, W Connection signs him, Trinidad Guardian, Accessed 5 July 2008.
3. T&T Squad Line-ups since 2000, Soca Warriors Online, Accessed 5 July 2005.