Norman Whiteside

Norman Whiteside

Whiteside in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Norman Whiteside[1]
Date of birth	(1965-05-07) 7 May 1965 (age 59)[1]
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder Striker
Youth career
1978–1982	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1989	Manchester United	206	(47)
1989–1991	Everton	29	(9)
Total		235	(56)
International career
	Northern Ireland Schoolboys	8	(0)
1989	Northern Ireland U23	1	(0)
1982–1989	Northern Ireland	38	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Norman Whiteside (born 7 May 1965) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and striker.

Whiteside began his career at Manchester United, signing professional forms in 1982 at the age of 17 and quickly becoming a key member of the side. He scored 68 goals in 278 league and cup appearances for the club over the next seven years, picking up two FA Cup winner's medals in 1983 and 1985, as well as playing in the 1982 FA Youth Cup final, the 1983 League Cup final, and the FA Charity Shield in 1983.

He remained with United until July 1989, when he was sold to Everton for £600,000. However, he retired from playing two years later, aged only 26, due to a knee injury.

Whiteside holds records as the youngest player to take part in a FIFA World Cup, the youngest player to score in a League Cup and FA Cup final, and the youngest player to score a senior goal for Manchester United. Winning 38 caps for Northern Ireland, he played at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, and also helped his country to win the last British Home Championship in 1983–84. After retiring as a player he became a podiatrist, and still works at the corporate hospitality department at Old Trafford.