Peter Whittingham

Peter Whittingham

Whittingham playing for Cardiff City in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Peter Michael Whittingham[1]
Date of birth	(1984-09-08)8 September 1984[2]
Place of birth	Nuneaton, England
Date of death	18 March 2020(2020-03-18) (aged 35)
Place of death	Cardiff, Wales
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–2001	Coventry City
2001–2003	Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Aston Villa	56	(1)
2005	→ Burnley (loan)	7	(0)
2005	→ Derby County (loan)	11	(0)
2007–2017	Cardiff City	413	(85)
2017–2018	Blackburn Rovers	20	(0)
Total		507	(86)
International career
2004–2007	England U21	17	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Michael Whittingham (/ˈhwɪtɪŋəm/; 8 September 1984 – 18 March 2020) was an English professional footballer. His primary position was as a central midfielder, although he also sometimes operated as a wide midfielder on both the left and right.

He was part of the Aston Villa team that won the 2001–02 FA Youth Cup, and a year later he made his Premier League debut. Whittingham had loans at Championship clubs Burnley and Derby County in 2005. In January 2007, he signed for Cardiff City for a fee of £350,000.

In eleven seasons at Cardiff, Whittingham played 457 competitive matches and scored 96 goals, putting him seventh on the all-time appearances list and ninth among their goalscorers. During his time at that club they won the Championship in 2013, and reached the 2008 FA Cup final and 2012 League Cup final. He was named three times in the Championship's PFA Team of the Year, and his 20-goal haul in the 2009–10 season made him the division's top scorer. He signed for Blackburn Rovers in June 2017, and made 24 appearances for the club before his contract was terminated by mutual consent in August 2018. He died in March 2020, as a result of an accidental fall at a pub.