Photo: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Whittingham was the kind of footballer I instinctively root for, the cultured left-footed midfielder who shaped games rather than just decorating them. Coming through Aston Villa's youth setup and earning a Premier League debut as a teenager hinted at real promise, but it was his long, beloved spell as a club servant that defined him. Those players rarely top global rankings, yet they live permanently in the memory of their supporters. His death at just thirty-five in 2020 was heartbreakingly premature. I think of the precise dead-ball strikes and the quiet craft of a player who made his stadium feel like home, and I find that legacy genuinely moving.
Overview
Peter Michael Whittingham (; 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Peter Whittingham
- Name (Japanese)
- ピーター・ウィッティンガム
- Reading
- ぴーたー・うぃってぃんがむ
- Born
- September 8, 1984 – March 19, 2020
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
- Origin
- Nuneaton, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.