Jamie Waite

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| name = Jamie Waite

| image = Jamie Waite 5.jpg

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| fullname = Jamie Waite

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Plymouth, England

| height =

| position = Goalkeeper

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| youthclubs1 = Ipswich Town

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| youthclubs2 = Colchester United

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| youthclubs3 = Fulham

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| youthclubs4 = Ipswich Wanderers

| years1 = 2002–2003

| years2 = 2003–2004

| years3 = 2004

| years4 = 2004

| years5 = 2004

| years6 = 2004–2005

| years7 = 2005

| years8 = 2005

| years9 = 2005–2006

| years10 = 2005

| years11 = 2006

| years12 = 2006–2007

| years13 = 2007

| years14 = 2007–2008

| years15 = 2008

| years16 = 2008

| years17 = 2009

| years18 = 2016–2017

| clubs1 = Ipswich Wanderers

| clubs2 = Rotherham United

| clubs3 = Braintree Town

| clubs4 = Leyton

| clubs5 = Woking

| clubs6 = Kettering Town

| clubs7 = Barrow

| clubs8 = Stevenage Borough

| clubs9 = Cambridge United

| clubs10 = → Chelmsford City (loan)

| clubs11 = Sudbury

| clubs12 = Milton Keynes Dons

| clubs13 = St Albans City

| clubs14 = Bradford City

| clubs15 = → Droylsden (loan)

| clubs16 = Doncaster Rovers

| clubs17 = Harlow Town

| clubs18 = Lowestoft Town

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| nationalyears1 = 2002

| nationalteam1 = Thailand

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 23:54, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

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Jamie Waite (born 20 February 1986) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in England, he represented the Thailand national team.

Career

Born in Plymouth, Devon, Waite later moved to Coddenham, Suffolk. Waite represented Ipswich Town, Colchester United, Fulham and Ipswich Wanderers at youth level, appearing in and around the first team for the latter.{{cite news|url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/jamie-breaks-the-pele-record-1-124763|title=Jamie breaks the Pele record|publisher=Ipswich Star|date=28 February 2002|accessdate=28 May 2019|archive-date=27 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527231605/https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/jamie-breaks-the-pele-record-1-124763|url-status=dead}} Waite, the son of a British father and Thai mother, began his career as a junior in Thailand and made his debut for the national side aged just 15 years and 354 days when he came on as a second-half substitute in a game against Singapore in Bangkok.{{cite news|publisher=Telegraph & Argus|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/display.var.1856443.0.city_keeper_wins_cancer_battle.php|title=City Keeper Wins Cancer Battle|date=23 November 2007|accessdate=21 January 2008|first=Mike|last=Crowther}}

His form for the Thai national team attracted the attention of Rotherham United with who Waite started a three-year scholarship in 2003. He left Rotherham after just one year and subsequently played for a number of clubs, including Braintree Town, Leyton and Woking, before joining Kettering Town,{{cite news|url=http://www.nwemail.co.uk/sport/viewarticle.aspx?id=169046|title=Thai keeper set for debut|publisher=North West Evening Mail|date=11 January 2005|accessdate=21 January 2008|archive-date=5 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605095308/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/sport/viewarticle.aspx?id=169046|url-status=dead}} and then moving on to Barrow in January 2005.

He left Barrow to join Stevenage Borough in March 2005.{{cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=25535|title=Waite moves south|publisher=Non League Daily|date=28 March 2005|accessdate=21 January 2008|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014927/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=25535|archivedate=30 September 2007}} He joined Cambridge United in August 2005,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/4180440.stm|title=Keeper Waite pens Cambridge deal|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 August 2005|accessdate=21 January 2008}} joining Chelmsford City on loan in September 2005{{cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=29694|title=City sign international keeper|publisher=Non League Daily|date=17 September 2005|accessdate=21 January 2008|first=Steve|last=Dorrington|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930022409/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=29694|archivedate=30 September 2007}} and moving to AFC Sudbury in January 2006.{{cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=32035|title=Sudbury sign international keeper|publisher=Sudbury official website|date=1 February 2006|accessdate=21 January 2008|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014504/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=32035|archivedate=30 September 2007}}

Waite joined Milton Keynes Dons in July 2006. He was unable to break into the Dons first team and was released in January 2007. During his time at Milton Keynes found a cancer of the lymph glands and underwent a 10-month chemotherapy programme before being given the all-clear.

In August 2007, Waite signed on non-contract terms for Conference South side St Albans City,{{cite news|url=http://www.sacfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=380&Itemid=163|title=Waite signs for Saints|publisher=St Albans City official website|date=1 August 2007|accessdate=21 January 2008|first=Mark

|last=Jones}} before moving to Bradford City on 21 November 2007 and playing in a reserve game on the same day against Hartlepool United.{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.1850194.0.conlon_at_the_double_for_reserves.php|title=Conlon at the double for reserves|publisher=Telegraph & Argus|date=21 November 2007|accessdate=21 January 2008}} In March 2008 he joined Conference National side Droylsden on a loan deal. On 29 April 2008, Waite was deemed to be surplus to requirements at Valley Parade and was released by manager Stuart McCall along with 13 other Bradford players.{{cite news

|url=http://www.telegraphandargus.co.uk/display.var.2234555.0..php

|title=Johnson one of 13 axed by City

|date=29 April 2008

|accessdate=29 April 2008

|publisher=Telegraph & Argus

|first=Simon

|last=Parker

}}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He never featured for Bradford.

On 2 September 2008, he signed for Doncaster Rovers on a non-contract basis following a trial at the club.{{cite news

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/doncaster/7594391.stm

|title=Doncaster sign Thai keeper Waite

|date=2 September 2008