Oliver Whyte
{{Short description|New Zealand footballer (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Oliver Whyte
|image =
|fullname = Oliver Edward Brymer Whyte
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|1|20|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand
|height = 1.79 m
|position = Midfielder
|currentclub = Muaither
|clubnumber =
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2018
|youthclubs1 = Wellington Phoenix
|youthyears2 = 2018–2019
|youthclubs2 = Rio Ave
|years1 = 2015–2018
|clubs1 = Wellington Phoenix Reserves
|caps1 = 29
|goals1 = 5
|years2 = 2018–2019
|clubs2 = Rio Ave
|caps2 = 0
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2019–2020
|clubs3 = Team Wellington
|caps3 = 14
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2020
|clubs4 = İstanbulspor
|caps4 = 0
|goals4 = 0
|years5 = 2021
|clubs5 = Team Wellington
|caps5 = 6
|goals5 = 1
|years6 = 2021
|clubs6 = Miramar Rangers
|caps6 = 28
|goals6 = 16
|years7 = 2022–2024
|clubs7 = Haka
|caps7 = 73
|goals7 = 6
|years8 = 2025–
|clubs8 = Muaither
|caps8 = 0
|goals8 = 0
|club-update = 2 November 2024
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|NZ}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|OFC U-17 Championship}}
{{Medal|W|2017 Samoa–Tahiti|}}
}}
Oliver Edward Brymer Whyte (born 20 January 2000) is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a midfielder for Qatari club Muaither.
Career
In 2018, Whyte joined the youth academy of Portuguese side Rio Ave from the Wellington Phoenix academy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/107161185/wellington-footballer-ollie-whyte-scores-portugal-move|title=Wellington footballer Ollie Whyte scores Portugal move|publisher=stuff.co.nz}} In 2019, he was freely transferred to Team Wellington in New Zealand.{{Cite web|url=http://www.twfc.co.nz/news-2/2019/10/23/team-wellington-sign-new-zealand-age-group-international-ollie-whyte|title=Team Wellington sign New Zealand age group International, Ollie Whyte|publisher=twfc.co.nz}} In 2020, he moved to Turkish second tier club İstanbulspor.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/istanbulspor/status/1304415676577320963|title=Profesyonel futbolcu Oliver Whyte ile 2024 - 2025 sezonu sonuna kadar (5 yıllık) anlaşma sağlanmıştır|publisher=twitter.com}}
In 2021, Whyte joined Miramar Rangers (an amateur Wellington based club). After a disappointing stint with the Wellington Phoenix Reserves he was freely transferred to Finnish club Haka.{{Cite web|url=https://fchaka.fi/uutiset/fc-haka-sopimukseen-hyokkaavan-keskikenttapelaajan-kanssa/|title=FC Haka sopimukseen hyökkäävän keskikenttäpelaajan kanssa|date=21 January 2022 |publisher=fchaka.fi}}
Career statistics
{{updated|14 February 2025}}{{Soccerway|431899}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes Turkish Cup and Suomen Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes Finnish League Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=4|Wellington Phoenix Reserves
|3 | 1 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 2016–17
|NZ Premiership |8 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18
|NZ Premiership |18 | 4 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 18 | 4 | ||||
| colspan=2|Total
!29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | |
| Team Wellington
|NZ Premiership |14 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 14 | 0 | ||||
| İstanbulspor
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Wellington
|NZ Premiership |6 | 1 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Miramar Rangers
|2021 |20 | 16 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 20 | 16 | ||||
| rowspan=4|Haka
|2022 |23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | colspan=2|– | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2023
|Veikkausliiga |23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Conference League|name=uecl}} | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 2024
|Veikkausliiga |27 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | colspan=2|– | 37 | 9 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!73 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 96 | 14 | |
| Muaither
|2024–25 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|– | colspan=2|– | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
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Honours
Miramar Rangers
Individual
References
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Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Category:New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Category:Team Wellington FC players
Category:New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Finland
Category:Miramar Rangers AFC players
Category:New Zealand expatriate men's association footballers
Category:New Zealand men's association footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:İstanbulspor footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
Category:Association footballers from Wellington City
Category:New Zealand Football Championship players
Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
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