Dwight Yorke

Trinidadian and Tobagonian forward who starred for Manchester United and helped his nation reach the 2006 World Cup.

Dwight Eversley Yorke CM (born 3 November 1971) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian professional football coach and former player and former head coach of Trinidad and Tobago. Throughout his club career, he played for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland, mainly as a forward, between 1989 and 2009. Yorke formed a prolific strike partnership with Andy Cole at Manchester United, where he won numerous honours including several Premier League titles and the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1999. Yorke scored 123 goals in the Premier League, a record for a non-European which was not broken until Sergio Agüero in 2017.

Quick Facts

Full name: Dwight Eversley Yorke
Born: 3 November 1971
Birthplace: Canaan, Trinidad and Tobago
Height: 1.78 m / 5 ft 10 in
Position: Forward, winger
Total caps: 481
Total goals: 148

Lore & Background

Yorke was first discovered by Graham Taylor on a tour of the West Indies in 1989. He made his First Division debut for Aston Villa against Crystal Palace on 24 March 1990. He switched from right winger to centre forward in the 1995–96 season. He was an integral member of the Villa team that reached the League Cup Final in 1996, scoring in a 3–0 win against Leeds United.

On 30 September 1996 he scored a hat-trick against Newcastle United in a 4–3 defeat. He appeared for Aston Villa on 284 occasions, scoring 97 times. He transferred to Manchester United for £12.6 million on 20 August 1998 after a controversial departure. In his first season at United, he was a key player in the treble, finishing as top league goalscorer with 18 goals and winning the Premier League Player of the Season.

He scored his 100th Premier League goal in a 3–0 victory over Derby County on 24 November 2000. He moved to Blackburn Rovers in July 2002 for an initial £2 million. He later played for Birmingham City, Sydney FC (where he won the inaugural A-League Grand Final and was awarded the Joe Marston Medal), and Sunderland. At international level, he represented Trinidad and Tobago on 74 occasions between 1989 and 2009, scoring 19 goals, and helped his nation qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

After retiring, he became assistant manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national team until the completion of qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. As a manager, he won the Australia Cup with Macarthur FC in 2022 and qualified with Trinidad and Tobago for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.