Dwight Yorke
Trinidadian and Tobagonian forward who won the treble with Manchester United and scored 123 Premier League goals.
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
- Nationality
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Position
- Striker
- Premier league club
- Manchester United (1998–2002)
- Premier league titles
- 2 (1998–99, 2000–01)
- Major honour
- 1999 Treble (Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Champions League)
- Notable partnership
- Andy Cole (Manchester United front two)
- International debut era
- 1998 FIFA World Cup (Trinidad & Tobago's first)
Lore & Background
At international level, Yorke represented Trinidad and Tobago on 74 occasions between 1989 and 2009, scoring 19 goals. He helped his nation reach the semi-finals of the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and later qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time in its history, representing his country in the 2006 tournament. After retiring from playing in 2009, Yorke became assistant manager of the Trinidad and Tobago national team, a position he held until the completion of the qualifying matches 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.
Reader's Guide
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 transferred to Manchester United for £12.6 million on 20 August 1998. In his first season, he was a key player in the treble-winning campaign, finishing as top league goalscorer with 18 goals and winning the Premier League Player of the Season. He scored his 100th Premier League goal on 24 November 2000. He moved to Blackburn Rovers in July 2002, then to Birmingham City on 31 August 2004. He signed for Sydney FC and won the Joe Marston Medal in the inaugural A-League Grand Final. He transferred to Sunderland on 31 August 2006 and was released at the end of the 2008–09 season.
Did You Know?
- Yorke scored a hat-trick against Newcastle United on 30 September 1996 in a 4–3 defeat.
- He scored 65 goals for Manchester United in 152 appearances.
- He completed the London Marathon in 2011 in a time of 3 hours and 32 minutes.
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