Alan Whittle

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alan Whittle
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 10, 1950(1950-03-10)
Age	74
Birthplace	Liverpool
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Liverpool
Horoscope	Pisces

Alan Whittle Biography

Alan Whittle is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on March 10, 1950 in Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom. Alan Whittle (born 10 March 1950) is an English retired footballer who played as a forward or attacking midfielder. He made a total of 241 Football League appearances for Everton, Crystal Palace, Orient and Bournemouth, scoring 46 goals. He also spent a season with Iranian side Persepolis where he made 34 appearances and scored 16 goals.

Whittle spent two one-season spells at Orient scoring six goals in 50 appearances for the club and coming second in the Anglo-Scottish Cup. Whittle surprised many by spending one season at Iranian club Persepolis F.C. in the 1977–78 season where he competed in the Takht Jamshid Cup, however because of the Iranian Revolution and collapse of the national league Whittle had no choice but to leave Iran. Whittle was the first English footballer ever to play in the Iranian football league system.

In December 1972, Whittle was sold to Crystal Palace for a then large fee of £100,000. Whittle spent four years of his career at Palace; however, his stay was dogged by injury and bad form, leading him to fall out of favour with then coach Malcolm Allison, Whittle did make a century of appearances for Palace and was a fan favourite. Palace fans would chant “We want Whittle” and “The Roker roar is no more, Whittle showed them how to score”.

Alan Whittle Net Worth

Alan Whittle is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alan Whittle 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Whittle was a product of the Everton youth academy and debuted for the first- team in 1967 at the age of 17. In five years at Everton Whittle made 74 appearances scoring 21 goals, but found it difficult to establish himself in the first-team. Whittle’s nickname was The Hustler at Everton, though he campaigned in The Toffees football in the community scheme. The highlight of his time at Everton was being part of the side that won the First Division in the 1969–70 season; making 15 appearances and scoring 11 goals in the process.

In 1972, at the age of 22, he was called up by Sir Alf Ramsey, manager of the English national football team; however, he did not feature for the side.

Ultimately, Whittle ended his career at A.F.C. Bournemouth at the age of 30 making just nine appearances for the club. Towards the end of Whittle’s career he made a move to Australia, where he played for a year before going to non- league side Gravesend & Northfleet in 1982 ending a career for Whittle who as a youngster had much promise but injury and poor form were to block the extent of his success.

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Facts & Trivia

Alan Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Alan Whittle celebrates birthday on March 10 of every year.