Jamie Waite Explained

Jamie Waite
Fullname:Jamie Waite
Birth Date:20 February 1986
Birth Place:Plymouth, England
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Ipswich Town
Youthclubs2:Colchester United
Youthclubs3:Fulham
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
Caps2:0
Caps4:2
Caps5:0
Caps7:17
Caps10:7
Caps12:3
Caps13:12
Caps14:3
Caps15:2
Caps16:0
Goals2:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals7:0
Goals10:0
Goals12:0
Goals13:0
Goals14:0
Goals15:0
Goals16:0
Nationalyears1:2002
Nationalteam1:Thailand
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Club-Update:23:54, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Jamie Waite (born 20 February 1986) is an International Thai-British retired professional football goalkeeper who last played for Lowestoft Town.

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.[1] 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.[2]

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,[3] and then moving on to Barrow in January 2005.[3]

He left Barrow to join Stevenage Borough in March 2005.[4] He joined Cambridge United in August 2005,[5] joining Chelmsford City on loan in September 2005[6] and moving to AFC Sudbury in January 2006.[7]

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.[2]

In August 2007, Waite signed on non-contract terms for Conference South side St Albans City,[8] before moving to Bradford City on 21 November 2007 and playing in a reserve game on the same day against Hartlepool United.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] He was recommended to Doncaster by ex-player Barry Richardson after Waite was trained by him at Nottingham Forest.[12] After less than a month with Rovers, he was released after failing to win a permanent contract.[13] He signed for Harlow Town in the summer of 2009,[14] and left the club later that year.[15]

He joined Lowestoft Town ahead of the 2016–17 season.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jamie breaks the Pele record. Ipswich Star. 28 February 2002. 28 May 2019.
  2. News: Telegraph & Argus. City Keeper Wins Cancer Battle. 23 November 2007. 21 January 2008. Mike. Crowther.
  3. News: Thai keeper set for debut. North West Evening Mail. 11 January 2005. 21 January 2008.
  4. News: Waite moves south. Non League Daily. 28 March 2005. 21 January 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014927/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=25535. 30 September 2007.
  5. News: Keeper Waite pens Cambridge deal. BBC Sport. 24 August 2005. 21 January 2008.
  6. News: City sign international keeper. Non League Daily. 17 September 2005. 21 January 2008. Steve. Dorrington. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930022409/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=29694. 30 September 2007.
  7. News: Sudbury sign international keeper. Sudbury official website. 1 February 2006. 21 January 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014504/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=32035. 30 September 2007.
  8. News: Waite signs for Saints. St Albans City official website. 1 August 2007. 21 January 2008. Mark. Jones.
  9. News: Conlon at the double for reserves. Telegraph & Argus. 21 November 2007. 21 January 2008.
  10. News: Johnson one of 13 axed by City . 29 April 2008 . 29 April 2008 . Telegraph & Argus . Simon . Parker.
  11. News: Doncaster sign Thai keeper Waite. 2 September 2008. 2 September 2008. BBC Sport.
  12. News: Rovers Sign 'Keeper Waite . 2 September 2008 . 2 September 2008 . Doncaster Rovers . https://web.archive.org/web/20080905215433/http://www.doncasterroversfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10329~1382858,00.html . 5 September 2008 . dead . dmy-all.
  13. News: Waite not offered Doncaster deal. 30 September 2008. 1 October 2008. BBC Sport.
  14. News: Harlow keeper in Thailand U-23 squad for Paris game. 24 September 2009. 18 June 2011. Harlow Star.
  15. News: Keeper Horton joins Harlow Town . 8 December 2009 . 18 June 2011 . Non League News.
  16. Trawlerboys add trio to their squad. 12 August 2016. 11 December 2016. Lowestoft Town FC.