page_title: Peter Whittingham
hierarchical_section_title: Peter Whittingham
caption_attribution_description: Peter Whittingham playing for Cardiff City in 2016
context_page_description: Peter Michael Whittingham was an English professional footballer. His primary position was as a central midfielder.
  He was part of the Aston Villa team that won the FA Youth Cup in 2002, and a year later he made his Premier League debut. Whittingham had loans at Championship clubs Burnley and Derby County in 2005. In January 2007, he signed for Cardiff City for a fee of £350,000.
  In eleven seasons at Cardiff, Whittingham played 457 competitive matches and scored 96 goals, putting him seventh all-time appearances list.
  Whittingham died on 19 March 2020, aged 35, at a Cardiff hospital, after suffering a head injury three days before.
context_section_description: Peter Michael Whittingham /ˈhwɪtɪŋəm/ (8 September 1984 – 19 March 2020) was an English professional footballer. His primary position was as a central midfielder.
  He was part of the Aston Villa team that won the FA Youth Cup in 2002, and a year later he made his Premier League debut. Whittingham had loans at Championship clubs Burnley and Derby County in 2005. In January 2007, he signed for Cardiff City for a fee of £350,000.
  In eleven seasons at Cardiff, Whittingham played 457 competitive matches and scored 96 goals, putting him seventh all-time appearances list.
  Whittingham died on 19 March 2020, aged 35, at a Cardiff hospital, after suffering a head injury three days before.
caption: Whittingham playing for Cardiff City in 2016
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