Peter Whittingham

**Peter Michael Whittingham**  (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.

## Career statistics

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|FA Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=6|Aston Villa|2002–03|Premier League|4|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|4|0|
|2003–04|Premier League|32|0|1|0|6|1|—|39|1||||
|2004–05|Premier League|13|1|0|0|2|0|—|15|1||||
|2005–06|Premier League|4|0|0|0|0|0|—|4|0||||
|2006–07|Premier League|3|0|0|0|1|0|—|4|0||||
|Burnley (loan)|2004–05|Championship|7|0|2|0|—|—|9|0||||
|Derby County (loan)|2005–06|Championship|11|0|—|—|—|11|0|||||
|rowspan=12|Cardiff City|2006–07|Championship|19|4|0|0|—|—|19|4|||
|2007–08|Championship|41|5|6|3|4|1|—|51|9||||
|2008–09|Championship|33|3|2|0|3|1|—|38|4||||
|2009–10|Championship|41|20|4|1|3|2|3|2|51|25|||
|2010–11|Championship|45|11|1|0|2|0|2|0|50|11|||
|2011–12|Championship|46|12|0|0|7|1|2|0|55|13|||
|2012–13|Championship|40|8|0|0|0|0|—|40|8||||
|2013–14|Premier League|32|3|2|0|0|0|—|34|3||||
|2014–15|Championship|43|6|2|0|0|0|—|45|6||||
|2015–16|Championship|36|6|1|0|0|0|—|37|6||||
|2016–17|Championship|37|7|0|0|0|0|—|37|7||||
|rowspan=3|Blackburn Rovers|2017–18|League One|20|0|0|0|1|0|2|0|23|0|
|2018–19|Championship|0|0|—|1|0|—|1|0|||||

## Honours

**Aston Villa**
- FA Youth Cup: 2001–02

**Cardiff City**
- Football League Championship: 2012–13
- FA Cup runner-up: 2007–08
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2011–12

**Blackburn Rovers**
- EFL League One runner-up: 2017–18

**Individual**
- Football League Championship Golden Boot: 2009–10
- PFA Team of the Year: 2009–10 Championship, 2011–12 Championship, 2012–13 Championship
- Football League Championship Player of the Month: October 2009
- Cardiff City Player of the Year: 2009–10, 2011–12
- The Football League Goal of the Year: 2011
- The Football League Team of the Decade

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Peter Whittingham
- **image**: Peter Whittingham 20160312 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Whittingham playing for Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City in 2016
- **fullname**: Peter Michael Whittingham
- **birth place**: Nuneaton, England
- **death place**: Cardiff, Wales
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: –2001
- **youthclubs1**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **youthyears2**: 2001–2003
- **youthclubs2**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **years1**: 2003–2007
- **clubs1**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps1**: 56
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2005
- **clubs2**: → Burnley F.C., Burnley (loan)
- **caps2**: 7
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2005
- **clubs3**: → Derby County F.C., Derby County (loan)
- **caps3**: 11
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2007–2017
- **clubs4**: Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City
- **caps4**: 413
- **goals4**: 85
- **years5**: 2017–2019
- **clubs5**: Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers
- **caps5**: 20
- **goals5**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 507
- **totalgoals**: 86
- **nationalyears1**: 2004–2007
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 17
- **nationalgoals1**: 3