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based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

PositionWinger
NationalityEngland
Age23
Date of birth16 Sept 2003
Birthplace
Height
Shirt number#7
ClubTranmere
Winger
8
Appearances
1
Goals
0
Assists
600
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Tranmere.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
League Cup110906.9

Scout report

Project playerWinger

Charlie Jay Whitaker is a 23-year-old winger at Tranmere, rated 33 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 32nd of 221 on scout potential in the League Two. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (71% of available minutes). He brings 0.4 goal contributions per 90 (0.31 goals, 0.09 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Whitaker.

Judged on this season alone, Whitaker graded 29 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 15% of the 14 wingers in the League Two, on 10 goals and 3 assists in 41 appearances (0.398 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 29 → 29). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 33, 6th of 14 of the 14 wingers in the League Two. At 23 Whitaker is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 5.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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A career still climbing — Whitaker is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26
33
Ratingi
6th of 14 wingers
29.4
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
71%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.4
Goal contrib / 90
productive for the role

Output in context · Tranmere finished 21st of 24 · a lower-table side

41
Apps
10
Goals
3
Assists
13
G+A
0.24
Goals / app

10 goals in 41 appearances (0.24 per game) is double figures — and for a lower-table side (21st of 24), a real standout. Weaker sides create and score less, so carrying double-figure output there says more than the raw number alone. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 13 goal contributions (0.32 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 71% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Final-third output. 0.4 goal contributions per 90 (0.31 goals, 0.09 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 33, Whitaker carries the 6th-highest potential of the wingers in the League Two of 14, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Tranmere finished 21st of 24) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.4 goal contributions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among wingers in the League Two with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals10

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles43
Interceptions12
Blocks4

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.