Whitehead started his career at non-league Warrington Town where his impressive goal scoring attracted the attentions of Macclesfield Town who signed him for a small fee.
He signed for Drogheda United initially on a one-month deal in January 2002.
He made his League of Ireland debut on 7 January at Whitehall Stadium.
After spells at Drogheda and Finn Harps in the south, he went on to play for Omagh Town, Newry and Coleraine in the north.
This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1970s, is a stub.