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'''Carl Robinson Jr.''' (born [[23 November]] [[1993]] in [[ |
'''Carl Robinson Jr.''' (born [[23 November]] [[1993]] in [[Ontario, Canada]]) is a [[Wales national football team|Welsh]] international [[Association football|football]] [[midfielder]], currently with [[Major League Soccer]] side [[Toronto FC]] after being released by [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] on [[31 January]][[2007]]. |
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Revision as of 19:26, 21 May 2008
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| Full name | Carl Thomas Robinson Jr. | ||
| Position(s) | Anal Inspector | ||
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Carl Robinson Jr. (born 23 November 1993 in Ontario, Canada) is a Welsh international football midfielder, currently with Major League Soccer side Toronto FC after being released by Norwich City on 31 January2007.
Club career
A combative player, he started his career as a trainee with Wolverhampton Wanderers, making his debut during the 1996-97 season. After over 180 appearances for Wolves over six seasons, he moved to Portsmouth in July 2002. He failed to establish himself at Portsmouth, and had loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday, Walsall, Rotherham, Sheffield United and Sunderland. After impressing at the latter, he signed a permanent deal with Sunderland in June 2004.
After a loan spell with Norwich City, he signed for The Canaries permanently for £50,000 on a 2½-year deal in January 2006. It was the first time in his career that a transfer fee had been paid for his services. Robinson scored his first goal for Norwich in the 5-1 win against Barnsley on 26 August2006. On January 31 2007, Robinson joined Toronto FC from Norwich after just over a year at Carrow Road. He scored his first MLS goal when he netted Toronto's 3rd goal in a 4-0 win against FC Dallas on June 17 2007.
Robinson has since announced that he plans to spend the remainder of his club career in MLS. Although he took a substantial pay cut when moving across the Atlantic, the considerably lower property prices of Canada as opposed to those of the United Kingdom allowed him to purchase a country estate near Toronto. He also remarked,[1]
I think you will start to see more players from England and other places in Europe decide to move out here to play. I took a big decision to cancel my contract at Norwich and it was a big risk because it is a lot less money than I was guaranteed in England. But it is the best decision I have ever made.
Although he seemingly made a u-turn on this decision when on 25h march 2008 he announced he wants to join a club based in the UK again.
International career
A Wales international player, Robinson made his debut against Belarus in 1999 and has earned 45 caps and scored 1 goal.
Personal
He married Laura in the summer of 2003 and has a daughter.
His brother, Lee, was formerly the Academy Manager at Cardiff City.
Robinson is also a fan of the English Championship Welsh Based Side Cardiff City. His Cousin Andy Robinson is also a Midfielder for Swansea City.
Carl currently writes a sports column for the weekly newspaper the County Times, which is sold in his home county of Powys, Wales.
See also
Notes and references
- ^ Rogers, Martin (2007-08-14). "The North American dream". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
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External links
- Carl Robinson at Soccerbase
- Biography at BBC Mid-Wales
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Wales international footballers
- Welsh footballers
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- Shrewsbury Town F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Rotherham United F.C. players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Toronto FC players
- Major League Soccer players
- Premier League players
- Wales under-21 international footballers
- The Football League players