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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul William Robinson | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:49, 22 August 2008 (UTC) | |||
Paul William Robinson (born 15 October, 1979 in Beverley,[1] East Riding of Yorkshire) is an English football goalkeeper who plays for Blackburn Rovers. He is an experienced international goalkeeper.
He started his career with Leeds United, where he played 95 league games and also scored a goal in a League Cup tie. In 2004, following Leeds' relegation from the Premier League, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur. He played 137 games with Spurs, scoring another goal, before he was signed by Blackburn Rovers in 2008. He has also earned more than 40 caps for his country.
Club career
Leeds United
Having come through the youth ranks at Leeds United, Robinson made his debut against Chelsea in 1998, keeping a clean sheet. In the 2003-04 season he scored his first professional goal against Swindon Town in the closing moments of a League Cup game, forcing extra time. The game went to penalties, two of which were saved by Robinson to help his team to victory.[2] However, he faced much worse times in the Premier league, conceding 77 goals in 36 games.[3] Despite this somewhat dubious record Tottenham Hotspur's Director of Football David Pleat was not dissuaded in his pursuit of Robinson.
Tottenham Hotspur
Robinson transferred to Tottenham Hotspur in May, 2004, for a fee of £1,500,000.
On March 17, 2007, Robinson scored the second goal of his professional career, in a Premier League game against Watford at White Hart Lane. He took a free-kick from just outside of his own penalty area (85 metres, or 93 yards from the opposition goal) and the ball bounced over the head of Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster, and into goal.[4] He became the third goalkeeper in Premier League history (excluding own goals) to score after Peter Schmeichel for Aston Villa in 2001 and Brad Friedel for Blackburn Rovers in 2004, although of the three only Robinson's team went on to win the match. He was also the third goalscoring goalkeeper in the English league in the 2006-07 season, following goals from Gavin Ward for Tranmere Rovers and Mark Crossley for Sheffield Wednesday.
Robinson captained the team in their 1-0 Football League Cup quarter-final win over Southend United,[5] and in their 0-0 FA Cup third round draw at Cardiff City as Ledley King and Robbie Keane were both injured.[6]
Following a number of goalkeeping errors in the 2007–08 season, including one against Reading, when he carried a harmless looking lob over his own goal line, new Tottenham manager Juande Ramos dropped Robinson in favour of Radek Cerny. Robinson returned to the starting line-up some 10 games later on 21 February, 2008 in Tottenham's second leg 3-2 aggregate win over Slavia Prague in the UEFA Cup.
Robinson collected the first major trophy of his career in Tottenham's 2-1 victory over Chelsea in the 2008 League Cup final.[7]
Blackburn Rovers
He joined Blackburn Rovers on 25 July 2008, for a fee of £3.5 million on a five-year deal, making him Paul Ince's first signing at the club.[8] On July 29th, it was confirmed during an interview that he would be wearing the Blackburn No.1 jersey left behind by the departure of Brad Friedel. On 30th July, he made his Blackburn Rovers debut in a 2-1 victory against Northwich Victoria. He is currently the first choice goalkeeper in the Blackburn squad.
International career
Robinson has played 41 times for England. He was part of the Euro 2004 squad, as understudy to David James, making no appearances in the tournament. In the subsequent qualifying campaign for the 2006 World Cup he replaced James as England's first choice goalkeeper.
At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Robinson was named in England's World Cup squad for the finals in Germany and was an ever present in England's campaign, keeping clean sheets in four out of five games that he played. He conceded no goals to Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago during the group stage. After the opening World Cup game against Paraguay, when his counterpart Justo Villar was injured 7 minutes into the match, ending his tournament early, Robinson sent Villar his gloves as a gesture of good will after England won 1-0.[9] During the knockout rounds, he kept clean sheets against Ecuador in the round of 16 and Portugal in the quarter-finals, although the latter prevailed 3-1 in the penalty shoot-out to end England's campaign.
On 11 October, 2006, during a Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia, an unexpected bobble on a backpass from Gary Neville caused Robinson to miss the ball completely as he tried to clear it out of the penalty area, resulting in an own goal to put Croatia 2-0 up.[10] Robinson later described the incident as a freak.[11] On 22 August 2007, Robinson made a mistake to gift Germany their first goal in England's first loss at the new Wembley Stadium, with a final scoreline of 2-1. He was substituted at half-time by James.[12]
Robinson was not included in the squad for new England manager Fabio Capello's first game in charge, however he was included in his second squad for the match against France due to an injury to fellow ex-Leeds United goalkeeper Scott Carson. [13]
Personal life
Paul Robinson was born at the Beverley Westwood hospital and attended Beverley Grammar School in Beverley, East Yorkshire, England.
Whilst playing for Leeds he moved to a mansion in the famous village of Stamford Bridge. He is married to Rebecca, his childhood sweetheart. The couple currently live in North-West London with their daughter Lucy May and son, Jack, born 14 January 2008.
On 4 September 2005, burglars raided his mansion while he was in Cardiff for the 2006 World Cup qualifier win over Wales. His wife and daughter were not at the house at the time of the raid.[14]
Honours
Tottenham Hotspur
Career stats
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
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| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Blackburn Rovers | 08–09 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Club Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Tottenham | 07–08 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 06–07 | 38 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 54 | 1 | |
| 05–06 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 40 | 0 | ||
| 04–05 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 44 | 0 | ||
| Club Total | 137 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 175 | 1 | |
| Leeds United | 03–04 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 39 | 1 | |
| 02–03 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 0 | |
| 01–02 | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 00–01 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 99–00 | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 98–99 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| Club Total | 95 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 119 | 1 | |
| Career Total | 237 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 300 | 2 | |
References
- ^ ""robinson "Paul"" Robinson profile". TheFA.com. Retrieved 04 October.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Robinson inspires Leeds". BBC Sport. 24 September, 2003.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Paul Robinson : Biography
- ^ Kessel, Anna (2007-03-18). "Robinson on right end of freak goal as Spurs ease to win". The Observer.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Burnton, Simon (December 21, 2006). "Defoe strikes in extra-time to finish Southend". The Guardian.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "FAC: Cardiff City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur". RivalsDM. January 7, 2007.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Carling Cup Match Report
- ^ "Keeper Robinson joins Blackburn". BBC Sport. 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Vickery, Tim (July 24, 2006). "Tim Vickery column". BBC Sport.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ McNulty He have a nickname call kresh, Phil (October 11, 2006). "Croatia 2-0 England". BBC Sport.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "'A freak goal'". TheFA.com. October 11, 2006.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ BBC Football - England 1 - 2 Germany
- ^ Goal.com - Internationals - Capello's First England Squad: Heskey And Owen In, Robinson And Becks Out
- ^ BBC NEWS | England | London | England goalkeeper's home burgled
External links
- Paul Robinson at Soccerbase
- Official Tottenham Hotspur Profile
- TheFA.com profile
- Paul Robinson – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at Football-Lineups.com
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- 1979 births
- People from Beverley
- Living people
- English footballers
- England under-21 international footballers
- England international footballers
- Football (soccer) goalkeepers
- Leeds United A.F.C. players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Premier League players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players