Bobby Robson

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Sir Bobby Robson
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Bobby Robson (1988)
Personnel
Surname Robert William Robson
birthday February 18, 1933
place of birth Sacriston ,  England
date of death July 31, 2009
Place of death County Durham ,  England
position midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1950-1956 Fulham FC 152 (68)
1956-1952 West Bromwich Albion 239 (56)
1962-1967 Fulham FC 192 0(9)
1967-1968 Vancouver Royals
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1957-1962 England 20 0(4)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1968 Fulham FC
1969-1982 Ipswich Town
1982-1990 England
1990-1992 PSV Eindhoven
1992-1993 Sporting Lisbon
1994-1996 FC Porto
1996-1997 FC Barcelona
1998-1999 PSV Eindhoven
1999-2004 Newcastle United
2006-2007 Ireland (consultant)
1 Only league games are given.

Sir Robert "Bobby" William Robson CBE (born February 18, 1933 in Sacriston , County Durham , England , † July 31, 2009 ) was an English football player and coach . Until recently he was active as an advisor in football matters for the Irish national team . Before that, he was also the coach of the English selection .

Robson is seen as a kind of father figure to the English coaches and has one of the world's most prestigious careers as a sports director. He died after suffering from lung cancer for a long time.

The first steps

Robson was born in County Durham, England in 1933, the youngest son of Philip and Lilian Robson. At the age of just a few months he moved with his parents to the nearby village of Langley Park , from where he often drove to Newcastle United games as a child . The club was in an extremely successful era at that time.

Player career

Robson was hired as a winger at Fulham FC in May 1950 and moved to West Bromwich Albion almost six years later, in March 1956 . There he completed 257 games and scored 61 goals. In addition, he became a national player and came as a midfielder on a total of 20 missions. Robson returned to London for Fulham FC in August 1962 , before joining the Canadian Vancouver Royals in their first season in the NASL as a player- coach in the 1967/68 season.

Coaching career

The first coaching stations in England

After Robson had finished his career as a football player, he began as a coach at his former club from Fulham, where he replaced Vic Buckingham in January 1968 when the team was penultimate in the first division; Robson couldn't prevent the descent.

In 1969 he got the coaching job at Ipswich Town where he won two runner-up championships, the FA Cup 1977/78 and the UEFA Cup 1980/81 over the next 13 years . As with Sir Alf Ramsey , who became world champion in 1966, Bobby Robson was signed by the FA directly from Ipswich as national coach.

Robson as the English national coach

After the 1982 World Cup, in which England failed in the second final round to Spain and Germany, coach Ron Greenwood resigned and Robson took over. In the eight years as a coach with ups and downs, Robson initially narrowly failed with his team in qualifying for the 1984 European Championship . Here one point was missing compared to Denmark. At the 1986 World Cup in Mexico , they were eliminated in the quarter-finals against Argentina , in which the goal was achieved with the help of the hand of God and Maradona's World Cup goal of the century . Two years later, England experienced a low point at the European Championship in Germany in 1988 : The team finished the group stage last with 6-0 points. Two years later he reached the semi-finals with England at the 1990 World Cup in Italy , where he missed the final after a penalty shoot-out against Germany . In the subsequent game for 3rd place, his last game as national coach, England lost to hosts Italy . He coached the national team in 95 games, of which they won 47.

Robson in Europe

Robson then coached the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven twice and in Portugal both Sporting Lisbon and FC Porto . He was also active for the Spanish top club FC Barcelona . José Mourinho , who originally served him as a translator, was soon at his side as an assistant trainer in the last three positions mentioned . He was extremely successful in Barcelona and was voted Europe's coach of the year.

His European successes include:

PSV Eindhoven

FC Porto

FC Barcelona

Return to Newcastle

In September 1999 Robson's childhood dream came true when he was signed by Newcastle United . Although the club had little financial resources, Robson led the club to fourth place in the 2001/02 season and improved this result just a year later by one position, which enabled the club to qualify for the Champions League . In both cases, the competition ended prematurely for Newcastle and Robson's differences with some players increased as he believed that they followed an unprofessional lifestyle. Further disagreements with the Newcastle club management, which often did not involve him sufficiently in player transfers, then led Robson to leave the club on August 30, 2004 after a weak start to the season after clearly expressing his displeasure in the dressing room and then facing each other had complained to a reporter about the domestic supporters.

International consultant

On June 7, 2005, he turned down an offer from the Scottish club Heart of Midlothian because he wanted to stay in Newcastle. On January 13, 2006 he was then engaged as a consultant in international football matters for the Irish national team, with Steve Staunton being the national coach there.

useful information

  • He was knighted in 2002 for his services to football . He had previously received the Order of the British Empire as a CBE .
  • After the death of legendary coach Brian Clough , he briefly wrote a column in Four Four Two magazine as his successor .

Honors

  • In 2009 he was posthumously awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award "for the outstanding fairness he has shown throughout his career".
  • In 2012, a statue of Robson was erected in front of Newcastle United's St James' Park .

Private life

Robson was married to Elsie from 1955 until his death; the marriage produced three sons.

Web links

Commons : Bobby Robson  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robson died at the age of 76 . news.bbc.co.uk. July 31, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  2. ↑ Trainer legend Sir Bobby Robson died , July 31, 2009
  3. ↑ FIFA Awards (PDF file; 129 kB)
  4. ^ Newcastle United unveiled statue of Sir Bobby Robson , Guardian article , May 6, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Robson, Bobby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robson, Robert William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Sacriston , County Durham
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 2009