Robert Green
| Robert Green | ||
 Robert Green in the dress of the
English national team (2012) |
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Robert Paul Green | |
| birthday | January 18, 1980 | |
| place of birth | Chertsey , United Kingdom | |
| size | 191 cm | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| -1999 | Norwich City | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1999-2006 | Norwich City | 223 (0) |
| 2006–2012 | West Ham United | 225 (0) |
| 2012-2016 | Queens Park Rangers | 124 (0) |
| 2016-2017 | Leeds United | 46 (0) |
| 2017-2018 | Huddersfield Town | 0 (0) |
| 2018-2019 | Chelsea FC | 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1997 | England U16 | 1 (0) |
| 1998 | England U18 | 2 (0) |
| 2006 | England B | 1 (0) |
| 2005–2012 | England | 12 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2018/19 |
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Robert Paul "Rob" Green (born January 18, 1980 in Chertsey ) is a former English football goalkeeper .
Club career
Norwich City
Green went through all of the youth teams at Norwich City . In his debut in the first team - the derby against Ipswich Town on April 11, 1999 - he did not allow a goal and the game ended 0-0. The possibility of joining the first team on a permanent basis was very limited at this point, as the coach often let Andy Marshall go first. Until Marshall's move in 2001, Green was unable to assert himself against him. In the following 2001/02 season, Green, who had previously been in the English U-16 to U-18 selections, became a regular at the second division and his achievements contributed to the "canaries" in the play-off - Final moved to promotion to the first division, which was then lost to Birmingham City on penalties.
The following season, Green was set to the position of goalkeeper. He did not concede 19 times, but Norwich ended the season in eighth place, which was disappointing compared to the previous season. The “big hit” was not achieved until the following year. Norwich won the second division championship, rose to the Premier League and Green conceded only 39 goals in 46 games. This catapulted himself into the circle of the English national team, but had to reach behind him 77 times during his premiere in the first class and in 2005 he was relegated directly to the Football League Championship . Hopes of a speedy return quickly vanished. Coach Nigel Worthington could not compensate for the departures of central players, Green was not flawless and the rumors of an imminent transfer - Everton FC , Charlton Athletic and most recently West Ham United - increased.
In August 2006, Green signed a four-year deal with West Ham United after paying a £ 2 million transfer fee. For Norwich City, which as England goalkeeper did not envy his return to the Premier League, he had stood between the posts in a total of 241 matches.
West Ham United
At the "Hammers" Green met his former Norwich colleague Dean Ashton , who had already found his way to East London in January 2006. The first game for his new club ended in a 1-0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur , but Green found his strength back when he made an important contribution to the club with two surprising 1-0 away wins at Arsenal and Manchester United Relegation did.
In the following two years Green was part of a team stabilizing on a solid midfield position and also increasingly developed into a "penalty killer" - he parried the first three penalties against his team at the beginning of the 2007/08 season. Due to its resistance and other surprise results in away games when favored clubs (in the 2008/09 season he stayed at Liverpool , the Arsenal and Chelsea without defeat), he underscored sustained its status as one of the best goalkeepers in the English top league.
Queens Park Rangers
For the 2012/13 season Green moved to the Queens Park Rangers , where he signed a two-year contract.
Chelsea London
After Green won the Europa League with Chelsea , he announced his retirement on May 31, 2019.
National team
In March 2004 Green was nominated for the English senior team for the first time and a year later he became only the sixth player in the history of Norwich City at the end of May 2005 against Colombia after substituting for his first international match for the "Three Lions".
Although his club was only second-rate, England's coach Sven-Göran Eriksson nominated him for the 2006 World Cup in Germany . A groin injury, which Green had sustained during a preparatory game for the England B national team in a goal kick, prevented participation. He was represented by Scott Carson from Liverpool FC and after a lengthy absence on the international stage, Fabio Capello made sure that Green was back in the A-team in March 2008.
He became a permanent fixture in the English goal in 2009. After his second international match on February 12, 2009 against Spain in Seville (0-2), he started six times during the year. He was part of the team that qualified for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with a 5-1 win against Croatia and was the first England goalkeeper to be sent off a month later in the 1-0 defeat by Ukraine .
At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa , he was in goal in the first game against the USA . After a capital mistake, which made it possible for the Americans to equalize, he was replaced in the next game by David James , who was then also in goal in the other games at this World Cup.
Web links
- Robert Green in the database of weltfussball.de
- Robert Green in the soccerbase.com database
- Profile at "Flown from the Nest"
- Robert Green as England international
Individual evidence
- ^ "Green signs new Canaries deal" (BBC Sport)
- ↑ "Hammer Green eyes England recall" (BBC Sport)
- ^ "Tottenham 1-0 West Ham" (BBC Sport)
- ^ "Green fingers revive Hammers' prospects" ( Memento of May 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (The Guardian)
- ^ "West Ham 0-1 Man Utd" (BBC Sport)
- ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who . Mainstream Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , pp. 172 .
- ↑ QPR swoop for keeper Green , espn.com, June 21, 2012 (accessed August 10, 2012).
- ^ "Keeper Green set to miss finals" (BBC Sport)
- ^ "Carson promoted to England squad" (BBC Sport)
- ^ "Green called into England squad" (BBC Sport)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Green, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Green, Robert Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English football goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chertsey , Surrey |