Chris Robertson (footballer born 1986)

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Chris Robertson
Personal information
Full name Christopher Robertson
Date of birth (1986-10-11) 11 October 1986 (age 26)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Preston North End
Number 5
Youth career
2004–2005 Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005–2007 Sheffield United 0 (0)
2005 → Leigh RMI (loan) 10 (0)
2006 → Chester City (loan) 1 (0)
2007–2012 Torquay United 179 (11)
2012– Preston North End 39 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:34, 6 May 2013 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Christopher "Chris" Robertson (born 11 October 1986) is a Scottish professional footballer currently with Preston North End.

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Playing career [edit]

Robertson (6 ft 3) was born in Dundee and joined Sheffield United as a trainee, and later signed professional forms with the Blades in July 2005.

Neil Warnock sent Robertson to join Leigh RMI on loan in the 2003/2004 season, which was in the Football Conference, and went on to make 10 appearances for them under the management of ex Nottingham Forest player Phil Starbuck.

Chester City F.C. [edit]

Robertson joined Chester City on loan in January 2006,[1] making his league debut, as a half-time substitute for Mark Roberts, in a 5-0 defeat away to Carlisle United on 4 February 2006.

Torquay United F.C. [edit]

On 1 March 2007 Robertson joined Torquay United on non-contract terms, rejoining Keith Curle who had signed him on loan while manager of Chester City.[2] He scored on his Gulls' debut, netting the third goal in a 3-0 win at home to Wycombe Wanderers. He then went on to make 10 appearances for the Gulls in the Football League and signed a full contract with Torquay in June 2007 and played in 30 of Torquay's games the following season.

Robertson was transfer-listed by Torquay manager Paul Buckle in June 2008,[3] but forced his way back into the Torquay first team after Torquay made a bad start to the 2008-09 season.

After some great displays and forming a solid partnership with Chris Todd at the heart of Torquays defence, Torquay United were promoted back to the Football League after beating Cambridge United 2 - 0 at Wembley on 17 May 2009.

Robertson received interest from higher league clubs at the end of the 2008/2009 season, but manager Paul Buckle managed to keep hold of the young defender and sign him on a 1 year contract until the end of the 2009/2010 season after several contracts had been declined by Robertson.

At the end of the 2009/2010 season, Robertson signed another contract with the Gulls, this time a 2 year contract, after a successful return to the Football League.

The 2009/2010 season saw Robertson as an ever present in the Torquay United side, playing in both the centre of defence and also being used occasionally as a right back. Robertson went on to make 45 league, 2 FA Cup and 1 League Cup appearances, making the most appearances of any Torquay player in the 2009/2010 season. Torquay finished this season with 7 clean sheets and continued this achievement by gaining another 3 clean sheets the following season going on to make a new club record of most hours without conceding a goal.

Preston North End [edit]

On 31 January 2012, Robertson signed a two-and-a-half year deal with League One side Preston North End F.C.. He scored his first Preston goal on 14 April 2012 against Huddersfield Town.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Chester boss signs defensive trio". BBC Sport. 2006-02-01. Retrieved 2008-12-02. 
  2. ^ "Ailing Torquay seal treble swoop". BBC Sport. 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2008-12-02. 
  3. ^ "Torquay put pair on transfer list". BBC Sport. 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-12-02. 

Further reading [edit]

External links [edit]

Preston North End F.C. – current squad
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