Andrew Robertson

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Andrew Robertson
Robertson playing for Hull City in 2015
Personal information
Full name Andrew Robertson[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Liverpool
Number 26
Youth career
Celtic
0000–2012 Queen's Park
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Queen's Park 34 (2)
2013–2014 Dundee United 36 (3)
2014–2017 Hull City 99 (3)
2017– Liverpool 10 (0)
International career‡
2013–2015 Scotland U21 4 (0)
2014– Scotland 20 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:22, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:02, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Andrew Robertson (born 11 March 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Premier League club Liverpool and the Scotland national team.

Robertson began his senior career with Queen's Park in 2012 before joining Dundee United a year later. His form in his first season as a professional led to him being named SPFA Young Player of the Year and also making his international debut. He joined Hull City in July 2014 for a fee of £2.85 million, before joining Liverpool in July 2017 for an undisclosed fee, believed to be an initial £8 million.

Early life and career

Robertson was born in Glasgow. He attended St Ninian's High School in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, from 2006 to 2012, where he captained the football team. He also played for Giffnock Soccer Centre and joined Celtic as a youth, but was released at under-15 level because he was considered to be too small.[2] He then signed for Queen's Park.

Club career

Queen's Park

Focusing on his studies, Robertson was on the brink of starting university at undergraduate degree level before he was called up to the Queen's Park first team at the beginning of the 2012–13 season. He made his debut for the club in the Scottish Challenge Cup, in a penalty shoot out win against Berwick Rangers.[3] He went on to make a total of forty appearances during the season,[4] helping the club to a third-place finish in the Scottish Third Division. His first goal for the club came in a 2–1 defeat to East Stirlingshire on 13 November 2012.[4]

Dundee United

Robertson signed for Scottish Premiership side Dundee United, along with Queen's Park teammate Aidan Connolly, on 3 June 2013.[5] He immediately became part of manager Jackie McNamara's first team plans, making his debut for the club on the opening day of the season in a 0–0 draw with Partick Thistle. On 22 September 2013, Robertson scored his first goal for Dundee United, in a 2–2 draw against Motherwell.[6] He ran from his own half before sending a low left-foot drive in to the goal from 22 yards.[7] Soon afterwards Robertson agreed a new contract with United, until May 2016.[8] He was voted SPFL young player of the month for September 2013 and player of the month for November 2013.[9] On 12 April 2014, Robertson played in the Scottish Cup Semi-final against Rangers at Ibrox, which United won 3–1.[10] In April 2014, Robertson won the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year award[11][12] and was also named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year for the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership.[13]

Hull City

Robertson (left) with Hull City in 2017

In July 2014, Dundee United accepted an offer of £2.85 million for Robertson from English Premier League club Hull City.[14] The transfer was completed on 29 July, as Robertson signed a three-year contract with Hull.[15] He made his competitive debut on the opening day of the season in a 1–0 victory away to QPR.[16] Robertson quickly settled at Hull and established himself in the side, winning the club's Player of the Month award for August 2014.[17] His first goal for City came on 3 November 2015 away to Brentford where he opened the scoring in a 2–0 win to put Hull top of the table on goal difference.[18] Robertson started the 2016 Championship Play-off Final against Sheffield Wednesday, which Hull won 1–0 to secure promotion to the Premier League.[19]

Liverpool

On 21 July 2017, Robertson signed a long-term deal with Liverpool for an initial fee of £8 million.[20][21] On 19 August, he made his debut in a 1–0 win over Crystal Palace.[22]

International career

Robertson was first selected by the Scotland under-21 team in October 2013.[23] He made his debut as a substitute in a 2–1 win against Slovakia.[24]

Robertson was first named in the Scotland squad for a friendly against Poland on 5 March 2014. He came on as a substitute in the second half, as Scotland won 1–0 in Warsaw.[25] Scotland manager Gordon Strachan said afterwards "Andy came on there and the first time he picked it up he drove about 30 yards. I thought 'that's fantastic'. Absolutely no grey area, I'm going to do what I do. I loved seeing that first touch."[25] Robertson made his first start for the national team in a 2–2 draw with Nigeria on 28 May 2014.[26]

Robertson scored his first international goal in a friendly against England at Celtic Park in November 2014, scoring Scotland's only goal as they were beaten 3–1.[27]

Robertson was selected for the under-21 team in November 2015, as the full national team did not have a fixture.[28]

Personal life

Robertson's son, Rocco, was born on 26 August 2017.[29]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 January 2018.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Queen's Park 2012–13[30] Scottish Third Division 34 2 2 0 3 0 4[a] 0 43 2
Dundee United 2013–14[30] Scottish Premiership 36 3 5 2 3 0 — 44 5
Hull City 2014–15[30] Premier League 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
2015–16[30] Championship 42 2 2 0 5 1 3[b] 1 52 4
2016–17[30] Premier League 33 1 2 0 4 0 — 39 1
Total 99 3 4 0 9 1 3 1 115 5
Liverpool 2017–18[30] Premier League 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
Career total 177 8 11 2 16 1 7 1 211 12
  1. ^ Two appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup, two in Second Division play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in Championship play-offs

International

As of match played 9 November 2017.[31][32]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland 2014 5 1
2015 3 0
2016 4 0
2017 8 1
Total 20 2

International goals

Updated to match played 1 September 2017. Scotland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Robertson goal.[27]
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 November 2014 Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland  England 1–2 1–3 Friendly
2 1 September 2017 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 2–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Hull City

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Dundee United starlet Andy Roberston: Celtic made a small blunder the day they let me go". Daily Record. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Ramsdens Cup: Berwick Rangers 2–2 Queen's Park (aet, 2–3 pens)". BBC Sport. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Andrew Robertson". 5 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Dundee Utd sign Queen's Park's Robertson and Connolly". BBC Sport. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Dundee United 2–2 Motherwell". BBC Sport. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Dundee Utd 2–2 Motherwell: Ainsworth stuns Utd". The Scotsman. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Dundee secure Robertson extension". Dundee United F.C. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  9. ^ a b c "Dundee United defender wins player award". Evening Telegraph. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  10. ^ Wilson, Richard (12 April 2014). "Rangers 1–3 Dundee United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Three Celtic players make player of year shortlist". BBC Sport. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Andrew Robertson: Dundee United defender wins PFA prize". BBC Sport. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  13. ^ a b "Celtic and Dundee United trios in SPFL Premiership team of year". BBC Sport. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  14. ^ Spence, Jim (24 July 2014). "Andrew Robertson: Dundee United agree fee with Hull City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  15. ^ "Andrew Robertson completes transfer from Dundee United to Hull". STV Sport. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  16. ^ Mokbel, Sami (16 August 2014). "QPR 0–1 Hull City: Charlie Austin rues penalty miss as James Chester beats Rio Ferdinand to the ball to head home winner". Daily Mail. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  17. ^ Robertson, Neil (17 September 2014). "Andrew Robertson named Hull City's player of the month". The Courier (Dundee). Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  18. ^ "Brentford 0–2 Hull". BBC Sport. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  19. ^ Williams, Adam (28 May 2016). "Hull City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Andrew Robertson: Liverpool sign defender from Hull City for £10m". BBC Sport. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Liverpool FC complete Andy Robertson signing". Liverpool FC. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  22. ^ Gorst, Paul (19 August 2017). "Robertson thanks Liverpool fans after impressing on Reds debut". liverpoolecho. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  23. ^ "Billy Stark names Scotland Under-21 squad for Euro 2015 ties". BBC. 1 October 2013.
  24. ^ "Under-21 – Andrew Robertson – UEFA".
  25. ^ a b "Scott Brown late show gives Scotland impressive win over Poland in Warsaw". The Guardian. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  26. ^ Campbell, Andy (28 May 2014). "Nigeria 2–2 Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2014. Scotland's new-look back four, which included Dundee United's Andrew Robertson making his first international start, found themselves under pressure when they conceded possession to Uchebo but Allan McGregor saved the shot.
  27. ^ a b "Scotland 1 – 3 England". BBC Sport. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  28. ^ "Scotland U21s include Andy Robertson for Ukraine match". BBC Sport. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  29. ^ McDermott, Scott (1 September 2017). "Andy Robertson reveals Liverpool icon Kenny Dalglish told him he's got his back". Daily Record. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  30. ^ a b c d e f "A. Robertson". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  31. ^ Andrew Robertson at National-Football-Teams.com
  32. ^ "/ ANDREW ROBERTSON /". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  33. ^ Williams, Adam (28 May 2016). "Hull City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

External links

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