Robert Cullen (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Cullen | ||
| Date of birth | June 7, 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | NorthEast United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2010 | Júbilo Iwata | 110 | (29) |
| 2010 | Roasso Kumamoto | 18 | (3) |
| 2011–2013 | VVV-Venlo | 69 | (7) |
| 2014 | Suphanburi | 22 | (7) |
| 2015 | Seoul E-Land | 35 | (2) |
| 2016– | NorthEast United | ||
| Total | 254 | (48) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2005 | Japan U-20 | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2015 | |||
Robert Cullen (カレン・ロバート, Karen Robāto, born June 7, 1985) is a Japanese football player. He plays as a forward for Indian Super League side NorthEast United.
Personal life
Robert is known to his teammates and family as "Bobby". He is the son of an Irish father and a Japanese mother.
Club career
Cullen is a forward, Cullen made his senior football debut for Júbilo Iwata on 5 May 2004, Oita Trinita being the opponent.
Cullen started training in the youth ranks at Kashiwa Reysol before eventually joining the team at Funabashi Municipal High School. After his graduation, he signed with Jubilo Iwata in 2004. Although mostly limited to substitute appearances and the occasional league cup start in his rookie year, big things were expected of Cullen as he matured and gained experience playing with such seasoned professionals as Masashi Nakayama and Toshiya Fujita.
He left Júbilo in 2010 to join Roasso Kumamoto of J2 League. In January 2011 it was announced that Cullen joined Dutch Eredivisie club VVV-Venlo, best known in Japan for featuring another Japanese, Maya Yoshida, and having been Keisuke Honda's first European club.[1]
International career
In 2005 he selected Japanese citizenship in order to be able to play for the Japanese national team. He was a member of the Japan U-20 national team which played in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship held in the Netherlands.
In February 2012 it was reported that Michael O'Neill had contacted Cullen with a view to convincing him to play for the Northern Ireland national football team.[2]
Career statistics
- As of 29 May 2011[3]
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup2 | Continental3 | Other4 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Municipal Funabashi H.S. | 2003 | - | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | - | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Júbilo Iwata | 2004 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 40 | 15 | ||
| 2006 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 5 | |||
| 2007 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 31 | 11 | |||
| 2008 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 20 | 8 | |||
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 110 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 2 | - | 145 | 41 | ||
| Roasso Kumamoto | 2010 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 19 | 3 | |||
| Total | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 19 | 3 | ||||
| VVV-Venlo | 2010–11 | 15 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 19 | 4 | |||
| 2011–12 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 3 | |||||
| 2012–13 | 26 | 2 | - | - | 26 | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 69 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 68 | 9 | |||
| Suphanburi F.C. | 2014 | 22 | 7 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | |||
| Total | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | |||
| Seoul E-Land FC | 2015 | 35 | 2 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| Total | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 248 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 293 | 62 | |
1Includes Emperor's Cup.
2Includes J. League Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.
4Includes Eredivisie Playoffs.
Appearances in major competitions
| Team | Competition | Category | Appearances | Goals | Team Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Sub | |||||
 Japan |
2004 AFC Youth Championship qualification | U18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Qualified |
| Japan |
2004 AFC Youth Championship | U19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | Third place |
| Japan |
2005 FIFA World Youth Championship | U20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Round of 16 |
Awards and honours
Individual
References
- ^ "Iers/Japanse aanvaller Cullen op weg naar Venlo" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
- ^ NI boss Michael O'Neill sounds out Dutch-based Robert Cullen
- ^ "Japan – Robert Cullen – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
External links
- Robert Cullen – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Player statistics at J.League Data Site Template:Ja
- Robert Cullen – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean) Template:Ko
- Official site Template:Ja
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Tsuchiura
- Japanese footballers
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Eredivisie players
- Júbilo Iwata players
- Roasso Kumamoto players
- VVV-Venlo players
- Japanese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Japanese expatriates in the Netherlands
- Japanese people of Irish descent
- Japan youth international footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Thailand
- Seoul E-Land FC players
- K League Challenge players
- Expatriate footballers in South Korea
- Japanese expatriates in South Korea
- Japanese expatriates in Thailand
- Association football forwards
- Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Association football people from Ibaraki Prefecture