Carl Robinson

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Carl Robinson
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Robinson with Vancouver in 2015
Personal information
Full name Carl Robinson
Date of birth (1976-10-13) 13 October 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Llandrindod Wells, Wales
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–2002 Wolverhampton Wanderers 154 (19)
1996 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 4 (0)
2002–2004 Portsmouth 16 (0)
2003 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 4 (1)
2003 → Walsall (loan) 11 (1)
2003 → Rotherham United (loan) 14 (0)
2004 → Sheffield United (loan) 5 (0)
2004 → Sunderland (loan) 7 (1)
2004–2006 Sunderland 45 (4)
2005–2006 → Norwich City (loan) 7 (0)
2006–2007 Norwich City 42 (2)
2007–2010 Toronto FC 74 (3)
2010–2011 New York Red Bulls 12 (1)
Total406(32)
International career‡
1995–1997 Wales U21 6 (0)
1998 Wales B 2 (0)
1999–2009 Wales 52 (1)
Managerial career
2013–2018 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2020 Newcastle Jets
2020–2022 Western Sydney Wanderers
2023 D.C. United (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 June 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 April 2009

Carl Robinson (born 13 October 1976) is a retired Welsh international footballer who played as a central midfielder. He was most recently a first-team coach at EFL Championship club Birmingham City.

Contents

Early life

Robinson was born and raised in Llandrindod Wells, [1] where he attended Oxford Road Primary School and Llandrindod High School. [2]

Club career

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Robinson started his career as a trainee with Wolverhampton Wanderers. He was promoted to the first-team for the 1995–96 season.

Loan to Shrewsbury Town

On 28 March 1996, Robinson was sent on loan to Shrewsbury Town for the remainder of the season to gain first-team experience. Two days later, Robinson made his professional debut against Hull City in a 1–1 draw at Gay Meadow in front of 2,346 supporters. He made five appearances for The Shrews: four in the league and one in The Football League Trophy final at Wembley Stadium in a 2–1 defeat against Rotherham United on 14 April 1996. [3]

Return to Wolves

Following his loan spell at Shrewsbury Town, Robinson returned to Wolves for the 1996–97 season, making his club debut that year. He would go on to become a regular with the first-team over the next six seasons as the club challenged regularly for promotion to the Premier League and made a memorable run to the semifinals of the 1997–98 FA Cup, losing to eventual champions Arsenal. Robinson was released by Wolves in June 2002 at the expiry of his contract.

Portsmouth

After over 180 appearances for Wolves over six seasons, he moved to Portsmouth in July 2002 under the Bosman ruling. He played 15 league games for Portsmouth in the first half of their Championship season [4] before finishing the season with loan spells at Sheffield Wednesday (where he scored once against future club Norwich) [5] and Walsall, where he scored once against Bradford City. [6] The following season he was loaned out again, this time to Rotherham, Sheffield United and Sunderland. However between these loan spells he did return to Portsmouth to make one Premier League appearance against Chelsea. [7]

Sunderland

After impressing at Sunderland he signed a three-year deal in June 2004. He then went on to collect another championship winners medal as they gained promotion during a season in which he played 42 of 46 matches to become a fan’s favourite.

Norwich City

After a loan spell with Norwich City, he signed for The Canaries permanently on a 2.5 year deal for an undisclosed fee in January 2006. Robinson scored his first goal for Norwich in a 5–1 win against Barnsley on 26 August 2006.

Toronto FC

On 31 January 2007, Robinson joined Toronto FC from Norwich after just over a year at Carrow Road, even though he still had 18 months remaining on his deal with Norwich. He scored his first MLS goal when he netted Toronto's third in a 4–0 win against FC Dallas on 17 June 2007. He was voted team MVP in his first year and repeated in his second year at the club.

New York Red Bulls

In March 2010 he was traded from Toronto FC to the New York Red Bulls to join Hans Backe for a fourth-round pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. [8] On 20 March 2010, Robinson started for New York in a 3–1 victory against Santos FC, which was the first match played at the new Red Bull Arena. [9] On 21 August 2010, he scored his first goal for New York Red Bulls in a 4–1 road victory against his old club Toronto FC and refused to celebrate due to his relationship with the supporters. [10] During his time at New York Red Bulls he became a player coach.

International career

A Wales international player, Robinson made his debut against Belarus in 1999, winning the man of the match award. His 50th cap came in the 2–0 World Cup Qualifier victory over Liechtenstein. On 1 April 2009, Robinson announced his retirement from international football at the age of 32 with 52 caps after Wales suffered two consecutive defeats, making it virtually impossible for them to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [11]

Coaching career

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

In January 2012, Robinson retired as a player and joined the Vancouver Whitecaps FC as an assistant coach. [12] He took over as the head coach of the club in December 2013. [13] The club parted ways with Robinson on 25 September with 5 games remaining in the 2018 season after just under 5 years. [14] He amassed just under 200 games as Caps boss in his stay.

Newcastle Jets

In February 2020, Robinson signed a three-and-a-half-year contract as the head coach of Australian A-League club Newcastle Jets. [15] On 14 October 2020, the Jets announced that Robinson was in talks with Western Sydney Wanderers. [16]

Western Sydney Wanderers

On 15 October 2020, Western Sydney Wanderers announced the signing of Robinson from Newcastle Jets. [17] [18] On 30 January 2022 Wanderers relieved Robinson of his duties and thanked him for his time at the club. [19]

Birmingham City

Having worked with Wayne Rooney at Major League Soccer club D.C. United, Robinson followed him to EFL Championship club Birmingham City in October 2023 as a first-team coach. [20] After a long streak of disappointed results, winning only 2 games out of 15, he and first team manager Wayne Rooney were eventually sacked on the 2nd January 2024. [21]

Career statistics

Playing career

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] Continental [lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 1995–96 Second Division 400010–50
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1995–96 [22] First Division 000000—00
1996–97 First Division200000—20
1997–98 First Division3237140—434
1998–99 First Division2482010—278
1999–2000 First Division3333120—384
2000–01 First Division4032151—475
2001–02 First Division2320010—242
Total15419143131—18123
Portsmouth 2002–03 First Division1500020—170
2003–04 Premier League 1020——30
Total1602020—200
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2002–03 First Division4100——41
Walsall (loan) 2002–03 First Division11100——111
Rotherham United (loan) 2003–04 Championship 140—20—160
Sheffield United (loan) 2003–04 Championship50———50
Sunderland (loan) 2003–04 Championship71———71
Sunderland 2004–05 Championship4042010—434
2005–06 Premier League500020—70
Total5252030—575
Norwich City 2005–06 Championship2200000—220
2006–07 Championship2722000—292
Total4922000—512
Toronto FC 2007 MLS 262———262
2008 MLS27140——311
2009 MLS21040—20270
Total74380—20843
New York Red Bulls 2010 MLS10100——101
2011 MLS2000——20
Total12100——121
Career total392322832012041536

Managerial statistics

As of match played 18 May 2022 [23] [24]
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Vancouver Whitecaps Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 16 December 201325 September 2018199784972276275+1039.20
Newcastle Jets Flag of Australia (converted).svg 6 February 202015 October 202011731199+10063.64
Western Sydney Wanderers Flag of Australia (converted).svg 15 October 202030 January 2022351111135541+14031.43
Total245956387350325+25038.78

Honours

Player

Club

Shrewsbury Town

Portsmouth

  • Championship winner / Promotion to Premier League – 2001/2

Sunderland

  • Championship winner / Promotion to Premier League – 2004/5

Individual

Manager

Vancouver Whitecaps

Newcastle Jets

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