Otis Roberts

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Otis Roberts
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-08-17) 17 August 1968 (age 57)
Place of birth London, England
Position(s) Midfielder, striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1991 Barnet
1991–1995 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
1995–1996 Golden
1996–1997 Eastern
1997–1998 Gent
1998 FC Hoogstraten
1998–2001 Harrow Borough
2001 Hendon
International career
2000 Grenada 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Otis Roberts (born 17 August 1968) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or striker. Born in England, he made two appearances for Grenada national team.

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Club career

Roberts played for Barnet during the 1990–91 season. [1]

Roberts played for Crystal Palace from the 1991–92 season, [2] although he never made a first-team league appearance for the club. [3] In August 1996, he began a trial with Norwich City, although that proved unsuccessful. [2] He later played in Hong Kong for Golden and Eastern, and in Belgium for Gent and FC Hoogstraten. [4] He returned to England in 1998 to play for Harrow Borough and Hendon. [2]

International career

Roberts has international caps for Grenada. [2] He made two appearances in 2000.

Personal life

His nephew is fellow footballer Jason Roberts. [2] [5]

After football

Roberts has been a football agent, representing players such as Zesh Rehman. [2] He also runs his nephew Jason Roberts's charitable foundation. [4]

References

  1. Otis Roberts at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Otis Roberts". Flown From The Nest.
  3. "CRYSTAL PALACE : 1946/47 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database.
  4. 1 2 John Portch. "Caribbean Dream". Voice Online.
  5. Jason Roberts (17 November 2005). "Jason Roberts column". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2010.