Robbie Dunn

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Robbie Dunn
Personal information
Full name Robert Dunn
Date of birth (1960-07-06) 6 July 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Paisley, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Kwinana United
Rockingham City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980 North Perth Croatia
1981 Adelaide Azzurri
1982–1983 West Adelaide 58 (7)
1984–1985 Preston Makedonia 52 (7)
1986 West Adelaide 19 (4)
1987–1988 Melbourne Croatia 38 (2)
1989–1990 Perth Italia
1991 South China
1992 Selangor
1992–1994 North Perth Croatia
1995 Cockburn City
1995 Mitchelton
1996 Melville Corinthians
International career
1985 Australia B 2 (0)
1985–1988 Australia 25 (2)
Managerial career
1993 North Perth Croatia
2008–2011 Western Australia
2012–2013 Western Knights
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Dunn (born 6 July 1960) is an Australian former soccer player. Dunn played as a defender in a career that spanned 15 years. [1]

Contents

Playing career

Club career

Dunn played in the National Soccer League for Preston Makedonia, West Adelaide and Melbourne Croatia. [1]

State career

Dunn represented the Western Australian state team once against Millwall in 1989. [1] [2]

International career

Dunn represented Australia 36 times including 25 full international matches. [1] [3]

Coaching career

Dunn was a playing coach at North Perth Croatia in 1993. [1]

At the start of the 2007 A-League season he was employed on a part-time basis by Perth Glory to assist David Mitchell in coaching duties. Due to business commitments he was unable to pursue a full-time coaching career.

He was appointed coach of the Western Australian state team in 2008 and has coached the team in three matches. [4] [5]

Post football

He currently lives in Perth. He was an expert commentator on 990 Information Radio's coverage of Perth Glory A-League games. Dunn is a regularly interviewed through a variety of media outlets for advice and updates on Australia and international games.

Dunn still plays in the Masters League Soccer in Western Australia competes in International Masters Tournaments and was the Senior Coach of Western Knights until 2013.

Honours

Melbourne Croatia

Preston Makedonia

Perth Italia

Australia

Western Australia state

Individual

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