External links
- Robbie Gibbons at Soccerbase
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert James Gibbons [1] [2] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Knocklyon, Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Knocklyon United | |||
| –2007 | Lourdes Celtic | ||
| 2007–2010 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 2011 | Alki Larnaca | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Republic of Ireland U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:32, 7 May 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of (UTC) | |||
Robert James Gibbons (born 8 October 1991) is an Irish professional footballer.
Gibbons is a left footed centre midfield player, but has also appeared on the left side of midfield for the Forest Reserves. He was given the Forest first team squad number 42 shirt [3] [4] [5] at the beginning of the 2010/11 season and appeared on the bench for Nottingham Forest's defeat to Bradford City in the League Cup in August 2010. [6]
Gibbons signed a four-year contract at Forest in 2007 and he was a key player in the Nottingham Forest F.C. Youth Academy side that reached the Youth Premier League Final in May 2010, losing 5-3 to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. [7]
He signed a 3.5 year deal for Alki on 11 January 2011 after spending two weeks on trial at the club and was given the number 32 shirt. [8] [9] [10] Gibbons made his debut for Alki on 16 February 2011, coming off the bench as a second-half substitute in the Larnaca side's 4–3 win in the Cypriot Cup against Enosis Paralimni. [11] [12] [13] [14] Gibbons made his league debut on 19 March 2011.
On 31 January 2012 he signed for Scunthorpe United as free agent after a pay dispute with Alki. After some impressive performances in the reserves he made his first team debut against MK Dons on 14 April 2012. [15]
