Robbie Gibbons

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Robbie Gibbons
Personal information
Full name Robert James Gibbons [1] [2]
Date of birth (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth Knocklyon, Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
Knocklyon United
–2007 Lourdes Celtic
2007–2010 Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 as of 16:32, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of (UTC)

Robert James Gibbons (born 8 October 1991) is an Irish professional footballer.

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Career

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]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2012 and 31/01/2012" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Gibbons, RJ", www.enfa.co.uk English National Football Archive
  3. ↑ Nottingham Forest | Team | Player Profiles | Robbie Gibbons
  4. ↑ Nottingham Forest Football Club Squad
  5. ↑ "Robbie Gibbons – Nottingham Forest News, Fixtures, Results, Transfers – Sky Sports". Sky Sports.
  6. ↑ Nottingham Forest | Match | Latest Report | 10 August 2010, Bradford 2 - 1 Nottm Forest
  7. ↑ Nottingham Forest | News | Latest News | Latest News | Arsenal 5 v 3 Nottingham Forest
  8. ↑ "Ανακοινωση-Μεταγραφη". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  9. ↑ "Παρουσιαση Νεων Παιχτων". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Robbie Gibbons". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  11. ↑ "Protathlima.com: Συμπλήρωσε την οκτάδα η «αθάνατη»". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  12. ↑ ShootandGoal.com | Αλκή-ΕΝΠ: Βροχή γκολ και πρόκριση στην «Αθάνατη»
  13. ↑ http://www.sport-fm.com.cy/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21245&Itemid=65 [ dead link ]
  14. ↑ ΑΛΚΗ – ΕΝΠ: 4-3 | Enosis Athletic Union of Paralimni
  15. ↑ "Scunthorpe confirm triple signing". BBC News.
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