Shane Robinson (footballer)

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Shane Robinson
Personal information
Full name Shane Robinson
Date of birth (1980-12-17) 17 December 1980 (age 42)
Place of birth Waterford, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2004 Shamrock Rovers 206 (24)
2005–2008 Drogheda United 155 (23)
2009 Shamrock Rovers 32 (2)
2010–2011 Stirling Lions 22 (6)
2011–2012 Haka 60 (15)
2013–2014 Shamrock Rovers 65 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shane Robinson (born 17 December 1980) is an Irish retired footballer who last played for Shamrock Rovers in the League of Ireland.

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Career

Shane signed for Shamrock Rovers in 1999 and made a scoring debut. [1] His first month in the league he was awarded Player of the Month. He went on to play for six seasons, making five appearances in European competition. He was Player of the Year for the 2001/02 season. [2]

He signed for Drogheda United in the 2005 close season [3] He scored Drogheda's first-ever goal in European competition. [4] He also scored for Drogheda in the Champions League qualifier at Dynamo Kiev on 7 August 2008. [5] He was an instrumental part in Drogheda Uniteds huge success during his time their, helping the club win the league, the FAI cup and the Setanta cup twice.

After four years of trophies at United Park, he signed back for Rovers in January 2009 [6] and captained the first Rovers side to play in Tallaght Stadium and also captained Rovers in their high-profile friendly against Real Madrid in July 2009. [7] [8]

Having finished second in the league, he parted company at the end of the 2009 season and moved to Australia, where he played one season with Stirling Lions in the Football West state league. That season he helped Stirling Lions win the cup and won the League's best player.

He returned to Europe signing with FC Haka in 2011 [9] scoring seven goals in his first season in Finnish football and winning the supporters' choice for Player of the Year. He won the supporters' choice for Player of the Year again in the 2012 season.

He returned to Rovers for the 2013 League of Ireland season. [10] Robinson retired after the 2014 season and now looks after the Shamrock Rovers schoolboy setup.

Honours

Club

Drogheda United
Shamrock Rovers

Individual

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