Thomas Robert

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Thomas Robert
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-31) 31 August 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wasquehal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 Montpellier II 18 (0)
2020–2021 Airdrieonians 18 (3)
2021–2022 Mouscron 3 (0)
2022–2023 Béziers 18 (1)
2023– Wasquehal 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:29, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Thomas Robert (born 31 August 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays for Wasquehal as a midfielder. [2]

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Early and personal life

Born in Paris, [1] Robert is the son of former footballer Laurent Robert and nephew of Bertrand Robert. [3] [4]

Career

Robert began his career with Montpellier II, [1] and was linked with Rangers, Celtic, and Newcastle United, [5] before signing for Scottish club Airdrieonians in July 2020. [3] [6] [7]

Whilst with Airdrieonians he had trials at a number of clubs including Rangers, Celtic, Burnley and Salford City, before signing for Belgian club Mouscron in September 2021. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

After leaving Mouscron he returned to France with Béziers in October 2022, [14] moving to Wasquehal in October 2023. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Thomas Robert at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Thomas Robert at Soccerbase
  3. 1 2 "Thomas Robert: Laurent Robert's son signs for Airdrieonians". Sky Sports.
  4. ↑ "Robert in Scotland to escape father's shadow" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ Ryder, Lee (9 July 2020). "Newcastle United decided against move for Thomas Robert". ChronicleLive.
  6. ↑ Dawes, Olly (9 July 2020). "Rangers and Celtic target Thomas Robert makes bizarre Airdrie move; Newcastle allegedly snubbed him". HITC.
  7. ↑ McGilvray, Andy (30 June 2021). "Airdrie star Robert is facing 'a big season'". Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023– via PressReader.
  8. ↑ Pilcher, Ross (13 December 2020). "Airdrie winger linked with Hibs as interest grows in Scotland and England". EdinburghLive.
  9. ↑ "Manager confirms French ace's trial at Celtic amid transfer speculation". Glasgow Times.
  10. ↑ "Ex-Celtic target Thomas Robert training with Salford following Burnley pre-season stint". HeraldScotland.
  11. ↑ "Rangers and Celtic target Thomas Robert moves to Belgium and ends summer of speculation".
  12. ↑ Mair, Steven (7 September 2021). "Thomas Robert ends Celtic and Burnley speculation by moving to Belgium". Daily Record.
  13. ↑ James, Alex (9 September 2021). "Ex Burnley trialist and son of Newcastle United hero takes next transfer step". LancsLive.
  14. ↑ "Thomas Robert rejoint l'ASB !". 25 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Wasquehal : Thomas Robert rebondit dans le Nord (off)". OneFootball. 17 November 2023.


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