Haydon Roberts

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Haydon Roberts
Personal information
Full name Haydon Cameron Roberts [1]
Date of birth (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Brighton, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Bristol City
Number 24
Youth career
2015–2020 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2023 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Rochdale (loan) 26 (0)
2022–2023 → Derby County (loan) 37 (2)
2023– Bristol City 21 (1)
International career‡
2018–2019 England U17 14 (0)
2019 England U18 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:31, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:28, 17 October 2019

Haydon Cameron Roberts (born 10 May 2002) [3] is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back & centre back for Championship side Bristol City.

Contents

Club career

Brighton & Hove Albion

Roberts made his professional and first team debut for Brighton & Hove Albion, whose academy he had progressed from, on 25 September 2019 in the EFL Cup at home against Aston Villa where he scored Brighton's only goal in a 3–1 defeat. [4]

His next appearance for The Seagulls came almost a year later, on 17 September 2020. This appearance again came in the EFL Cup, this time coming on as a substitute in the 4–0 home victory over Portsmouth. [5]

Rochdale (loan)

Roberts signed a season long loan deal with League One side Rochdale on 16 October 2020. [6] He made his debut for The Dale four days later in which was also his professional league debut, playing the full match and helping keep a clean sheet in the 1–0 away win over Burton Albion. [7] Roberts made 25 appearances in the league and in all competitions for The Dale finishing in 21st place, thus being relegated from the third tier. [8]

Return to the Albion

He made his first appearance in the 2021–22 season on 24 August, in the EFL Cup second round fixture away at Cardiff City where he helped keep a clean sheet in the 2–0 victory. [9] He featured in a Premier League matchday squad for the first time on 11 September, remaining as an unused substitute in the 1–0 away win over Brentford. [10]

Derby (loan)

On 9 July 2022, Roberts joined EFL League One club Derby County on loan for the 2022–23 season. [11] He scored his first goal for Derby and first ever in a league game on 12 November, heading home from a Conor Hourihane corner in the 3–1 away win over MK Dons. [12] For reward for scoring the goal, Roberts' bizarrely received a mug by head coach Paul Warne. [13] Under Warne, Roberts played in central defence for Derby and stated Roberts was "his kind of player" and hinted interest at wanting Roberts to stay at Pride Park beyond his loan spell. [14] Roberts scored two goals in 44 appearances as Derby fell short of the League One play-offs.

Bristol City

On 14 June 2023, it was announced that Roberts had signed a three-year deal with Championship side Bristol City, officially joining on 1 July 2023. [15] He made his Robins debut on 9 August in the EFL Cup second round fixture against League One outfit Oxford United at Ashton Gate. Roberts' started the match and set up Harry Cornick's opener goal and later went on to assist Jason Knight's second goal of the evening in the 5–1 victory. [16] Three days later, he made his Championship debut, coming on as a 76th minute substitute away at Millwall as Bristol City went on to score a 90+4th minute winner with a Matty James strike to score the only goal of the game. [17]

International career

Roberts was included in the England squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [18]

Career statistics

As of 20 April 2024 [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brighton & Hove Albion U21 2019–20———2 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2021–22———1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Total———3030
Brighton & Hove Albion 2019–20 Premier League 000011—11
2020–21 Premier League000020—20
2021–22 Premier League000030—30
Total0000610061
Rochdale (loan) 2020–21 League One 26000—00260
Derby County (loan) 2022–23 League One37230202 [lower-alpha 1] 0442
Bristol City 2023–24 Championship 2111020—241
Career total84340101501034
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in EFL Trophy

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References

  1. ↑ Haydon Roberts at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Haydon Roberts". Derby County F.C. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Haydon Roberts". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Brighton 1–3 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Brighton fringe players impress in win – BBC Sport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Haydon Roberts Joins Dale On Loan From Brighton & Hove Albion". Rochdale AFC. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Burton Albion 0–1 Rochdale - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Rochdale 1-2 Doncaster Rovers - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Cardiff City 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: Seagulls into Carabao Cup third round - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Brentford 0-1 Brighton: Leandro Trossard scores last-minute winner for Seagulls - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "Haydon Roberts heads to Derby County on loan". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Milton Keynes Dons 1-3 Derby County - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "Roberts' bizarre reward for first Derby goal". Brighton & Hove Albion. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  14. ↑ "Paul Warne responds to Derby County transfer question on 'excellent' Brighton player". Derbyshire Live. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Roberts joins City - Bristol City FC". 14 June 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Bristol City vs Oxford United - Bristol City". 9 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  17. ↑ "Millwall 0-1 Bristol City: Matty James snatches dramatic winner for Robins". 12 August 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  18. ↑ "Three Lions Call-ups For Albion Pair". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  19. ↑ Haydon Roberts at Soccerway
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