Paul Robinson: the story of one English goalkeeper

Paul Robinson - footballer of the English club "Burnley", speaking in the Premier League, in the past - goalkeeper of the national team of England. Robinson is a veteran of football. He started his professional career in 1998, and Burnley became the fourth player's club in his biography.

early years

At 16, Paul Robinson was in the youth team "Leeds", and two years later made his debut for the core of the "peacocks". However, the main goalkeeper in the team, which at the beginning of the century was experiencing an unprecedented rise, Paul did not manage to become. For six years he spent 95 fights, mainly leaving on the field, to give rest to the main guard of the gate. This state of affairs was not very satisfactory for a young and ambitious football player, so in 2004 he agreed to transfer to another club.

Tottenham Hotspur

New club 25-year-old goalkeeper became the London "Tottenham Hotspur", which bought the contract player for 1.5 million pounds. Paul Robinson quickly replaced the base of the "spurs" American veteran Casey Keller and for the next three years became the unconditional first number. The basis of the Englishman lost only in the season of 2007-2008, when he made a number of effective mistakes. Robinson firmly settled on the bench behind Radek Cerny, and in the summer of 2008 began to look for a new team.

It is noteworthy that, playing for Tottenham, Paul Robinson showed himself not only as a goalkeeper, but also as a scorer. In March 2007, the goalkeeper in the Premier League home game hit the gate of "Watford" with a crazy blow from 75 meters. By the way, it was the second goal in the goalkeeper's asset. The first he recorded on his account in the "Leeds" - in a duel with "Swindon Town".

When he was a spurs player, Paul was constantly summoned to the England squad and selected the final part of the 2006 World Cup as the main goalkeeper. Robinson also participated in the qualifying round for Euro 2008, but the team went to the Euroforum with young and promising Hart and Green, as well as veteran David James.

Blackburn Rovers

Among the announced players for the 2008-2009 season, as part of the modest "Blackburn", of course, stood out starry rookie - Paul Robinson. Goalkeeper, as before in the "Tottenham", came to replace the next veteran of English football, an American Brad Friedel.

Despite the good game of the former England goalkeeper (for the national team Robinson had 44 fights), "Blackburn" failed to gain a foothold in the Premier League and sank to the Championship. Over time, Paul had several options to return to the elite of English football, but he preferred to do it only together with the current team. However, the plans were not destined to come true - because of the injury, Robinson missed almost the whole calendar 2013, and after returning to the field, the age goal keeper lost ground in the base. At the end of the 2014-2015 season, the football player and the club, by mutual consent, did not renew the contract.

Burnley

To "burgundy" Paul Robinson joined in early 2016 as a free agent. In the summer of the same year, the management of the "Burnley" offered the English veteran a new one-year contract. Robinson performs the role of reserve goalkeeper (for all the time he played in one match), it is expected that at the end of the 2016-2017 season the eminent football player will finish the player's career.