Robert Green | ||
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Personal information | ||
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Full name | Robert Paul Green | |
Date of birth | 18 January 1980 | |
Place of birth | Chertsey, ![]() | |
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 in) | |
Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
Youth clubs | ||
1992–1996 | ![]() | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
1996–2006 2006–2012 2012–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 Total |
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223 219 (0) 121 (0) 46 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 609 (0) | (0)
National team | ||
1997 1998 2006 2005–2012 |
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2 (0) 1 (0) 12 (0) | 1 (0)
Robert Paul Green (born 18 January 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He also played for the England national team.
Green made his first-team debut for Norwich City in 1999 and totalled 241 appearances across all competitions for them, making the PFA Team of the Year when they won the First Division in 2003–04. In 2006, he transferred to West Ham United, making the same number of appearances in a six-year spell in which he was their Player of the Year in 2008 and won promotion via the Championship play-offs in 2012. He then moved on a free transfer to Queens Park Rangers, winning the play-offs again in 2014. In July 2016, Green joined Leeds United on a one-year contract. He later joined Huddersfield Town and Chelsea for one year each before retiring in 2019.
Green represented England at under-16, under-18 and B level. He made his debut for the full England squad in 2005. Green was cut from England's 2006 FIFA World Cup squad due to injury but featured in the 2010 edition, in which he started the competition as England's first choice goalkeeper but was dropped after an error cost England a win against the United States. He was also in their squad for UEFA Euro 2012.
Contents
Honours
Clubs
Norwich City
West Ham United
Queens Park Rangers
Individual
External links
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England – 2010 FIFA World Cup – Knockout stage |
1. James 2. Johnson 3. A. Cole 4. Gerrard 5. Dawson 6. Terry 7. Lennon 8. Lampard 9. Crouch 10. Rooney 11. J. Cole 12. Green 13. Warnock 14. Barry 15. Upson 16. Milner 17. Wright-Phillips 18. Carragher 19. Defoe 20. King 21. Heskey 22. Carrick 23. Hart
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- Retired Players
- Goalkeepers
- 1980 births
- Players
- England under-16 international players
- England under-18 international players
- England B international players
- England international players
- The Football League players
- Premier League players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- Leeds United F.C. players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- English players
- Living people
- UEFA Euro 2012 players