Paul Robinson is a soccer player for the English Premier League Burnley club, and formerly a goalkeeper for the England national team. Robinson is a football veteran. He began his professional career in 1998, and Burnley became just the fourth player club in his biography.
early years
At age 16, Paul Robinson was on the Leeds youth team, and two years later he made his debut for the main staff of the “peacocks”. However, Paul failed to become the main goalkeeper in a team that was experiencing an unprecedented rise at the beginning of the century. For six years, he spent 95 fights, mainly going on the field to give the main gate guard a rest. This state of affairs did not suit the young and ambitious footballer too much, so in 2004 he agreed to transfer to another club.
Tottenham Hotspur
The new club of the 25-year-old goalkeeper is London's Tottenham Hotspur, which bought the player’s contract for 1.5 million pounds. Paul Robinson quickly superseded American veteran Casey Keller from the spurs and became the first number for the next three years. The Englishman lost his place at the base only in the 2007-2008 season, when he made a number of productive 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 Hotspur, Paul Robinson proved himself not only as a goalkeeper, but also as a scorer. In March 2007, a goalkeeper in a home game of the Premier League hit the goal of “Watford” with a crazy blow from 75 meters. By the way, this was the second goal in the goalkeeper's asset. The first he chalked up at Leeds - in a duel with Swindon Town.
When he was a Spurs player, Paul was constantly called up to the England national team and selected and finished the 2006 World Cup in the status of 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 with veteran David James.
Blackburn Rovers
Among the announced players for the 2008-2009 season, the modest Blackburn, of course, stood out as a star rookie - Paul Robinson. The goalkeeper, as before in Tottenham, replaced the next veteran of English football, the American Brad Friedel.
Despite the good game of the ex-goalkeeper of the England national team (Robinson played 44 matches for the national team), Blackburn failed to gain a foothold in the Premier League and dropped into the Championship. Over time, Paul had several options to return to the elite of English football, but he preferred to do this only with the current team. However, these plans were not destined to come true - due to an injury Robinson missed almost the entire calendar year 2013, and when he returned to the field, the age goalkeeper lost his place at the base. At the end of the 2014-2015 season, the footballer and the club, by mutual agreement, did not renew the contract.
Burnley
Paul Robinson joined the "burgundy" in early 2016 as a free agent. In the summer of that year, the management of Burnley offered the English veteran a new one-year contract. Robinson plays the role of a reserve goalkeeper (for all time he played in one match), it is expected that at the end of the 2016-2017 season, the eminent football player will complete his player’s career.