David Robertson (footballer, born 1986)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 23 September 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Livingston, Scotland | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–05 | Dundee United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2011 | Dundee United | 120 | (17) |
2011–2013 | St Johnstone | 23 | (2) |
2014 | Greenock Morton | 16 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Livingston | 13 | (0) |
2015 | Ayr United | 12 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Selkirk | ||
2016–2017 | Cowdenbeath | 7 | (0) |
Total | 191 | (20) | |
International career | |||
2005 | Scotland U19 | 1 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Scotland U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Robertson (born 23 September 1986) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as an
Career
Dundee United
In September 2007, Robertson won his first
St Johnstone
Despite being offered a new contract by United in 2011, Robertson opted instead to sign for St Johnstone.[7] Robertson made his debut for St Johnstone in a league game against Aberdeen on 23 July 2011.
On 28 November 2012, Robertson was injured during St Johnstone's match against Hibernian and the following day, it was confirmed by the club's manager Steve Lomas that Robertson had broken his leg.[8]
On 13 December 2013, St Johnstone announced that Robertson would not be given a new contract when his current deal expired.[9] In December 2013, Robertson went on trial at Greenock Morton.[10]
Greenock Morton
On 3 January 2014, Robertson signed for Greenock Morton.[11][12]
Robertson's father Dougie played almost 200 games for Morton between 1983 and 1990.[11]
Livingston and Ayr United
In the summer of 2014 Robertson left Morton to sign for Livingston. He scored on his competitive debut for the club, coming on in the 112th minute against Queen of the South and scoring just minutes later to secure the extra-time victory.
After seven months with Livingston, Robertson transferred to Scottish League One side Ayr United on a short-term deal.[13] At the end of the 2014–15 season, Robertson was released by The Honest Men.[14]
Selkirk and Cowdenbeath
On 18 December 2015, Robertson signed for Lowland League club Selkirk.[15] After six months with Selkirk, Robertson returned to the SPFL, signing for Scottish League Two side Cowdenbeath in June 2016.[16] Robertson retired from football in January 2017, after a judge ruled that he had raped a woman.[17]
Rape judgement
Robertson and David Goodwillie, who was then a teammate of Robertson at Dundee United, were accused of raping a woman in January 2011.[18] Goodwillie was charged with rape, but the Scottish legal authorities decided not pursue a criminal prosecution.[18] The woman then took a civil action against Robertson and Goodwillie.[18] On 17 January 2017, Robertson and Goodwillie were ruled to be rapists and ordered to pay £100,000 in compensation.[18][19] The civil case was judged on the balance of probabilities and did not need corroboration of evidence, unlike in a Scottish criminal case.[18] Robertson's club, Cowdenbeath, issued a statement indicating that he would not be considered for selection until further information had been received and considered.[20] Robertson subsequently announced his retirement from football.[17] In November 2017, three appeal judges at the Court of Session upheld the ruling.[21] They avoided paying any of the compensation due by declaring bankruptcy.[22]
Career statistics
- As of 7 January 2017
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dundee United | 2005–06 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
2006–07 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | |
2007–08 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 | |
2008–09 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
2009–10 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
2010–11 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 4 | |
Total | 120 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 20 | |
St Johnstone | 2011–12 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
2012–13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
Greenock Morton | 2013–14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Livingston | 2014–15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 2 |
Ayr United | 2015–16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
Cowdenbeath | 2016–17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Career total | 181 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 233 | 25 |
Honours
Dundee United
- Scottish Cup: 2010
- Scottish League Cup: runner-up 2007–08
References
- ^ "David Robertson". Dundee United FC website. Archived from the original on 21 March 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2006.
- ^ "Young stars extend United deals". BBC Sport. 14 February 2007.
- ^ "Scotland U21 0–0 Denmark U21". BBC Sport. 12 September 2007.
- ^ McGuigan, Thomas (16 March 2008). "Dundee Utd 2–2 Rangers". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Quartet re-sign for Dundee United". BBC Sport. 17 January 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ McGuigan, Thomas (15 May 2010). "Dundee United 3–0 Ross County". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "David Robertson completes switch to St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "Steve Lomas confirms St Johnstone midfielder David Robertson suffered broken leg". Sky Sports. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
- ^ "Transfer news: St Johnstone release midfielder David Robertson". Sky Sports. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ Mitchell, Jonathan (31 December 2013). "Player search steps up for Morton boss". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ^ a b Mitchell, Jonathan (3 January 2014). "Morton complete Robertson signing". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "Double deal for Morton". Scottish Professional Football League. 3 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "David Robertson signs!!". ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Players released". ayrunitedfc.co.uk. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ "Selkirk are torn apart by Civil – again". Border Telegraph. 22 December 2015.
- ^ "Three New Signings". Cowdenbeath FC. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Rape ruling footballer David Robertson retires from the sport". BBC News. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Footballers Goodwillie and Robertson ruled as rapists". BBC News. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Judge rules footballers David Robertson and David Goodwillie raped woman". The Guardian. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ "David Robertson". Cowdenbeath FC. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Footballers Goodwillie and Robertson lose appeal against rape finding". BBC News. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ Scott, Marion (6 February 2022). "David Goodwillie in line for £150,000 pay-off but has never paid his victim a penny". Sunday Post. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
External links
- David Robertson at Soccerbase