Robbie Gibbons

Robert James Gibbons (born 8 October 1991) is an Irish professional footballer.

Robbie Gibbons

Personal information
Full name	Robert James Gibbons^[1]^[2]
Date of birth	(1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Knocklyon, Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Knocklyon United
0000–2007	Lourdes Celtic
2007–2010	Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Nottingham Forest	0	(0)
2011	Alki Larnaca	4	(0)
2012–2013	Scunthorpe United	11	(0)
International career^‡
2006–2007	Republic of Ireland U16	2	(0)
2011	Republic of Ireland U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:32, 7 May 2013 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of (UTC)

Gibbons is a left footed centre midfield player, but has also appeared on the left side of midfield for the Forest Reserves. He was given the Forest first team squad number 42 shirt^[3][4][5] at the beginning of the 2010/11 season and appeared on the bench for Nottingham Forest's defeat to Bradford City in the League Cup in August 2010.^[6]

Gibbons signed a four-year contract at Forest in 2007 and he was a key player in the Nottingham Forest F.C. Youth Academy side that reached the Youth Premier League Final in May 2010, losing 5-3 to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.^[7]

He signed a 3.5 year deal for Alki on 11 January 2011 after spending two weeks on trial at the club and was given the number 32 shirt.^[8][9][10] Gibbons made his debut for Alki on 16 February 2011, coming off the bench as a second-half substitute in the Larnaca side's 4–3 win in the Cypriot Cup against Enosis Paralimni.^{[11][12][13][14]} Gibbons made his league debut on 19 March 2011.

On 31 January 2012 he signed for Scunthorpe United as free agent after a pay dispute with Alki. After some impressive performances in the reserves he made his first team debut against MK Dons on 14 April 2012.^[15]

References

1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2012 and 31/01/2012" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
2. "Gibbons, RJ (Robert)", English National Football Archive {{citation}}: External link in |work= (help)
3. Nottingham Forest | Team | Player Profiles | Robbie Gibbons
4. Nottingham Forest Football Club Squad
5. "Robbie Gibbons – Nottingham Forest News, Fixtures, Results, Transfers – Sky Sports". Sky Sports.
6. Nottingham Forest | Match | Latest Report | 10 August 2010, Bradford 2 - 1 Nottm Forest
7. Nottingham Forest | News | Latest News | Latest News | Arsenal 5 v 3 Nottingham Forest
8. Ανακοινωση-Μεταγραφη
9. Παρουσιαση Νεων Παιχτων
10. Robbie Gibbons
11. Protathlima.com: Συμπλήρωσε την οκτάδα η «αθάνατη»
12. ShootandGoal.com | Αλκή-ΕΝΠ: Βροχή γκολ και πρόκριση στην «Αθάνατη»
13. http://www.sport-fm.com.cy/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21245&Itemid=65 ^{[dead link]}
14. ΑΛΚΗ – ΕΝΠ: 4-3 | Enosis Athletic Union of Paralimni
15. "Scunthorpe confirm triple signing". BBC News.

External links

• Robbie Gibbons at Soccerbase