Andrew Robertson

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Andrew Robertson

Robertson during the victory parade after Liverpool won the 2019

UEFA Champions League Final

Personal information

Full name Andrew Henry Robertson [1]

Date of birth 11 March 1994 (age 28)[2]

Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland

Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]

Position(s) Left-back
 Club information

Current team Liverpool

Number 26

Youth career

–2009 Celtic

2009–2012 Queen's Park

Senior career*

Years Team Apps (Gls)

2012–2013 Queen's Park 34 (2)

2013–2014 Dundee United 36 (3)

2014–2017 Hull City 99 (3)

2017– Liverpool 156 (5)

National team‡

2013–2015 Scotland U21 4 (0)

2014– Scotland 56 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league
only and correct as of 18:09, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:59, 29 March 2022
(UTC)

Andrew Henry Robertson (born 11 March 1994) is a Scottish

professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Premier
League club Liverpool and captains the Scotland national team. Considered one of the
best left-backs in world football,[4][5][6][7] Robertson is known for his crossing, tackling, work-
rate, stamina, and speed.
 Robertson began his senior career with Queen's Park in 2012 before joining Dundee
United a year later. His performance during his first season as a professional led to him
being named PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year and also making his international
debut. He joined Hull City in July 2014 for a fee of £2.85 million, before joining Liverpool
in July 2017 for an undisclosed fee, believed to be an initial £8 million. He appeared in
successive UEFA Champions League finals in his first two seasons, losing the first
in 2018 but winning the second in 2019. For his performances in the 2018–19 Premier
League season, he was named in the PFA Team of the Year. In the same year, he won
the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. His third season saw him play an
integral role as Liverpool won the 2019–20 Premier League.
Robertson made his full international debut for Scotland in May 2014, and was
appointed Scotland captain in September 2018. He represented the side at UEFA Euro
2020.

Contents

 1Early life and career

 2Club career

o 2.1Queen's Park

o 2.2Dundee United

o 2.3Hull City

o 2.4Liverpool

 3International career

 4Style of play

 5Personal life

 6Career statistics

o 6.1Club

o 6.2International

 7Honours

 8See also

 9References
 10External links

Early life and career[edit]

Robertson was born in Glasgow and was a childhood Celtic fan.[8] His father Brian,
nicknamed 'Pop', who grew up in the Maryhill area (specifically the Wyndford estate
where he was a childhood friend of footballers Jim Duffy and Charlie Nicholas),[8] was a
keen amateur player, although a spinal injury requiring him to wear a back brace
prevented him from pursuing sport as a career.[8]
He attended St Ninian's High School in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire,[9] from 2006 to
2012, where he captained the football team. A talented golfer, he was also the junior
captain of his local golf club in Glasgow.[10] He also played for Giffnock Soccer Centre
and joined Celtic as a youth, but was released at under-15 level because he was
considered to be too small.[11] He then signed for Queen's Park.[8]

Club career[edit]
Queen's Park[edit]
Focusing on his studies, Robertson was on the brink of starting university at
undergraduate degree level before he was called up to the Queen's Park first team at
the beginning of the 2012–13 season. He made his debut for the club in the Scottish
Challenge Cup in a penalty shoot out win against Berwick Rangers,[12] and went on to
make a total of forty appearances during the season, [13] helping the club to a third-place
finish in the 2012–13 Scottish Third Division. His first goal for the club came in a 2–1
defeat to East Stirlingshire on 13 November 2012.[13]
Dundee United[edit]
Robertson signed for Scottish Premiership side Dundee United, along with Queen's
Park teammate Aidan Connolly, on 3 June 2013;[14] he took the squad place of the
departing Barry Douglas who had made the same move three years earlier. [15] Having
been ignored in their requests for a transfer fee for Douglas, Queen's Park (an amateur
club) protested at the prospect of more players departing to United for nothing and
eventually agreed a deal involving a percentage of future transfers, which would later
prove beneficial.[16]
Robertson immediately became part of manager Jackie McNamara's first team plans,
making his debut for the club on the opening day of the season in a 0–0 draw
with Partick Thistle. On 22 September 2013, Robertson scored his first goal for Dundee
United, in a 2–2 draw against Motherwell.[17] He ran from his own half before sending a
low left-foot drive in to the goal from 22 yards.[18] Soon afterwards he agreed a new
contract with United, until May 2016.[19] He was voted SPFL young player of the
month for September 2013 and player of the month for November 2013. [20] On 12 April
2014, Robertson played in the Scottish Cup Semi-final against Rangers at Ibrox, which
United won 3–1.[21] In April 2014, Robertson won the PFA Scotland Young Player of the
Year award[22][23] and was also named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year for
the 2013–14 Scottish Premiership.[24]
Hull City[edit]

Robertson playing for Hull City in 2015

In July 2014, Dundee United accepted an offer of £2.85 million for Robertson from
English Premier League club Hull City.[25] The transfer was completed on 29 July, as
Robertson signed a three-year contract with Hull.[26] As Stan Ternent, Hull City's chief
scout explained, "I'd been looking at Stuart Armstrong but [Robertson] was the no
brainer … he'd a history with Celtic and he was always a determined lad given how he'd
recovered from his setbacks. You could see straight away he had ability and he can
only get better."[27]
He made his competitive debut on the opening day of the season in a 1–0 victory away
to Queens Park Rangers, in which he made a goal-line clearance.[28] Robertson quickly
settled at Hull and established himself in the side, winning the club's Player of the Month
award for August 2014.[29] He made 24 appearances in his debut season at the KC
Stadium, but was unable to prevent the team from being relegated to the
Championship.[30]
Despite the release of several other first-team players, Robertson opted to stay at City.
His first goal for the club came on 3 November 2015 away to Brentford where he
opened the scoring in a 2–0 win to put Hull top of the Championship table on goal
difference.[31] He started the 2016 Championship play-off Final against Sheffield
Wednesday, which Hull won 1–0 to secure promotion to the Premier League. [32] The
team spent just one season back in the top flight, however, before being relegated yet
again.[30]
Robertson and fellow Hull defender Harry Maguire were recommended
by Everton scout Steve Walsh to transfer in a combined £20 million deal, but Everton
rejected the proposal.[33]