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Robert Paul Green is a British former association football player who was born in Chertsey in 1980. He represented England in international competition, participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. His club career included stints with Queens Park Rangers F.C., West Ham United F.C., and Norwich City F.C., while he also played for the England national under-16 team.
Green primarily operated as a goalkeeper in the Premier League, though he is also listed as a left wing player in some records. His professional tenure spanned from 1999 to 2019. He is a citizen of the United Kingdom and speaks English.
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Key facts
- 1997
- England U16
- 1998
- England U18
- 2006
- England B
- Full name
- Robert Paul Green
- Date of birth
- ( 1980-01-18 ) 18 January 1980 (age 46)
- Place of birth
- Chertsey , Surrey , England
- Height
- 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- 1992 1999
- Norwich City
- Years
- Team
- 1999 2006
- Norwich City
- 2006 2012
- West Ham United
- 2012 2016
- Queens Park Rangers
- 2016 2017
- Leeds United
- 2017 2018
- Huddersfield Town
- 2018 2019
- Chelsea
- 2005 2012
- England
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Left Wing
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Family name
- Green
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Chertsey
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2012
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Chelsea F.C.
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Mass
- 93
- Image
- Robert-Greenpp.jpg
- Height
- 187
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- Commons category
- Robert Green
- date of birth
- 1980-01-18
- birth name
- Robert Paul Green
- name in native language
- Robert Green
- end of work period
- 2019-00-00
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- different from
- Robert Green
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Paul Green (born 18 January 1980) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played in the Premier League and Football League and 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robert Green” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.