Robert Sloan

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Robert Sloan
Personal information
Date of birth July 14, 1983 (1983-07-14) (age 24)
Place of birth    Paisley, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current club Raith Rovers
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2005
2003
2005
2005–2007
2007–		 Hearts
→ Alloa Athletic (loan)
St Johnstone
Alloa Athletic
Raith Rovers		 22 0(1)
16 0(8)
08 0(0)
61 0(8)
30 0(7)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15:55, 17 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Robert Sloan (born July 14, 1983, in Paisley) is a Scottish footballer, currently playing for Scottish Football League Division Two side Raith Rovers.

[edit] Career

Sloan started his professional career with Heart of Midlothian, making his debut as an 18-year-old in a 2-0 defeat at Motherwell. He scored his first senior goal on Hearts' next visit to Fir Park, as the Maroons won 2-1 towards the end of the 2001-02 season. The following season he found his opportunities limited by the arrival of French winger Jean-Louis Valois and agreed a 6-month loan move to Alloa in January 2003.[1] Initially this appeared to have benefited Sloan, as he made 15 first team appearances for Hearts when they finished third in the SPL in 2003-04 but he again slipped out of first team contention the following year.

In January 2005 long-term admirer John Connolly eventually succeeded in signing Sloan for St Johnstone, having earlier tried to secure him on a loan deal.[2] However, Connolly was replaced by Owen Coyle only months after Sloan joined Saints and, not in the new manager's plans, the Paisley winger left the Perth side for Alloa Athletic in the summer.

Alloa are a part-time club and after joining them Sloan worked as a building labourer to augment his football earnings.[3] A contract dispute led to him being transfer-listed in 2006 but when this was resolved he returned to the Wasps starting line-up. Perhaps his career highlight occurred in the 2005-06 Scottish Cup, when he scored the winning goal as Alloa upset SPL side Livingston 2-1 in a third round replay.[4] He joined Raith Rovers in June 2007.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Jambo kid Sloan agrees loan move to Alloa", Scotsman.com, 2003-01-14. 
  2. ^ "Cowan and Sloan sign for Saints", BBC Sport, 2005-01-19. 
  3. ^ "I can be a Jambuster", Daily Record, stored at londonhearts.com, 2006-09-20. 
  4. ^ "Livingston 1-2 Alloa", BBC Sport, 2006-01-11. 
  5. ^ "McGlynn captures Sloan and Borris", BBC Sport, 2007-06-02. 

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Persondata
NAME Sloan, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Scottish footballer
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Paisley, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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