Tony Roberts (footballer)
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| Tony Roberts | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Anthony Mark Roberts | |
| Date of birth | August 4, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Holyhead, Wales | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Dagenham & Redbridge | |
| Number | 1 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1987–1998 1998 1999–2000 2000– |
Queens Park Rangers Millwall St. Albans Dagenham & Redbridge Total |
122 (0) 8 (0) 44 (0) 230 (1) 404 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Wales U21 Wales |
2 (0) 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Anthony "Tony" Mark Roberts (born August 4, 1969 in Holyhead, North Wales) is a Welsh professional football player, currently plays for Dagenham & Redbridge as a goalkeeper and wears shirt number 1.
Roberts was formerly the goalkeeping coach at Championship side Queens Park Rangers.
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[edit] Club Career
Roberts began his professional career at sixteen years of age as a trainee at Queens Park Rangers after playing for Holyhead United Juniors as a child. He was known to everyone in Holyhead by the nickname 'Froggit'. He progressed through the ranks to play 145 games in his eleven years at Loftus Road.
Roberts then spent a season at the New Den with Millwall before a knuckle injury in 1998 forced him to end his League career. He moved into the semi-professional game where he joined St Albans City. In 2000, after manager Garry Hill left to join Dagenham, Roberts followed him.
[edit] International Career
Roberts has been capped at Youth level and has also won two full international caps as goalkeeper for Wales as well as being selected 30 times as substitute goalkeeper to Neville Southall. He has also became the first Welshman to be capped at both full and semi-professional level as he helped his country win the non-league 'Home International' series twice. He also holds two U-21 caps.
[edit] Trivia
- Roberts became the first Welshman to gain caps at both Pro and Semi-Pro level when he played in the Wales Semi-Professional team against England at Rushden in February 2002.
- Roberts holds the distinction of being the only goalkeeper ever to score a goal in an FA Cup tie when he netted for Dagenham at Basingstoke Town in a 4th qualifying round tie in October 2001.
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