Otis Roberts

Otis Roberts
Personal information
Date of birth 17 August 1968
Place of birth London, England
Playing position Midfielder / Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Barnet
Crystal Palace
1995–1996 Golden
1996–1997 Eastern
1997–1998 FC Ghent
1998 FC Hoogstraten
1998–2001 Harrow Borough
2001 Hendon
National team
2000 Grenada 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Otis Roberts is a retired Grenadan international footballer.

Contents

Career

Club career

Roberts played for Barnet during the 1990-91 season.[1]

Roberts played in England for Crystal Palace,[2] although he never made a first-team league appearance for the club.[3] In August 1996, he began a trial with Norwich City, although that proved unsuccessful.[2] He later played in Hong Kong for Golden and Eastern, and in Belgium for FC Ghent and FC Hoogstraten.[4] He returned to England in 1998 to play for Harrow Borough and Hendon.[2]

International career

Roberts has international caps for Grenada.[2] He made two appearances in 2000.

Personal life

His nephew is fellow footballer Jason Roberts.[2][5]

After football

Roberts has been a football agent, representing players such as Zesh Rehman.[2] He also runs his nephew Jason Robert's charitable foundation.[4]

References

  1. ^ Otis Roberts at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Otis Roberts". Flown From The Nest. http://www.ex-canaries.co.uk/players/roberts-otis.htm. 
  3. ^ "CRYSTAL PALACE : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/crystalpalace/crystalpalace.htm. 
  4. ^ a b John Portch. "Caribbean Dream". Voice Online. http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=15115. 
  5. ^ Jason Roberts (17 November 2005). "Jason Roberts column". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4443008.stm. Retrieved 3 January 2010.