| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Doyle | ||
| Date of birth | April 22, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Free Agent | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2001 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| ?–? | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| ?–? | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | St Patrick's Athletic | ? | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Bray Wanderers | ? | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | UCD | ? | (7) |
| 2003–2004 | Bohemians | ? | (9) |
| 2004–2005 | St. Patrick's Athletic | ? | (13) |
| 2006 | Bray Wanderers | 21 | (1) |
| 2007 | Macclesfield Town | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 | Dundalk | 17 | (6) |
| 2008-2009 | Sporting Fingal | 42 | (19) |
| 2010 | Bray Wanderers | 20 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2002 | Ireland U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Robbie Doyle (born 22 April 1982, Bray) is an Irish soccer player who is currently unattached. He most recently played for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bray Wanderers.
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The "journeyman" started his career with Blackburn Rovers spending 3 years at the club. He had loan spells at Huddersfield Town and Oldham Athletic before returning to Ireland.
Doyle had a short spell at St Patrick's Athletic on his return before joining Bray Wanderers in time for the 2001/02 season. He made a handful of appearances at the club when Paul Doolin offered him regular first team football at UCD and so Doyle was on his way again. He scored on his debut for UCD on the first day of the 2002/03 season against Bohemians and his performances that season impressed Stephen Kenny enough to offer him a move to Bohemians at the end of the season. Doyle made a decent start to life at Dalymount and played in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers but he fell out with Kenny and in mid 2004, he returned once again to St Patricks Athletic. He has since played for Bray Wanderers (again) and Macclesfield Town[1].
On July 4, 2007, Robbie agreed to sign for Dundalk FC from Macclesfield Town [2].
He was released at the end of the 2007 season by Dundalk and signed for Sporting Fingal F.C. at the start of the 2008 season and ended the season as First Division top scorer [3]. Fingal achieved promotion to the Premier Division in 2009 and better was to come as Fingal and Doyle won the FAI Cup when beating Sligo Rovers 2-1 at Tallaght Stadium.[1] On the 4th March 2010 he re-signed for Bray Wanderers. He is currently in talks with Athlone Town over a possible move to The Midlanders
He has also represented Ireland at Under-15, Under-16, Under-17, Under-18 and Under-21 levels. He got his only U21 cap in Finland in 2002.
Playing for Ardmore Rovers he was part of the team that won the Nordic Cup in August 1998 scoring the winner against Iceland [4] and Norway [5]. Then scoring the opening goal in the final win over England [6]
He scored twice against France while playing for Ireland Under 17s [7].