| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Robinson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 December 1974 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Lisburn, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1993 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–1994 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | (0) |
| 1994 | → Leyton Orient (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1994–2000 | Bournemouth | 241 | (52) |
| 2000–2002 | Preston North End | 24 | (1) |
| 2002 | → Bristol City (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2002–2008 | Luton Town | 185 | (8) |
| National team | |||
| Northern Ireland U16 | 1 | (0) | |
| Northern Ireland U18 | 2 | (1) | |
| 1994 | Northern Ireland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1994–1998 | Northern Ireland B | 4 | (1) |
| 1997–2007 | Northern Ireland | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Stephen "Steve" Robinson (born 10 December 1974) is a Northern Ireland former footballer currently working for the Irish Football Association.
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Born in Lisburn, Robinson began his career with the Tottenham Hotspur youth system as a trainee, signing a professional contract in January 1997.[1] He joined Bournemouth due to the lack of first team opportunities at Tottenham. After a highly successful time at Bournemouth, Robinson joined Preston North End in 2000. After failing to force himself into Preston's starting XI, he joined Bristol City on loan until the end of the 2001–02 season.
After this he joined Luton Town for a fee of £50,000 in 2002. He was forced to play on the right-wing by then manager Joe Kinnear, despite his position being an attacking centre-midfielder in his Bournemouth days. New manager Mike Newell soon reverted Robinson to his favoured central-midfield role, and he was rewarded with a League One championship in 2005, and a tenth place finish in the Championship in 2006. During the 2006–07 season, Robinson captained the side in Chris Coyne's absence and was handed a new two-year contract by Hatters boss Mike Newell. On 26 July 2008 Robinson agreed to a mutual termination of his contract at Luton.
He is currently a County Performance Coach (Co. Antrim) and Assistant Manager of the Under-19 Northern Ireland squad with the Irish Football Association.
Robinson was capped internationally by Northern Ireland on seven occasions from 1997 to 2007.[2] He also played for the under-16 (one cap), under-18 (two caps, one goal), under-21 (one cap) and B (four caps, one goal) teams.[3]
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