Clydie Roberts
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 July 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Brentwood Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Redbridge | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Redbridge | |||
| Thurrock | |||
| Canvey Island | |||
| ?–2008 | Harlow Town | ||
| 2008–2009 | Potters Bar Town | ||
| 2009 | Waltham Forest | ||
| 2009 | Enfield Town | ||
| 2009 | Aveley | ||
| 2009 | Concord Rangers | ||
| 2010 | Grays Athletic | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | Ilford | 9 | (0) |
| 2011– | Brentwood Town | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | Guyana | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:43, 26 August 2011 (UTC). | |||
Clydie Roberts (born 7 July 1987) is an English-born Guyanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brentwood Town, and has been capped internationally for the Guyana national football team. He has spent his entire career playing non-League football.
Career
Club career
Roberts started his career with Redbridge progressing through their youth system into the first-team.[1] He went on to have a short spell with Thurrock before moving onto Canvey Island, where he was voted 'Player's Player of the Year' for the 2006–07 season where he made 44 appearances, scoring three goals.[1] He helped them gain promotion from Isthmian League Division One North to Isthmian League Premier Division. Roberts then had a trial with AFC Wimbledon in July 2007, but was not offered a contract by manager Terry Brown.[1][2]
In July 2008, Roberts had an unsuccessful trial with League Two club Bournemouth.[3] He joined Potters Bar Town in late 2008 from Harlow Town.[4] He made his debut for Potters Bar Town, in the 1–0 away win over Waltham Forest in November 2008 alongside Ryan Edgar.[5] Roberts left the club in January 2009 and signed for Waltham Forest.[4][6] Later in January, he joined Waltham Forest's Isthmian League Division One North league rivals Enfield Town.[2]
He went on to join Aveley, then Concord Rangers in December 2009,[7] before signing for Grays Athletic in October 2010, where he made two appearances in the Isthmian League Division One North.[8] Roberts went on to join Ilford, where he made nine league appearances.[9] He went on to join Brentwood Town at the start of the 2011–12 season.
International career
Roberts gained two caps for Guyana in 2008.[10] He made his debut in a home friendly against Cuba in the 0–0 draw on 22 February, and his second cap in the 2–1 win against Cuba on 24 February, alongside his Canvey Island teammate Chris Bourne.[10][11]
Personal life
Roberts is cousin to professional footballer and England international, Jermain Defoe.[1][4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "AFC Wimbledon – Player profile: Clydie Roberts". AFC Wimbledon. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- 1 2 "Dons game at Brentford is off". Non-League Daily. 21 July 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "Trialist news". A.F.C. Bournemouth. 28 July 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Ex Enfield Town player profiles". Enfield Town F.C. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "Boss Browne happy with Potters Bar's Ugly Waltham forest win". Eastern Daily Press. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "Three more players exit Potters Bar Town". Eastern Daily Press. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "Latest transfers...". Non-League Daily. 13 December 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "Profile: Clydie Roberts". graysath-online. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "First team statistics 2010–2011". Ilford F.C. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- 1 2 "Clydie Roberts – Guyana". Caribbean Football Database. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ "Bourne again the star in Guyana draw". Echo. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
External links
- Clydie Roberts at National-Football-Teams.com