Rob Elliot

Not to be confused with Rob Elliott or Robbie Elliott.
Rob Elliot

Elliot with Newcastle United in 2013
Personal information
Full name Robert Elliot[1]
Date of birth (1986-04-30) 30 April 1986[1]
Place of birth Greenwich, England
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Newcastle United
Number 21
Youth career
Erith Town
Charlton Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2004–2011 Charlton Athletic 96 (0)
2004 → Bishop's Stortford (loan) 6 (0)
2005 → Notts County (loan) 4 (0)
2005–2006 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 23 (0)
2006–2007 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 7 (0)
2011– Newcastle United 31 (0)
National team‡
2004 Republic of Ireland U19 1 (0)
2014– Republic of Ireland 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:40, 1 January 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2014

Robert "Rob" Elliot (born 30 April 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Newcastle United.

Career

Charlton

Born in Greenwich, Elliot began his career with non-League side Erith Town before moving to Charlton Athletic, the team he had supported as a child, when he was 17. After becoming a professional player with the Addicks in 2004 he was sent out on loan twice during the 2004–05 season; first to Bishop's Stortford and then Notts County, where he made his Football League debut.

The following season, Elliot spent most of the season on loan at the Conference National side Accrington Stanley, replacing fellow Charlton 'keeper Darren Randolph who had been on loan at Stanley earlier in the year. He was part of the Accrington Stanley team which won promotion to the Football League as runaway champions, saving a vital penalty in the match which guaranteed them promotion. He joined Stanley again on loan during the 2006–07 season, but failed to displace Ian Dunbavin as the club's first choice goalkeeper. He was voted the best keeper of the past decade for Accrington Stanley in 2010 by numerous key figures for the club, including manager John Coleman.

Back at Charlton, Elliot was considered to be behind Nicky Weaver and Darren Randolph for most of the 2007–08 season. After Randolph moved to Bury on loan Elliot was promoted to second choice. He made an unexpected debut for Charlton on 5 April 2008 after Weaver had been sent off in a match against Plymouth Argyle. He made his first start for Charlton in a League Cup defeat to Yeovil Town in August 2008. During the 2008–09 season, he displaced Weaver and established himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper. A string of impressive performances contributing to a record breaking start to a season for Charlton in 2009-10 led to him signing a contract extension committing him to the club until 2012. In August 2011 Newcastle made an offer of £100,000 which was rejected by Charlton.

Newcastle United

He signed for Newcastle United on 30 August 2011 on a five-year contract becoming their seventh summer signing. He then stated his desire to become first choice keeper.[3] He made his Newcastle debut on 20 September against Nottingham Forest in the Football League Cup.[4] At the start of the 2012-13 season Elliot changed his squad number from 35 to 21, which was previously worn by Fraser Forster. He made his second Newcastle appearance in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League on 20 September against C.S. Marítimo.[5] His third Newcastle appearance, and second of the season, came in an 3rd round League Cup tie away at Manchester United.[6]

Following an injury to Tim Krul, Elliot made his first Premier League appearance for the Magpies on Sunday 24 February 2013, starting against Southampton in a 4–2 victory. During the match, after conceding a goal in the 3rd minute, he then assisted a Papiss Cisse wonder goal in the first half. On 12 May 2013, Elliot was sent off following a second yellow card in a game against Queens Park Rangers.

Elliot started the 2015-16 season as third choice keeper behind Krul and Karl Darlow. However, with Krul suffering a season-ending injury and Darlow still recovering from an ankle knock, Elliot was handed his first appearance of the season on October 18 at home to Norwich City, helping Newcastle to a 6-2 win, their first win of the campaign. Before the game, it was revealed that Elliot had signed a 'new, long-term contract' back in January 2014. Elliot continued his run in the team, keeping successive clean sheets against Stoke City and Bournemouth, the latter performance earning him the man-of-the-match award in a 1-0 win. This was the first time Newcastle had kept two clean sheets in a row in two years and their first away win in ten months.

International career

Despite being born in England, Elliot is eligible for the Republic of Ireland through his father's family from Cork and has represented Ireland at under-19 level.[7] On 5 October 2013, Elliot received his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad as a replacement for the injured Darren Randolph for the games against Germany and Kazakhstan.[8] Elliot won his first international senior cap for the Republic of Ireland on Sunday 25 May 2014 in a friendly match against Turkey at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Ireland lost the match 2–1.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 December 2014[10]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Charlton Athletic 2004–05 Premier League 0000000000
2005–06 Premier League 0000000000
2006–07 Premier League 0000000000
2007–08 Championship 1000000010
2008–09 Championship 230102000260
2009–10 League One 330001010350
2010–11 League One 350500030430
2011–12 League One 4000100050
Total 9606040401100
Notts County (loan) 2004–05 League Two 4000000040
Total 4000000040
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2005–06 Conference Premier 230000000230
2006–07 League Two 70001030110
Total 300001030340
Newcastle United 2011–12 Premier League 0000100010
2012–13 Premier League 100101050170
2013–14 Premier League 2010100040
2014–15 Premier League 3000200050
2015–16 Premier League 160100000170
Total 310305050440
Career Total 1610901001201920
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Football League Trophy and UEFA Europa League.

International

As of match played 19 November 2014.[11]
Republic of Ireland national team
Year Apps Goals
2014 3 0
Total 3 0

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ↑ http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/Teams/PlayerProfile/0,,10278~32677,00.html
  3. ↑ "Keeper Elliot joins Newcastle". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Nott'm Forest v Newcastle". BBC Sport. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "Maritimo 0-0 Newcastle". BBC Sport. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19645229
  7. ↑ https://www.nufcblog.com/2013/09/11/newcastle-player-has-international-ambitions/
  8. ↑ "Newcastle Goalkeeper Elliot gets first Ireland call". Irish Times. 5 October 2013.
  9. ↑ http://www.fai.ie/international/senior-men/103994-narrow-defeat-for-ireland-against-turkey.html
  10. ↑ Rob Elliot career statistics at Soccerbase
  11. ↑ Rob Elliot at National-Football-Teams.com

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