Welsh professional football player
Tyler D’Whyte Roberts ( born 12 January 1999 ) is a professional football player who plays as a hitter for Premier League club Leeds United and the Wales home football team. Roberts is an academy graduate of West Bromwich Albion and made his professional debut for the cabaret in May 2016. Loan spells in League One with Oxford United, Shrewsbury Town and Walsall followed before he joined Leeds in January 2018. In the 2019-2020 season, Roberts was a member of the Leeds United Squad that won the EFL Championship and promotion to the Premier League under director Marcelo Bielsa. He made his senior Wales debut in 2018, having previously represented the nation at diverse youth levels, and represented Wales at UEFA Euro 2020. A versatile fore, he can play as a striker, winger or as an attacking midfielder .

early animation [edit ]

Born in Gloucester to UK-born parents of Jamaican and Welsh descent, Roberts moved to Birmingham aged 11. [ 3 ] He attended Sandwell Academy in West Bromwich. [ 4 ]

Club career [edit ]

West Bromwich Albion [edit ]

Having spotted him playing for junior side Tredworth Tigers at a Gloucester Festival, West Brom decided to sign Roberts for their academy when he was barely seven years previous. [ 5 ] Having then gone on to represent the club at long time group level, Roberts was named on West Brom ‘s judiciary for the first meter on the final day of the 2014–15 season against Arsenal. however, he did not make it on to the lurch. [ 6 ] Following Roberts ‘ inclusion in the police squad, he was listed by Match of the Day magazine as one of the 20 wonder-kids to look out for in 2016. [ 7 ] On 14 January 2016, just two days after his seventeenth birthday, Roberts signed his first professional contract with West Brom, putting pen to newspaper on a 2+1⁄2-year compress. [ 8 ] He made his Premier League debut for the club on the final examination day of the 2015–16 season in a 1–1 draw with Liverpool, coming on as a second-half substitute for chap Albion academy calibrate Jonathan Leko. [ 9 ] curtly after coming on, Roberts was booked for a rash challenge on Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson. [ 10 ] Upon making his debut, Roberts became lone the irregular musician born in 1999 to play in the Premier League, following on from teammate Leko who had done so the month before .

2016–2018 : Loans to Oxford United, Shrewsbury Town & Walsall [edit ]

On 28 July 2016, Roberts joined League One slope Oxford United on a six-month loanword conduct until January 2017. [ 11 ] He made his debut for the club on the first step day of the 2016–17 temper, coming off the terrace for Chris Maguire in a 1–1 attract with Chesterfield. [ 12 ] His League Cup debut came the following week when he entered the field of play as an extra-time substitute in Oxford ‘s 1–0 win over Birmingham. [ 13 ] He then scored his first goal for the golf club, and the first gear professional finish of his career, in a 4–2 victory over League Two club Exeter City in the 2016–17 EFL Trophy on 30 August. [ 14 ] On 5 November, Roberts made his FA Cup debut and scored in a 5–0 succeed over Merstham of the Isthmian League. [ 15 ] A calendar month late, on 6 December, he scored the winning penalty in a gunfight against Southend United, after a 1–1 draw in the second round of the EFL Trophy. [ 16 ] late that calendar month, Oxford coach Michael Appleton lodged a request to West Brom to extend Roberts ‘ loanword until the end of the season. [ 17 ] however, on 17 January 2017, Roberts joined boyfriend League One side Shrewsbury Town on loanword until the end of the season. [ 18 ] He made his debut for the club four days late, starting in a 1–0 league succeed over Oldham Athletic. [ 19 ] Roberts scored his first goal for the clubhouse, and his first in league football, on 4 February when he netted the opener in a 2–1 succeed over Bury. [ 20 ] On 4 April, Roberts suffered a hamstring wound in a 2–1 kill to Millwall that saw his stretch at Shrewsbury come to an end. [ 21 ] He ended the campaign with four goals and two assists for the cabaret as they narrowly avoided delegating. [ 22 ] On 25 August 2017, Roberts left West Brom on loan once again, joining League One side Walsall for the season. [ 23 ] The come day, he scored one goal and assisted another on introduction against Bradford City, helping Walsall come from 3–0 down to earn a 3–3 tie. [ 24 ] He went on to score five goals in 17 appearances before being recalled by West Brom at the half-way bell ringer of the season. [ 25 ]

Leeds United [edit ]

transfer [edit ]

Roberts ‘ return to West Brom was ephemeral, however, as the arrival of Daniel Sturridge on lend from Liverpool limited his first gear team chances further. [ 26 ] As a result, on the final day of the January 2018 transfer window, he signed for Championship side Leeds United on a four-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed tip, believed to be around an initial £2.5 million potentially rising to £4 million depending on clauses. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Having recovered from a minor tap which he arrived at the cabaret with, Roberts looked set to make his debut in the middle of February. however, on 14 February, new cabaret coach Paul Heckingbottom revealed that he had cracked his shin bone upon his restitution in train and would be ruled out for respective weeks. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] He ultimately missed the remainder of the season through the injury. [ 32 ]

2018–19 season [edit ]

After spending several months on the sidelines, Roberts made his unofficial debut as a second-half alternate during a pre-season friendly against Southend United. [ 33 ] His full debut followed on 14 August when started for Leeds in an EFL Cup fixture against Bolton Wanderers. [ 34 ] The following calendar month, he made his league debut in a 1–1 draw with Millwall and scored his first goals for the club three days later, scoring a brace in a 3–0 victory over Preston North End. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] On 1 March he assisted Patrick Bamford doubly in a 4–0 victory over former club West Bromwich Albion, with Roberts receiving the man of the match prize play in an attacking midfielder position. [ 29 ] [ 37 ] He was one of three players nominated for the club ‘s Young Player Of The Season award aboard Jamie Shackleton and Jack Clarke, but lost out as Clarke won the prize club ‘s annual ceremony. [ 38 ] Roberts played 32 games scoring 3 goals in all competitions, after Leeds finished the regular season in third place after dropping out of the automatic forwarding places with 3 games left after a frustration to 10-man Wigan Athletic on 19 April, [ 39 ] Leeds qualified for the playoffs, however Roberts missed the final games of the season due to injury, [ 40 ] including missing the semi-final playoffs matches versus sixth-placed Derby County, as Leeds were beaten 4–3 on aggregate over the two legs. Despite taking a 1–0 succeed at Pride Park, to bring into a 1–0 aggregate go into the home leg at Elland Road, Leeds lost 4–2 in an meet that saw both teams reduced to 10 men and Derby build up to the final against Aston Villa. [ 41 ]

2019–20 season [edit ]

Roberts ended up missing all the 2019–20 pre-season games and the depart of the raw season after undergoing stifle operation during May 2019. [ 42 ] He returned from injury against Charlton Athletic on 28 September 2019, before scoring his foremost goal of the temper against Queens Park Rangers in a 2–0 acquire on 2 November 2019. [ 43 ] however, Roberts picked up an wound against Reading on 26 November, [ 44 ] which kept him out of the Leeds english for a month before returning from injury as a substitute in Leeds ‘ 5–4 win against Birmingham City on 29 December 2019, [ 45 ] but picked up a hamstring wound in the same crippled. [ 46 ] The injury kept him out of the team until early February, when he returned as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 get the better of at home to Wigan Athletic. [ 47 ] On 29 February 2020, Roberts came on as a 67th-minute substitute for hitter Patrick Bamford with Leeds 2–0 ahead at Hull City, before Roberts scored the last two goals of the game in his first pair of the temper and his second as a Leeds player. [ 48 ] Following the suspension of the Championship temper, Roberts appeared in eight of the club ‘s final examination nine games, scoring once, as they were promoted to the Premier League. [ 49 ] [ 50 ]

2020–21 season [edit ]

Roberts made his beginning appearance for Leeds in the Premier League in the first match of the season against Liverpool on 12 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 4–3 kill at Anfield to the reigning champions. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Roberts scored his foremost goal of the temper against Southampton on 18 May 2021, scoring after coming on as a alternate in the 2–0 acquire at St Mary ‘s. [ 53 ] [ 54 ]

2021–22 season [edit ]

On 9 June 2021, Roberts signed a modern three-year deal at Elland Road running until the summer of 2024. [ 55 ]

International career [edit ]

Welsh national youth teams [edit ]

Though he represented England, his area of birth, at schoolboy level, Roberts later elected to play for Wales alternatively, qualifying for choice as two of his grandparents are Welsh. [ 56 ] In 2015, he captained the Wales U16 english to glory in the Victory Shield, scoring in the final examination against Northern Ireland. [ 5 ] The resultant role was Wales ‘ first instantaneously victory in the competition since the 1948–49 edition. [ 57 ] [ 58 ] Having trained with the elder side in between, he returned to the U16 side in November the follow year and was part of the police squad which retained the Victory Shield style. [ 59 ] In May 2017, following the conclusion of the League One season, he was included in Robert Page ‘s team for the 2017 Toulon Tournament. [ 60 ] After making his debut for the side in the tournament undoer against Ivory Coast, Roberts made one further appearance, against France, as Wales were eliminated in the group stage. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] On 1 September 2017, he made his debut for the under-21 side and scored the opening goal in a 3–0 victory over Switzerland. [ 63 ] [ 64 ]

senior Wales national team [edit ]

In May 2015, Roberts, along with Liverpool winger Harry Wilson, was called up by Wales director Chris Coleman to train with the senior squad. [ 6 ] [ 56 ] In March 2017 he was named as a stand-by player for Wales ‘ World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland. [ 65 ] He received his foremost wide call-up in August 2018 when he was named in Ryan Giggs ‘ squad for the nation ‘s UEFA Nations League matches against the Republic of Ireland and Denmark. [ 66 ] His introduction followed against the early on 6 September, coming on as a second-half utility for Gareth Bale in a 4–1 victory. [ 67 ] The following month, on 16 October 2018, Roberts was handed his first Wales startle as the Republic of Ireland were again beat 1–0 in Dublin. [ 68 ] In May 2021 he was selected for the Wales squad for the delay UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. [ 69 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 14 December 2021

1 Includes EFL Trophy matches .

International [edit ]

As of match played on 26 June 2021.[76]
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales
2018 4 0
2019 3 0
2020 4 0
2021 4 0
Total 15 0

Honours [edit ]

Leeds United
Wales U16

References [edit ]