Andrew Robertson

scottish association football player
For early people named Andrew Robertson, see Andrew Robertson ( disambiguation )
Andrew Henry Robertson ( digest 11 March 1994 ) is a scots professional football player who plays as a left-back for Premier League clubhouse Liverpool and captains the Scotland national team. Considered one of the best left-backs in world football, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Robertson is known for his crossing, tackling, work-rate, stamen, and rush.

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Robertson began his elder career with Queen ‘s Park in 2012 before joining Dundee United a year late. His performance during his first season as a professional led to him being named PFA Scotland Young Player of the class and besides making his external introduction. He joined Hull City in July 2014 for a fee of £2.85 million, before joining Liverpool in July 2017 for an undisclosed tip, believed to be an initial £8 million. He appeared in consecutive UEFA Champions League finals in his first two seasons, losing the beginning in 2018 but winning the moment in 2019. For his performances in the 2018–19 Premier League season, he was named in the PFA Team of the class. In the like year, he won the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. His third base season saw him play an built-in character as Liverpool won the 2019–20 Premier League. Robertson made his wide international introduction for Scotland in May 2014, and was appointed Scotland captain in September 2018. He represented the side at UEFA Euro 2020 .

early on life and career [edit ]

Robertson was born in Glasgow and was a childhood Celtic sports fan. [ 8 ] His father Brian, nicknamed ‘Pop ‘, who grew up in the Maryhill area ( specifically the Wyndford estate of the realm where he was a childhood acquaintance of footballers Jim Duffy and Charlie Nicholas ), [ 8 ] was a cutting amateurish musician, although a spinal anesthesia injury requiring him to wear a back brace prevented him from pursuing sport as a career. [ 8 ] He attended St Ninian ‘s high School in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, from 2006 to 2012, where he captained the football team. He besides played for Giffnock Soccer Centre and joined Celtic as a youth, but was released at under-15 flat because he was considered to be besides small. [ 9 ] He then signed for Queen ‘s Park. [ 8 ]

Club career [edit ]

Queen ‘s Park [edit ]

Focusing on his studies, Robertson was on the brink of starting university at undergraduate degree degree before he was called up to the Queen ‘s Park beginning team at the beginning of the 2012–13 temper. He made his debut for the club in the scottish Challenge Cup in a punishment inject out winnings against Berwick Rangers, [ 10 ] and went on to make a entire of forty appearances during the temper, [ 11 ] helping the club to a third-place finish in the 2012–13 scottish Third Division. His beginning goal for the baseball club came in a 2–1 frustration to East Stirlingshire on 13 November 2012. [ 11 ]

Dundee United [edit ]

Robertson signed for scottish Premiership side Dundee United, along with Queen ‘s Park teammate Aidan Connolly, on 3 June 2013 ; [ 12 ] he took the squad place of the depart Barry Douglas who had made the lapp move three years earlier. [ 13 ] Having been ignored in their requests for a remove tip for Douglas, Queen ‘s Park ( an amateurish baseball club ) protested at the prospect of more players departing to United for nothing and finally agreed a hand involving a share of future transfers, which would late prove beneficial. [ 14 ] Robertson immediately became separate of coach Jackie McNamara ‘s first team plans, making his debut for the clubhouse on the possibility day of the season in a 0–0 draw with Partick Thistle. On 22 September 2013, Robertson scored his first finish for Dundee United, in a 2–2 draw against Motherwell. [ 15 ] He ran from his own half before sending a low left-foot drive in to the finish from 22 yards. [ 16 ] Soon afterwards he agreed a fresh abridge with United, until May 2016. [ 17 ] He was voted SPFL young musician of the calendar month for September 2013 and player of the calendar month for November 2013. [ 18 ] On 12 April 2014, Robertson played in the scottish Cup Semi-final against Rangers at Ibrox, which United won 3–1. [ 19 ] In April 2014, Robertson won the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year award [ 20 ] [ 21 ] and was besides named in the PFA Scotland Team of the year for the 2013–14 scots Premiership. [ 22 ]

Hull City [edit ]

In July 2014, Dundee United accepted an offer of £2.85 million for Robertson from English Premier League club Hull City. [ 23 ] The transfer was completed on 29 July, as Robertson signed a three-year abridge with Hull. [ 24 ] As Stan Ternent, Hull City ‘s headman scout explained, “ I ‘d been looking at Stuart Armstrong but [ Robertson ] was the no brainer … he ‘d a history with Celtic and he was always a settle chap given how he ‘d recovered from his setbacks. You could see neat aside he had ability and he can only get better. ” [ 25 ] He made his competitive introduction on the opening day of the temper in a 1–0 victory away to Queens Park Rangers, in which he made a goal-line headroom. [ 26 ] Robertson promptly settled at Hull and established himself in the side, winning the cabaret ‘s Player of the Month award for August 2014. [ 27 ] He made 24 appearances in his introduction season at the KC Stadium, but was unable to prevent the team from being relegated to the Championship. [ 28 ] Despite the release of several other first-team players, Robertson opted to stay at City. His first base goal for the clubhouse came on 3 November 2015 away to Brentford where he opened the score in a 2–0 gain to put Hull top of the Championship table on goal remainder. [ 29 ] He started the 2016 Championship play-off Final against Sheffield Wednesday, which Hull won 1–0 to secure forwarding to the Premier League. [ 30 ] The team spent fair one season back in the top flight, however, before being relegated even again. [ 28 ] Robertson and boyfriend Hull defender Harry Maguire were recommended by Everton lookout Steve Walsh to transfer in a compound £20 million cover, but Everton rejected the marriage proposal. [ 31 ]

liverpool [edit ]

On 21 July 2017, Robertson signed a long-run deal with Liverpool for an initial fee of £8 million. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] On 19 August, he made his debut in a 1–0 win over Crystal Palace, [ 34 ] winning the man of the Match prize. [ 8 ] Robertson started the 2017–18 season as understudy to Alberto Moreno, but got a run of games when the Spaniard was injured in December. His performance in the 4–3 victory against league leaders Manchester City on 14 January earned praise from the Liverpool supporters. [ 35 ] He scored his first goal for the club on the final meet day of the 2017–18 season against Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4–0 victory. [ 36 ] Robertson continued to play regularly for Liverpool during the 2018–19 season when Liverpool were runner-up in the Premier League. [ 37 ] He signed a newly sign with the club in January 2019, which is due to run until 2024. [ 37 ] He has been hailed as the best left back in the Premier League by Kevin Kilbane [ 4 ] and the best left back in the worldly concern by Phil Neville. [ 38 ] Over the course of the 2018-19 Premier League season, Robertson registered 11 assists. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] On 25 April, he was named in the PFA Team of the Year aboard Liverpool teammates, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Sadio Mané and Virgil van Dijk. [ 41 ] On 1 June 2019, Robertson played the full 90 minutes of the Champions League final examination as Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur to secure their sixth european Cup. [ 42 ] He became the first Scot to win the tournament since Darren Fletcher ( an fresh utility in 2008 ) [ 43 ] and the first to actually be on the field in a fetching team since Paul Lambert in 1997. [ 42 ] In the european champions ‘ first home game of the Champions League for the 2019–20 campaign on 2 October, Robertson scored his first european goal in a dramatic 4–3 victory against Red Bull Salzburg. [ 44 ] On 2 November 2019, Robertson scored his second Premier League goal for Liverpool, equalising in the 87th minute against Aston Villa, with Liverpool finally winning 2–1 in stop time. [ 45 ] Over the course of the 2019–20 domestic campaign, Robertson contributed 3 goals and 12 assists for Liverpool. [ 46 ] On 24 August 2021, Robertson signed a new long-run shrink with Liverpool. [ 47 ]

International career [edit ]

Robertson playing for Scotland in 2019 Robertson was first selected by the Scotland under-21 team in October 2013. [ 48 ] He made his debut as a substitute in a 2–1 gain against Slovakia. [ 49 ] Robertson was selected for the under-21 team in November 2015, as the full national team did not have a fixture. [ 50 ]

Robertson was first named in the full moon Scotland police squad for a friendly against Poland on 5 March 2014. He came on as a substitute in the second half, as Scotland won 1–0 in Warsaw. [ 51 ] Scotland director Gordon Strachan said afterwards “ Andy came on there and the first meter he picked it up he drove about 30 yards. I thought ‘that ‘s fantastic ‘. absolutely no grey area, I ‘m going to do what I do. I loved seeing that inaugural touch. ” [ 51 ] Robertson made his first starting signal for the national team in a 2–2 draw with Nigeria on 28 May 2014. [ 52 ] Robertson scored his first international finish in a friendly against England at Celtic Park in November 2014, scoring Scotland ‘s only goal as they were beaten 3–1. [ 53 ] On 3 September 2018, Robertson was appointed as Scotland master by coach Alex McLeish. [ 54 ] After a 2–1 frustration against Israel in October 2018, Robertson said that both he and fellow left-back Kieran Tierney were being played out of place in the 3–5–2 system adopted by Alex McLeish to accommodate both players. [ 55 ] In a UEFA Euro 2020 modifier against Cyprus on 8 June 2019, Robertson scored the open goal of the game with a long-range strike. Scotland finally won 2–1. [ 56 ] In November, he was one of five Scotland players to withdraw from the national squad due to injury. [ 57 ] In November 2020, with Robertson again as captain, Scotland qualified for UEFA Euro 2020 following a 5–4 win on penalties against Serbia. It was Scotland ‘s first base major tournament appearance since 1998, ending a 22-year streak of not qualifying. [ 58 ] On 14 June 2021, Robertson captained Scotland in their first crippled of Euro 2020, but ended up on the suffer side as the Scots lost 2–0 to the Czech Republic. [ 59 ] Scotland were knocked out at the group stage, having lost to the Czechs and Croatia either side of a scoreless draw with England. In September of that year, Robertson won his fiftieth detonator and thereby joined the Scottish FA International Roll of Honour. [ 60 ] In his adjacent appearance he led the team to a 1–0 away win over Austria ; [ 61 ] among his teammates was debutant utility Paul McGinn who last played alongside Robertson about nine years early, when they were with Queen ‘s Park in the fourth grade of scottish football [ 62 ] ( he had been reunited at international grade with another Queen ‘s Park colleague, Lawrence Shankland, in 2019 ). [ 63 ]

style of bet [edit ]

Robertson is considered by erstwhile England defender Phil Neville to be one of the best left-backs in the universe, due to his tempo, energy, and crossing ability. [ 38 ] Fábio Aurélio, a predecessor for Liverpool in the same position, singled out Robertson for praise, saying “ One thing that calls my attention is that he ‘s always better, he ‘s not comfortable in his position being first option, ” and that “ The two full-backs of Liverpool right now are incredible. We can contest in any kind of way. ” [ 64 ] early Liverpool captain Sir Kenny Dalglish has said “ For me, there are few, if any, better than him in his position. ” [ 65 ]

personal life [edit ]

Robertson is a practicing Roman Catholic. [ 66 ] He is engaged to Rachel Roberts, [ 67 ] [ 68 ] who gave birth to their son, Rocco, on 26 August 2017. [ 69 ] In January 2019, the couple welcomed their irregular child and inaugural daughter, Aria. [ 70 ] In March 2018, Robertson donated a sign Liverpool shirt of his teammate Roberto Firmino to a youthful boy who had given his pocket money to a local food bank. [ 71 ] The Sunday Times reported in March 2020 that Robertson had donated significant sums to food banks in the Glasgow area. [ 72 ] In September 2020, Robertson released his first script, Robbo: Now You’re Gonna Believe Us, which chiefly focuses on Liverpool ‘s 2019–20 campaign. All proceeds from the bible go to Robertson ‘s foundation, which helps underprivileged children in Scotland. [ 73 ] In November 2020, he and boyfriend Liverpool full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold began starring in their own digital series on IGTV called ‘Wingmen ‘. [ 74 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 24 November 2021

International [edit ]

As of match played 15 November 2021[85]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Scotland

2014
5
1

2015
3
0

2016
4
0

2017
8
1

2018
8
0

2019
6
1

2020
6
0

2021
15
0

Total
55
3

As of match played 15 November 2021

Scotland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Robertson goal[85]