He is a Welsh former football player and current head coach
of Vancouver Whitecaps FC in MLS. Robinson was born in October 13, 1976.
Playing career:
Wolverhampton Wanderers:
He started his career as trainee and made his debut with
Wolverhampton Wanderers during the 1996-1997 seasons.
Shrewsbury Town:
Robinson was loan to Shrewsbury Town; he made his football
league debut versus Hull City 1-1 on 1996. Robinson made four appearances for
the Shrews in the league and one in the Football League Trophy final at Wembley
Stadium but they defeated by Rotherham United 2-1.
Portsmouth:
On July 2002, He moved to Portsmouth after appearing over
180 appearances for Wolves over six years.
Robinson played with them around 20 games in their promotion
year to be loaned to firstly Sheffield Wednesday scoring once against future
club Norwich, and then to Walsall scoring also once against Bradford , then to
Rotherham, Sheffield United and Sunderland.
Sunderland:
Robinson signed a permanent three year contract in June 2004
with Sunderland after impressing at it. Robinson with them got promotion during
a season where he played 42 of 46 games and he went to collect another
championship winner’s medal.
Norwich City:
After being loaned to Norwich City, Robinson signed a contract
with Norwich for 2 and half year for undisclosed fee in January 2006. He scored
his first goal On August 26, 2006 against Barnsley where his team won 5-1. He made
50 appearances over 15 months with Norwich.
Toronto FC:
He joined Toronto coming from Norwich after a year in Carrow
Road on January 31, 2007. He scored his first goal with Toronto against FC Dallas
ending the game 4-0 on June 17, 2007. He was voted MVP in his first and second
season with the team.
Robinson also completed his UEFA licenses in order to
prepare himself to coach.
He announced that will spend the remaining of his career in
the MLS and so he moved to play to New York Red Bulls.
New York Red Bulls:
On March 2010 he was traded from Toronto to New York Red
Bulls in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. His first
wining game with his team was on March 20, 2010 against Santos FC 3-1. And his
first goal was against his former team Toronto in which the game ended 4-1.
International Career:
He made his first debut as a Wales international player against
Belarus in 1999, in which he won the man of the game award. Robinson 50th
cap came in the 2-0 World Cup qualifier win over Liechtenstein.
Robinson announced his retirement from international playing
career on April 1, 2009 at the age of 32 with 52 caps where Wales suffered from
two consecutive defeats making it impossible for them to qualify for the World Cup
2010.
Managerial career:
Vancouver Whitecaps FC:
Robinson retired as a player and joined the Vancouver
Whitecaps as an assistant coach in 2012. Then he was assigned the head coach of
the team in December 2013.
