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Ethan Robson
English footballer
Ethan Robson (born 25 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Milton Keynes Dons.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ethan Robson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-10-25) 25 October 1996 (age 27)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Houghton-le-Spring, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2014 | Sunderland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2020 | Sunderland | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Dundee (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2020–2022 | Blackpool | 30 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2022– | Milton Keynes Dons | 50 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 20 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
He began his career with Sunderland, and spent time on loan with Dundee and Grimsby Town, before joining Blackpool in 2020.
Robson was born in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, and attended St Robert of Newminster Catholic School in nearby Washington.[3]
Sunderland
Robson started his career with the youth team at local side Sunderland, joining the club at the age of eight and rose through the ranks to go to a full-time professional with the first team in the summer of 2014.[3]
He featured regularly and captained the development squad and under-23 side before signing a two-year contract extension in April 2016.[4] Robson was named the Premier League 2 Player of the Month for August 2016.[5]
He played three games for the under-21 side in the 2016–17 EFL Trophy, and also appeared as an unused substitute on several occasions for the first team.[6] Robson made his first-team debut in September 2017, when he replaced James Vaughan as a late substitute in the 3–0 defeat to Everton in the EFL Cup.[7] A few days later he made his league debut in the Championship in a home defeat to Cardiff City.[7]
Robson was loaned to Dundee in January 2019.[8] He made 13 appearances in the Scottish Premiership and scored twice.[9] On 2 September 2019, Robson headed out on loan again, this time joining League Two side Grimsby Town, where he played regularly until returning to Sunderland in January 2020.[10][9]
Robson was released by Sunderland when his contract expired at the end of the 2019–20 season, bringing to an end a 16-year spell with the club during which he made just nine league appearances.[11]
Blackpool
On 6 August 2020, Robson joined League One club Blackpool on a two-year deal with an option of a third.[12] On 11 November 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 EFL Trophy win over Leeds United U21s.[13]
Robson joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons on a season-long loan on 1 July 2021.[14] He made his league debut for the club on 7 August 2021 in a 3–3 draw away to Bolton Wanderers on 7 August 2021.[15] Robson scored his first MK Dons goal in a 1–0 home league win over Portsmouth on 11 September 2021.[16] On 17 January 2022, Robson was recalled early from his loan by Blackpool due to injuries within the squad, amid rumours MK Dons had made two failed bids to sign him permanently.[17] Robson was released from his Blackpool contract in May 2022, at the end of the 2021–2022 season.[18]
Milton Keynes Dons
On 15 June 2022, Robson's former loan club Milton Keynes Dons announced he would be returning to the club on a permanent basis effective 1 July 2022 following his release from Blackpool.[19]
- As of 20 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sunderland | 2014–15[20] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015–16[21] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17[6] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18[7] | Championship | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19[9] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2019–20[22] | League One | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Sunderland U21 | 2016–17[6] | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2017–18[7] | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | — | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| Dundee (loan) | 2018–19[9] | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
| Grimsby Town (loan) | 2019–20[22] | League Two | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| Blackpool | 2020–21[23] | League One | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| 2021–22[24] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 1 | ||
| Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 2021–22[24] | League One | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Milton Keynes Dons | 2022–23[25] | League One | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 2023–24 | League Two | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 136 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 174 | 9 | ||
- Appearances in EFL Trophy
- Four appearances and one goal in EFL Trophy, one appearance in EFL League One play-offs
Blackpool
Individual
- Premier League 2 Player of the Month: August 2016[5]
- "Notification of shirt numbers: Grimsby Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 31. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- "Ethan Robson". 11v11. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- "Ethan Robson Profile". Sunderland A.F.C. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- Hunter, James (1 April 2016). "Sunderland hand young talent a two-year contract extension". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- "Sunderland's Ethan Robson scoops Premier League 2 Player of Month award for August". Sunderland Chronicle. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- "Dundee sign Scott Wright, Ryan McGowan, Ethan Robson and John O'Sullivan on loan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- "Ethan Robson: Grimsby Town sign Sunderland midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- Smith, Phil (17 June 2020). "Sunderland retained list: Duncan Watmore one of five to leave as Jon McLaughlin, Chris Maguire and Tom Flanagan offered new deals". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- Scrafton, Matt (6 August 2020). "Blackpool see off competition from League One rivals to make ex-Sunderland midfielder their sixth summer signing". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- "Blackpool 3-0 Leeds United's U21s: Seasiders continue impressive recent form to qualify for knockout stages of EFL Trophy". blackpoolgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- "Ethan Robson Joins MK Dons On Loan" – Blackpool F.C., 1 July 2021
- "Bolton Wanderers 3-3 Milton Keynes Dons". BBC. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- "Milton Keynes Dons 1-0 Portsmouth". BBC. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- "Blackpool recall Ethan Robson from MK Dons loan spell amid reports of rejected bids". Blackpool Gazette. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- "Club Confirms Retained List | News | Blackpool Football Club". www.blackpoolfc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- "Ethan Robson returns to MK Dons". Milton Keynes Dons. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- "Blackpool sealed a return to the Championship after a six-year absence by beating Lincoln City in the League One play-off final at Wembley". BBC. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- Ethan Robson at Soccerbase
