Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christopher Robertson | ||
Date of birth | 11 October 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre-back / Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2005 | Sheffield United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2007 | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
2005 | → Leigh RMI (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2006 | → Chester City (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2007–2012 | Torquay United | 179 | (11) |
2012–2013 | Preston North End | 39 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Port Vale | 61 | (3) |
2015–2016 | Ross County | 23 | (0) |
2016–2017 | AFC Wimbledon | 13 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:00, 9 March 2017 (UTC). |
Christopher Robertson (born 11 October 1986) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender; he was released by for EFL League One club AFC Wimbledon in May 2017.
He turned professional at Sheffield United in July 2005, but was released by the club after two brief loan spells at Leigh RMI and Chester City. He joined Torquay United in March 2007, and went on to spend five years with the club, helping them to win the 2009 Conference play-off final. He was sold to Preston North End for an undisclosed fee in January 2012, but left the club at the end of the 2012–13 season after losing his first team place. He signed with Port Vale in June 2013. He returned to his native Scotland with Ross County in June 2015, before signing with AFC Wimbledon in September 2016.
Robertson was born in Dundee, but moved to Nottingham with his family at the age of two. He joined Sheffield United as a trainee before he signed professional forms with the "Blades" in July 2005. Prior to this, manager Neil Warnock sent Robertson to join Leigh RMI of the Conference on loan in the 2003–04 season, and he went on to make 10 appearances for the "Leythers" under the management of Phil Starbuck.