Jason Roberts (footballer)
Roberts in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jason Andre Davis Roberts | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Park Royal, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Hayes | 50 | (16) |
| 1997–1998 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Torquay United (loan) | 14 | (6) |
| 1998 | → Bristol City (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 1998–2000 | Bristol Rovers | 78 | (38) |
| 2000–2004 | West Bromwich Albion | 91 | (25) |
| 2003–2004 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Wigan Athletic | 93 | (37) |
| 2006–2012 | Blackburn Rovers | 134 | (24) |
| 2012–2014 | Reading | 28 | (6) |
| Total | 501 | (154) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–2008 | Grenada | 12 | (8) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:33, 14 November 2012 (UTC). |
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Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE (born 25 January 1978) is a Grenadian former professional footballer who is now employed by BBC Sport as a football pundit.
Born in Park Royal, London, Roberts was playing football from an early age, and spent time in the youth academies at several professional clubs, but was not retained. After a spell in non-league football with Hayes, he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1997. He failed to make a first-team appearance for Wolves, and had loan spells at Torquay United and Bristol City before signing for Bristol Rovers in 1998. He quickly established himself in the first team, scoring 38 goals in his two seasons at the club.
After the club failed to gain promotion, Roberts handed in a transfer request and was sold to West Bromwich Albion in July 2000. His goals helped the team reach the First Division play-offs in his first season at the club. West Brom then won promotion to the Premier League in the following season. Roberts scored three goals in his first Premier League season as the club were relegated back down to the First Division. He was loaned out to Portsmouth at the start of the 2003–04 season, and was then sold to Wigan Athletic in January 2004. Roberts went on to score 21 goals in Wigan's promotion-winning campaign in the 2004–05 season, and won the club's Player of the Year award at the end of the season. His goals in the following season helped the club finish tenth in its inaugural Premier League campaign, as well as taking the team to the 2006 Football League Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium – the club's first ever major cup final.
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