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Robbie Blake

Robbie Blake
Personal information
Full name Robert James Blake
Date of birth (1976-03-04) 4 March 1976 (age 41)
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Striker / Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1994 Darlington
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Darlington 68 (21)
1995–1996 Waterford United (loan) 2 (0)
1997–2002 Bradford City 153 (40)
2000 Nottingham Forest (loan) 11 (1)
2002–2005 Burnley 120 (42)
2005 Birmingham City 11 (2)
2005–2007 Leeds United 77 (19)
2007–2010 Burnley 122 (19)
2010–2012 Bolton Wanderers 9 (1)
2012–2013 Doncaster Rovers 7 (0)
2013 Team Northumbria
Total 580 (145)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Robert James "Robbie" Blake (born 4 March 1976) is an English footballer. He began his career as a striker but has increasingly been used as midfielder in the latter part of his career.

He began his professional career with Darlington in 1994 and went on to make more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing for Bradford City, Nottingham Forest, Burnley, Birmingham City, Leeds United, Bolton Wanderers and Doncaster Rovers. Blake has been the subject of many transfers throughout his career, with career total transfer fees reaching £3.6 million.

Born in Middlesbrough, England, Blake began his professional football career at Division Three side Darlington in the 1994–95 season after signing on from the youth academy. He spent the first few seasons of his career playing at Feethams, and also was loaned out to Waterford United during the 1995–96 season, making some 68 league appearances and scoring 21 goals before the club received an offer, from then Division One side, Bradford City in March 1997. Bradford made a £300,000 offer for the player which Darlington accepted.


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