Robert Elliot (footballer)
Elliot with Newcastle United in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Robert Elliot | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Greenwich, England | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Newcastle United | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Erith Town | |||
| Charlton Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2011 | Charlton Athletic | 96 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Notts County (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2011– | Newcastle United | 37 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014– | Republic of Ireland | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016 |
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Robert "Rob" Elliot (born 30 April 1986) is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Newcastle United and the Republic of Ireland national football team.
Elliot began his career with Erith Town, before joining Charlton Athletic's academy side. Whilst at Charlton, he was sent out on loan to Bishop's Stortford and Notts County, and also spent two loan spells at Accrington Stanley, where he was nicknamed "The Dilsh". He would then go on to be Charlton's first choice goalkeeper for a number of seasons, until he joined Newcastle United on transfer deadline day in the summer of 2011. Signed mainly as a back-up to Tim Krul, he featured for the club sporadically, but became first choice in the 2015–16 season after Krul suffered a season-ending injury.
Through the origins of his father's family, Elliot became eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland national football team, and was first called up in 2013, making his debut the following year.
Born in Greenwich, Elliot began his career with non-League side Erith Town before moving to Charlton Athletic, the team he had supported as a child, when he was 17. After becoming a professional player with the Addicks in 2004, he was sent out on loan twice during the 2004–05 season; first to Bishop's Stortford and then Notts County, where he made his Football League debut.
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