Robert Green
Green in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Robert Paul Green | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Chertsey, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leeds United | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1999 | Norwich City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2006 | Norwich City | 223 | (0) |
| 2006–2012 | West Ham United | 219 | (0) |
| 2012–2016 | Queens Park Rangers | 121 | (0) |
| 2016– | Leeds United | 35 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997 | England U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 1998 | England U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2006 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2012 | England | 12 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:22, 4 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:22, 4 March 2017 (UTC) |
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Robert Paul Green (born 18 January 1980) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship club Leeds United. He has played for the England national team.
Green made his first-team debut for Norwich City in 1999 and totalled 241 appearances across all competitions for them, making the PFA Team of the Year when they won the First Division in 2003–04. In 2006, he transferred to West Ham United, making the same number of appearances in a six-year spell in which he was their Player of the Year in 2008 and won promotion via the Championship play-offs in 2012. He then moved on a free transfer to Queens Park Rangers, winning the play-offs again in 2014. In July 2016, Green joined Leeds United on a one-year contract.
Green represented England at under-16, under-18 and B level. He made his debut for the full England squad in 2005. Green was cut from England's 2006 FIFA World Cup squad due to injury but featured in the 2010 edition, in which he started the competition as England's first choice goalkeeper but was dropped after an error cost England a win against the United States. He was also in their squad for UEFA Euro 2012.
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