Tony Roberts (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Anthony Mark Roberts | ||
| Date of birth | 4 August 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Holyhead, Wales | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Swansea City (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1982 | Bodedern | ||
| 1982–1986 | Holyhead United Juniors | ||
| 1986–1987 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1998 | Queens Park Rangers | 122 | (0) |
| 1998 | Millwall | 8 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | St. Albans City | 44 | (0) |
| 2000 | Atlanta Silverbacks | ? | (?) |
| 2000–2012 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 445 | (0) |
| Total | 619 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–1991 | Wales U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 1993–1996 | Wales | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Anthony Mark "Tony" Roberts (born 4 August 1969) is a Welsh former football goalkeeper who is currently the goalkeeping coach at Swansea City.
As a child, Roberts attended Ysgol Thomas Elis and Holyhead County School.
Roberts first became involved in football with Bodedern before joining Holyhead United Juniors at the age of twelve. After impressing one of the club's scouts, he was offered a trial with Chelsea but was forced to cancel after picking up an injury. Instead he was recommended to Queens Park Rangers by Brian Law at the age of sixteen.
He progressed through the ranks at Loftus Road, making his debut against Coventry City in December 1987. He served as understudy to David Seaman during his early years with the club before taking over as the club's first choice goalkeeper after a number of years competing with Jan Stejskal, following the departure of Seaman in 1990. A broken finger sustained in a match against Ipswich Town in January 1998 saw Roberts fall out of favour with the club, resulting in a move to Millwall at the end of the 1997–98 season. In 2003, he was given a testimonial match by the club.
Roberts played just eight times at The New Den when he suffered a recurrence of his finger injury which forced him to end his League career. He spent seven months away from football, returning in 1999 with non-League side St Albans City, making his debut in a 1–0 defeat to Slough Town. He later moved to the United States with the Atlanta Silverbacks, where he spent three months before returning to England. While playing in America, Roberts began wearing a splint inside his glove to solve his finger injury problem.
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