Ethan Robson | |
Fullname: | Ethan Robson[1] |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1996[2] |
Birth Place: | Houghton-le-Spring, England |
Height: | 1.78m (05.84feet) |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Carlisle United |
Clubnumber: | 7 |
Youthyears1: | 2004–2014 |
Youthclubs1: | Sunderland |
Years1: | 2014–2020 |
Clubs1: | Sunderland |
Caps1: | 9 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2019 |
Clubs2: | → Dundee (loan) |
Caps2: | 13 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Years3: | 2019–2020 |
Clubs3: | → Grimsby Town (loan) |
Caps3: | 16 |
Goals3: | 3 |
Years4: | 2020–2022 |
Clubs4: | Blackpool |
Caps4: | 30 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2021–2022 |
Clubs5: | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) |
Caps5: | 18 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Years6: | 2022–2024 |
Clubs6: | Milton Keynes Dons |
Caps6: | 51 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Club-Update: | 22:47, 30 June 2024 (UTC) |
Years7: | 2024– |
Clubs7: | Carlisle United |
Caps7: | 0 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Ethan Robson (born 25 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Carlisle United.
He began his career with Sunderland, and spent time on loan with Dundee and Grimsby Town, before joining Blackpool in 2020. After a stint on loan, Robson joined Milton Keynes Dons permanently for two years before signing for Carlisle United in 2024.
Robson was born in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, and attended St Robert of Newminster Catholic School in nearby Washington.[3]
Robson started his career with the youth team at local side Sunderland, joining the club at the age of eight and rose through the ranks to go to a full-time professional with the first team in the summer of 2014.[3]
He featured regularly and captained the development squad and under-23 side before signing a two-year contract extension in April 2016.[4] Robson was named the Premier League 2 Player of the Month for August 2016.[5]
He played three games for the under-21 side in the 2016–17 EFL Trophy, and also appeared as an unused substitute on several occasions for the first team. Robson made his first-team debut in September 2017, when he replaced James Vaughan as a late substitute in the 3–0 defeat to Everton in the EFL Cup. A few days later he made his league debut in the Championship in a home defeat to Cardiff City.
Robson was loaned to Dundee in January 2019.[6] He made 13 appearances in the Scottish Premiership and scored twice. On 2 September 2019, Robson headed out on loan again, this time joining League Two side Grimsby Town, where he played regularly until returning to Sunderland in January 2020.[7]
Robson was released by Sunderland when his contract expired at the end of the 2019–20 season, bringing to an end a 16-year spell with the club during which he made just nine league appearances.[8]
On 6 August 2020, Robson joined League One club Blackpool on a two-year deal with an option of a third.[9] On 11 November 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 EFL Trophy win over Leeds United U21s.[10]
Robson joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons on a season-long loan on 1 July 2021.[11] He made his league debut for the club on 7 August 2021 in a 3–3 draw away to Bolton Wanderers on 7 August 2021.[12] Robson scored his first MK Dons goal in a 1–0 home league win over Portsmouth on 11 September 2021.[13] On 17 January 2022, Robson was recalled early from his loan by Blackpool due to injuries within the squad, amid rumours MK Dons had made two failed bids to sign him permanently.[14] Robson was released from his Blackpool contract in May 2022, at the end of the 2021–2022 season.[15]
On 15 June 2022, Robson's former loan club Milton Keynes Dons announced he would be returning to the club on a permanent basis effective 1 July 2022 following his release from Blackpool.[16] On 17 May 2024, the club said he would be released in the summer when his contract expired.[17]
On 25 June 2024, EFL League Two club Carlisle United announced they had signed Robson on a two-year deal.[18] Robson would miss the start of the season with a hamstring injury which was reported to keep him out of action for roughly 3 months.[19]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Sunderland | 2014–15 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | Championship | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | League One | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |||
Sunderland U21 | 2016–17 | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
2017–18 | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
Total | — | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
Dundee (loan) | 2018–19 | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||||
Grimsby Town (loan) | 2019–20 | League Two | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |
2020–21 | League One | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 1 | |||
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 2021–22 | League One | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
Milton Keynes Dons | 2022–23 | League One | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
2023–24 | League Two | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
Total | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 1 | |||
Career total | 137 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 175 | 9 |
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