| Robbie Gotts | |
| Fullname: | Robbie Gotts[1] |
| Birth Date: | 9 November 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Harrogate, England [2] |
| Position: | Midfielder, right-back |
| Currentclub: | Barrow |
| Clubnumber: | 15 |
| Youthclubs1: | Leeds United |
| Years1: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Leeds United |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs2: | → Lincoln City (loan) |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021 |
| Clubs3: | → Salford City (loan) |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2021– |
| Clubs4: | Barrow |
| Caps4: | 115 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Club-Update: | 13:09, 17 August 2024 (UTC) |
Robbie Gotts (born 9 November 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for club Barrow, as a midfielder or right-back.
He impressed for Carlos Corberán's Leeds United under 23's side over the course the 2018–19 season,[3] winning the PDL Northern League 2018–19 season, then becoming the national Professional Development League champions by beating Birmingham City in the final.[4]
As of 12 December 2019, he had featured on the first-team substitute's bench over 30 times for the first team, but had yet to make his senior debut.[5] [6] He made his long-awaited debut by starting in the FA Cup on 6 January 2020 in a 1–0 defeat against Premier League side Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.[7]
After the English professional football season was paused in March 2020 due to Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football, the season was resumed during June, where Gotts earned promotion with Leeds to the Premier League and also become the EFL Championship Champions for the 2019-20 season in July after the successful resumption of the season.[8]
Gotts won Leeds United's Academy Player of the Year award at the clubs end of season awards on 24 July 2020.[9]
On 15 October 2020, Gotts joined Lincoln City on a season-long loan deal.[10] [11] He would make his debut at home against Portsmouth on 3 November 2020[12] and would score his first goal in what would be his final game, a EFL Trophy tie against Accrington Stanley on 12 January 2021.[13] He was recalled by Leeds United a few days later[14] and immediately sent on loan to Salford City for the remainder of the season.[15] [16] He was cup-tied for Salford's victory in the 2020 EFL Trophy Final (played in March 2021).[17]
Gotts left Leeds and signed for Barrow on 31 August 2021.[18] He won Player of the Year in his first season with the Bluebirds.[19]
Gotts was primarily a right-back but was converted by Marcelo Bielsa to play as a central midfielder. Bielsa described that he had never seen a player as "dynamic" as Gotts in his career, saying that "he’s a number eight, a midfielder. He is not offensive and not defensive. He's a number eight."
| Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Leeds United | 2019–20 | Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Lincoln City (loan) | 2020–21 | League One | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | |
| Salford City (loan) | 2020–21 | League Two | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
| Barrow | 2021–22 | League Two | 35 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3 | |
| 2022–23 | League Two | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||
| Total | 72 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 4 | |||
| Career total | 103 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 118 | 8 | |||
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