Robert Steiner (footballer) explained

Robert Steiner
Fullname:Robert Herman Steiner
Birth Date:20 June 1973
Birth Place:Finspång, Sweden
Position:Striker
Years1:1992–1997
Clubs1:IFK Norrköping
Caps1:16
Goals1:2
Years2:1996–1997
Clubs2:Bradford City (loan)
Caps2:16
Goals2:3
Years3:1997–1999
Clubs3:Bradford City
Caps3:37
Goals3:10
Years4:1998
Clubs4:Queens Park Rangers (loan)
Caps4:8
Goals4:1
Years5:1999
Clubs5:Queens Park Rangers (loan)
Caps5:4
Goals5:2
Years6:1999
Clubs6:Walsall (loan)
Caps6:10
Goals6:3
Years7:1999–2000
Clubs7:Queens Park Rangers
Caps7:24
Goals7:6
Totalcaps:115
Totalgoals:27
Nationalyears1:1997
Nationalteam1:Sweden
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:1

Robert Herman Steiner (born 20 June 1973) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented IFK Norrköping, Bradford City, Queens Park Rangers, and Walsall during a career that spanned between 1992 and 2000. He won three caps and scored one goal for the Sweden national team in 1997.

Career

Steiner started out playing football in his homeland with IFK Norrköping. He moved to England in 1996, originally on loan to Bradford City when manager Chris Kamara signed Steiner, fellow Swede Magnus Pehrsson and Norwegian striker Ole Bjørn Sundgot. Steiner was the most successful of the three after scoring three league goals during his loan spell, and more famously one of the three goals in the 3–2 FA Cup triumph over Everton.[1] Steiner's form earned him a call-up to the national side. He won three caps and scored one goal.[2]

Kamara bought the Swede for £500,000 the following summer. In his first and only full season at Valley Parade he forged a deadly partnership with Brazilian Edinho. The pair each scored ten goals and were the club's leading goalscorers during 1997–98. The following summer new manager Paul Jewell was given cash to spend by chairman Geoffrey Richmond and Steiner fell out of favour. He played just one League Cup game in 1998–99 in a 1–1 draw with Lincoln City.

Steiner was loaned out twice to Queens Park Rangers and once to Walsall before he was signed permanently by QPR for £215,000. But after just 24 games and six goals he was forced to retire due to injury at just 27 in November 2000.[3]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Steiner goal.

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DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 January 1997National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand3–13–11997 King's Cup[5]

Honours

Sweden

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toffee Web . Everton v Bradford . 30 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080110231741/http://www.toffeeweb.com/SEASON/96-97/reports/bradfd_h.htm . 10 January 2008.
  2. Web site: Footballslandslaget . Statistik . https://web.archive.org/web/20010609200325/http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm . dead . 9 June 2001 . 30 January 2008. sv.
  3. News: BBC Sport . Steiner forced to quit . 2 November 2000 . 30 January 2008.
  4. Web site: Robert Steiner - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll. 2021-10-01. www.svenskfotboll.se.. sv.
  5. Web site: Thailand - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll. 2021-10-01. www.svenskfotboll.se. sv.
  6. Web site: King's Cup 1997 . 2022-07-21 . RSSSF.