 Elliot with Newcastle United in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Elliot[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1986[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Greenwich, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crawley Town (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Erith Town | |||
| Charlton Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2011 | Charlton Athletic | 96 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Bishop's Stortford (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Notts County (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | → Accrington Stanley (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2011–2020 | Newcastle United | 55 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Gateshead | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 191 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Republic of Ireland | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2023–2024 | Gateshead | ||
| 2024– | Crawley Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:10, 14 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
Robert Elliot (born 30 April 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper who is currently head coach of EFL League One side Crawley Town. Elliot also played for the Republic of Ireland national team.
Elliot began his career with Erith Town, before joining Charlton Athletic's academy side. Whilst at Charlton, he was sent out on loan to Bishop's Stortford and Notts County, and also spent two loan spells at Accrington Stanley, where he was nicknamed "The Dilsh". He would then go on to be Charlton's first choice goalkeeper for a number of seasons, until he joined Newcastle United on transfer deadline day in the summer of 2011. Signed mainly as a back-up to Tim Krul, he featured for the club sporadically, but became first choice in the 2015–16 season after Krul suffered a season-ending injury.
Through the origins of his father's family, Elliot became eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland national football team, and was first called up in 2013, making his debut the following year. Elliot retired from the first team in 2017.[4]
In June 2020 Elliot was released by Newcastle United after nine years.[5] In January 2021, Elliot signed for Watford until the end of the 2020–21 season.[6] In June 2021, Elliot signed a new 2-year contract with Watford.[7]
- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ "Robert Elliot". Premier League. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Rob Elliot pulls out of Republic of Ireland squad". NUFC The Mag. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ McCormick, Sean (26 June 2020). "Rob Elliot and Jamie Sterry's classy message to Newcastle after their departures were confirmed". nechronicle. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Official: Elliot Joins Hornets". www.watfordfc.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "A return to the Premier League for Rob Elliot as he agrees new deal with Watford". theathletic.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.