 Robert Huth playing for Middlesbrough in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Huth[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1984[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Biesdorf, East Berlin, East Germany | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | VfB Fortuna Biesdorf | ||
| 2000–2001 | Union Berlin | ||
| 2001–2002 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2006 | Chelsea | 42 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Middlesbrough | 53 | (2) |
| 2009–2015 | Stoke City | 149 | (13) |
| 2015 | → Leicester City (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2015–2018 | Leicester City | 68 | (5) |
| Total | 326 | (21) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003 | Germany U20 | ||
| 2004–2005 | Germany U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2009 | Germany | 19 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert Huth (/ˈhuːθ/,[4] German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈhuːt];[5] born 18 August 1984) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is a three-time Premier League winner and has made the most Premier League appearances (322) by a German player.[6]
Huth was signed for Chelsea from the youth system of German club 1. FC Union Berlin in 2001 by Claudio Ranieri. He struggled to establish himself in the Chelsea first team and with the likes of John Terry, William Gallas and Ricardo Carvalho ahead of him in the pecking order at Stamford Bridge, he joined Middlesbrough in August 2006 for a fee of £6 million. He spent three years at the Riverside and after the club was relegated in 2009, Huth signed for Stoke City for a then-club record fee of £5 million.
After a successful 2010–11 season for Huth which saw him play in the FA Cup final, he was named as Stoke's Player of the Year. Under the management of Tony Pulis, Huth remained a vital member of the Stoke squad in 2011–12 and 2012–13. He also played regularly under Mark Hughes in 2013–14 before he suffered a knee injury which ruled him out nearly a year. He was unable to force his way back into the team and he joined Leicester on loan in February 2015, helping them avoid relegation from the top flight. Huth then joined Leicester permanently, helping them to win the Premier League title in 2016.
Huth was also a Germany international, earning 19 caps and scoring two goals between 2004 and 2009.[7] He was part of the Germany squads which came third at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup, both on home soil.
- ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ "Robert Huth: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ LCFC (22 January 2016), Huth Looking Forward To Facing Former club, archived from the original on 12 December 2021, retrieved 22 August 2017
- ^ Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 598, 878. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
- ^ "Huth breaks Premier League record with 269 games". DFB.de. 7 December 2015.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (14 March 2019). "Robert Huth - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 March 2019.