Tony Roberts (footballer)

Tony Roberts
Roberts with Wales at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Anthony Mark Roberts[1]
Date of birth (1969-08-04) 4 August 1969 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth Holyhead, Wales
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Norwich City (Head of goalkeeping)
Youth career
1979–1982 Bodedern
1982–1986 Holyhead United Juniors
1986–1987 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1998 Queens Park Rangers 122 (0)
1998 Millwall 8 (0)
1999–2000 St. Albans City 44 (0)
2000 Atlanta Silverbacks ? (0)
2000–2012 Dagenham & Redbridge 445 (1)
Total 619 (1)
International career
1990–1991 Wales U21 2 (0)
1993–1996 Wales 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anthony Mark Roberts (born 4 August 1969) is a Welsh football coach and former professional footballer, who is the head of goalkeeping at EFL Championship club Norwich City.[2]

As a player, he was as a goalkeeper who notably played in the Premier League for Queens Park Rangers over various seasons before dropping down into the Football League with the club in 1996. He later played for Millwall, St. Albans City, Atlanta Silverbacks and Dagenham & Redbridge. He was capped twice by Wales.

Since retiring, Roberts moved into coaching and returned to Queens Park Rangers before later becoming an academy coach at Arsenal. He has since worked as a goalkeeping coach for Swansea City, Hebei China Fortune, Birmingham City and AC Milan.

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
  2. ^ "Tony Roberts appointed head of goalkeeping". Norwich City F.C. 27 September 2024.