Tyler Roberts

Tyler Roberts
Roberts in 2019
Personal information
Full name Tyler D'Whyte Roberts[1]
Date of birth (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Gloucester, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Northampton Town
(on loan from Birmingham City)
Number 19
Youth career
2006–2016 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 West Bromwich Albion 1 (0)
2016–2017Oxford United (loan) 14 (0)
2017Shrewsbury Town (loan) 13 (4)
2017–2018Walsall (loan) 17 (5)
2018–2023 Leeds United 101 (9)
2022–2023Queens Park Rangers (loan) 18 (3)
2023– Birmingham City 17 (0)
2024–Northampton Town (loan) 9 (0)
International career
2015–2016 Wales U17 8 (2)
2015–2016 Wales U19 6 (1)
2016–2017 Wales U20 2 (0)
2017–2018 Wales U21 5 (1)
2018– Wales 20 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:20, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:20, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

Tyler D'Whyte Roberts (born 12 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for EFL League One club Northampton Town, on loan from divisional rivals Birmingham City, and for the Wales national football team.

Roberts is an academy graduate of West Bromwich Albion and made his professional debut for the club in May 2016. Loan spells in League One with Oxford United, Shrewsbury Town and Walsall followed before he joined Leeds United in January 2018. In the 2019-2020 season, Roberts was a member of the Leeds squad that won the 2019–20 EFL Championship title and promotion to the Premier League under manager Marcelo Bielsa. He spent the 2022–23 season on loan at Queens Park Rangers before joining Birmingham City in June 2023.

He made his senior Wales debut in 2018, having previously represented the nation at various youth levels, and represented Wales at UEFA Euro 2020. A versatile forward, he can play as a striker, winger or attacking midfielder.

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2018 and 31/01/2018". The Football Association. p. 8. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Tyler Roberts". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 March 2020.