Robbie Middleby

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Robbie Middleby
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Middleby playing for Sydney FC in 2008
Personal information
Full name Robert Middleby
Date of birth (1975-08-09) 9 August 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Newcastle, Australia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Right-back, right midfielder
Youth career
1992–1993 AIS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1994 Newcastle Breakers
1994 Adamstown Rosebud 9 (1)
1994–1996 Wollongong Wolves 35 (1)
1997–1999 KFC Uerdingen 05 27 (0)
1999–2000 Auckland Kingz 21 (1)
2000 Cringila Lions
2000–2001 Carlton SC 8 (0)
2000–2001 Wollongong Wolves 19 (1)
2001–2004 Newcastle United Jets 62 (6)
2005–2009 Sydney FC 67 (3)
2009–2010 North Queensland Fury 21 (0)
2013–2015 Green Suburbs 25 (12)
2016–2017 Valentine Eleebana
International career
1994–1995 Australia U-20 10 (7)
2002 Australia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Middleby (born 9 August 1975) is an Australian former football player who as a right-back or right midfielder. He was the CEO of the Newcastle Jets FC until 2015. He played for Sydney FC after earlier stints at Newcastle United Jets, Wollongong Wolves (twice), Carlton, Football Kingz and the Newcastle Breakers. He won the 2001 NSL title with the Wolves and the 2006 A-League title with Sydney FC and also spent time overseas with German outfit KFC Uerdingen 05.

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Career

Sydney FC

Middleby was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He saw little game time under coach Pierre Littbarski in his first season at the club, playing only 212 minutes in 16 appearances despite scoring in Sydney FC's 3–1 victory against New Zealand Knights early in the campaign. He gained favour, though, under Littbarski's replacement Terry Butcher and was a regular starter in the 2006–07 season. Despite missing part of the season with a broken collarbone after a controversial off-the-ball incident involving Melbourne Victory FC defender Adrian Leijer, [2] [3] Middleby was voted Sydney FC Players' Player of the Year for the season. [4]

Middleby accidentally broke David Beckham's rib, when Sydney FC played the Los Angeles Galaxy at ANZ Stadium in November 2007. Middleby also scored in this match.

North Queensland Fury

In November 2008, Middleby signed a contract with North Queensland Fury. He has been used in his more preferred role of right back, as well as being used in central midfield under coach Ian Ferguson. On 11 February 2010, he announced his retirement from professional football at the end of the 2009–10 season [5] Middleby played his last game against Gold Coast United FC, which North Queensland won 2–1.

Newcastle Jets

Middleby resigned as CEO for the Newcastle Jets FC in the A-League in January 2015. Upon retiring, Middleby said "I will use the next few weeks to support the mid-season review process". [6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by national team and year [7]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Australia 200250
Total50

Honours

Sydney FC

Wollongong Wolves

Individual:

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Championship Japan 2005 – Official Rosters". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 December 2005. Archived from the original on 19 December 2005.
  2. ↑ "Record crowd sees Victory down 10-man Sydney". ABC Victoria. 2 September 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Butcher wants justice". Fox Sports . 2 September 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Middleby takes top honour". a-league.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Middleby moves on". bigpondnews.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  6. ↑ "Robbie Middleby & Ray Baartz Step Down". a-league.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Middleby, Robbie". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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