Ethan Robson

Ethan Robson (born 25 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sunderland.[3]

Ethan Robson
Personal information
Full name Ethan Robson[1]
Date of birth (1996-10-25) 25 October 1996[2]
Place of birth Houghton-le-Spring, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sunderland
Number 21
Youth career
2004–2014 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2020 Sunderland 9 (0)
2019 → Dundee (loan) 13 (2)
2019–2020 → Grimsby Town (loan) 16 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:17, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Robson was born in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear and attended St Robert of Newminster Catholic School in nearby Washington.[4] He started his career with the youth team at local side Sunderland, joining the club at the age of eight and rose through the ranks to go to a full-time professional with the first team in the summer of 2014.[4]

He featured regularly and captained the development squad and under-23 side before signing a two-year contract extension in April 2016.[5] He played three games for the under-21 side in the 2016–17 EFL Trophy, while also appearing as an unused substitute on several occasions for the first team.[6] He made his professional debut for the first team in September 2017, when he replaced James Vaughan as a late substitute in the 3–0 defeat to Everton in the EFL Cup.[7] A few days later he made his league debut in the EFL Championship in a home defeat to Cardiff City.[7]

Robson was loaned to Dundee in January 2019.[8]

On 2 September 2019, Robson headed out on loan again, this time joining League Two side Grimsby Town until January 2020.[9]

It was announced on 17 June 2020 that Robson would be leaving Sunderland, bring to an end his 16 years with the club[10]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 2014–15[11] Premier League 000000—00
2015–16[12] Premier League 000000—00
2016–17[6] Premier League 000000—00
2017–18[7] Championship 901010—110
2018–19[13] League One 0000003[lower-alpha 1]131
2019–20[14] League One 00—00—00
Total 90101031141
Sunderland U23/U21 2016–17[6] ———3[lower-alpha 1]030
2017–18[7] ———3[lower-alpha 1]030
Total ——6060
Dundee (loan) 2018–19[13] Scottish Premiership 132———132
Grimsby Town (loan) 2019–20[14] League Two 163201020213
Career total 3853020111546
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Grimsby Town" (PDF). English Football League. p. 31. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. "Ethan Robson". 11v11. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. "Premier League clubs publish retained lists".
  4. "Ethan Robson Profile". Sunderland A.F.C. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. Hunter, James (1 April 2016). "Sunderland hand young talent a two-year contract extension". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  8. "Dundee sign Scott Wright, Ryan McGowan, Ethan Robson and John O'Sullivan on loan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  9. "Ethan Robson: Grimsby Town sign Sunderland midfielder on loan". BBC Sport. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  10. https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/sunderland-retained-list-duncan-watmore-one-five-leave-jon-mclaughlin-chris-maguire-and-tom-flanagan-offered-new-deals-2887477
  11. "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  12. "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  13. "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  14. "Games played by Ethan Robson in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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