Matt Robinson (footballer, born 1994)

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Matthew Robinson
Personal information
Full name Matthew James Robinson[1]
Date of birth (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Leicester, England
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Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2010–2012 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Luton Town 47 (3)
2014 → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 6 (0)
2015 → Grimsby Town (loan) 7 (1)
2015–2016 → Woking (loan) 26 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:37, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Matthew James "Matt" Robinson (born 1 June 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Leicester, Leicestershire,[1] Robinson began his career as a youth player in the Leicester City academy. He made 43 appearances in the youth team over the course of two seasons, scoring 14 goals, but was not offered a contract and left the club in early 2012.[3] Following his release, he produced a video with footage from his time in the Leicester academy to try and win a professional contract.[4]

Robinson went on trial with Conference Premier club Luton Town later in 2012 and impressed manager Paul Buckle enough in pre-season to be offered a two-year professional contract.[3] He made his Luton debut in a 2–0 away win over Kidderminster Harriers on 14 August 2012, coming on as a late substitute.[5] He made five further substitute appearances and two starts under Buckle's management,[6] before John Still was appointed as Luton manager on 26 February 2013.[7] Still used Robinson in a starting role in six league games,[6] scoring his first senior goal for the club in a 3–1 win at Southport on the final game of the 2012–13 season.[8][9] In June 2013, Robinson signed a contract extension until the summer of 2015.[10]

Robinson was primarily an unused substitute for much of the first half of the 2013–14 season, though he did play in the team's FA Cup and FA Trophy games.[6] On 26 December 2013, fellow Luton midfielder Jonathan Smith suffered a double leg break during a 2–1 away win over Barnet,[11] promoting Robinson to a more regular place in the team.[12] He went on to play in all but one of Luton's matches in the second half of the season.[6] He scored his first goal of the campaign in a 3–0 home win over Chester on 22 March 2014,[13] scoring his second three days later in a 2–1 away win over Grimsby Town.[14] 19-year-old Robinson, who played alongside 18-year-old Cameron McGeehan and 20-year-old Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu in a youthful midfield trio, was praised by John Still for his performances.[15] Luton won the Conference Premier title with three games to spare of the 2013–14 season, with Robinson playing in a total of 31 games.[16]

He made his Football League debut on 9 August 2014 as Luton beat Carlisle United 1–0.[17] On 1 October 2014, Robinson signed a three-year contract extension to keep him at Luton until 2017.[18]

On 31 October 2014, Robinson joined Kidderminster Harriers on a one-month loan.[19] He went on to make six appearances for the Harriers before returning to Luton,[6] declining the chance to stay for a further month to fight for his place at Luton.[20] He made a total of 12 appearances for Luton throughout the season, but was placed on the club's transfer list in May 2015 alongside five other players.[21]

On 21 August 2015, Robinson joined National League club Grimsby Town on a one-month loan.[22]

On 23 October 2015, Robinson joined Woking on a one-month loan after failing to impress at Grimsby Town.[23] A day later, he made his Woking debut in the FA Cup, featuring in a 3–0 shock defeat to Maidenhead United.[24] On 19 December 2015, Robinson scored his first Woking goal in a 5–1 thrashing over Gateshead, in which he poked home a cross from Dan Holman.[25] On 14 January 2016, Robinson's loan deal at Woking was extended until the end of the season.[26] He made 31 appearances for the club, scoring two goals during his loan spell.[6]

On 10 May 2016, Luton announced that Robinson had once again been placed on the transfer list.[27][28] However, just one week later, he was released from his contract by mutual consent one year early as part of the reorganisation of the squad by Luton manager Nathan Jones.[29][30] He made 47 league appearances and scored three goals since joining the club in 2012.[30]

Personal life

Robinson is a grime MC, performing under the stage name Kamakaze.[31]

Career statistics

As of match played 30 April 2016.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Luton Town 2012–13[32] Conference Premier 11 1 2 0 — 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 15 1
2013–14[6] Conference Premier 27 2 1 0 — 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 31 2
2014–15[33] League Two 9 0 1 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 12 0
Total 47 3 4 0 1 0 6 0 58 3
Kidderminster Harriers (loan) 2014–15[33] Conference Premier 6 0 — — — 6 0
Grimsby Town (loan) 2015–16[34] National League 7 1 — — — 7 1
Woking (loan) 2015–16[6] National League 26 2 1 0 — 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 31 2
Career total 86 6 5 0 1 0 10 0 102 6
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy

Honours

Luton Town

References

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