Robbie Findley

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For those of a similar name, see Robert Finley and Robert Findlay (disambiguation).

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Robbie Findley
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Robbie Findley playing for Nottingham Forest
Personal information
Full name Robert Findley
Date of birth (1985-08-04) August 4, 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Position(s) Forward, Winger
Youth career
2003–2006 Oregon State Beavers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Boulder Rapids Reserve 17 (15)
2007 LA Galaxy 9 (2)
2007–2010 Real Salt Lake 96 (29)
2011–2013 Nottingham Forest 25 (3)
2012 → Gillingham (loan) 7 (0)
2013–2014 Real Salt Lake 41 (7)
2015 Toronto FC 25 (2)
International career‡
2008 United States U23 5 (0)
2007–2010 United States 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 26, 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 23, 2013

Robert "Robbie" Findley (born August 4, 1985) is an American soccer player who last played for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer as a forward. He has also been capped by the United States national team, making his international debut in 2007.

Findley played college soccer for the Oregon State Beavers and amateur soccer for the Boulder Rapids Reserve before turning professional in 2007; he played in Major League Soccer for Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake, before moving to English club Nottingham Forest in January 2011.

Early and personal life

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Findley attended Shadow Mountain High School, graduating in 2003.[1]

Findley is a cousin of basketball players Mike Bibby and Eddie House, and American football wide receiver Shaun McDonald.[1]

Club career

College and amateur

Findley began his career playing college soccer at Oregon State University.[2] Findley spent two seasons with the Boulder Rapids Reserve of the USL Premier Development League.[3]

Major League Soccer

Findley was selected by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the second round of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft as the sixteenth pick overall.[4]

On June 21, 2007, Findley was traded along with midfielder Nathan Sturgis to Real Salt Lake in exchange for veteran forward Chris Klein.[5] He joined Danish Superliga side Brøndby on trial in January 2009.[6] However, he failed to secure a contract with the club and returned to Salt Lake. In the following season, he had three multi-goal matches, including the first hat trick in franchise history.[7]

In the 2009 MLS Cup Final, Findley scored in the 64th minute, tying the match at 1–1; Salt Lake later emerged victorious in penalty kicks, claiming the MLS Cup in one of the biggest upsets in the history of the MLS Cup final.[8]

Findley's contract with Real Salt Lake expired at the end of the 2010 MLS season, and he announced his intentions to leave MLS and move to Europe.[9] Despite this statement of intent, Findley was selected by Portland Timbers in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft, enabling Portland to retain his MLS rights should he ever choose to return to the league.[10]

Nottingham Forest

After a short trial with English club Wolverhampton Wanderers in mid-December 2010, Findley was signed as a free agent by English Championship club Nottingham Forest on December 23, 2010, subject to receiving a work permit. His work permit was approved at a F.A. hearing in London on January 15, 2011.[11] Findley incurred a thigh injury in training shortly after joining Forest and became unavailable until Spring 2011.[12] After several months on the sidelines, Findley finally made his debut for Forest on April 22, 2011, coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 victory over East Midlands rivals Leicester City.[13]

Findley made his full competitive debut for Forest on August 8, 2011 in a home fixture against Notts County in the first round of the 2011–12 Football League Cup. Findley scored Forest's second goal - his first goal for the club - after having an earlier effort ruled out for offside. He also converted his penalty in the match's penalty shoot-out, which Forest won.[14] Forest manager Steve McClaren said: "He can have a big impact in the Championship. He is as fast as lightning. He is quick, he covers a lot of ground, he works for the team, he defends when he has to and, most importantly, he can get a goal".[15] After struggling for first-team opportunities in 2012, Findley was loaned to League Two club Gillingham on September 21, 2012 for an initial period of one month.[16] He made his debut for Gillingham in a 2-0 away win at Port Vale, and supplied the cross for the first goal.[17] Vale manager Micky Adams stated that "the pace of Findley scared the life out of" his team.[18] After seven appearances for the Gills, Findley returned to Forest.[19]

On January 14, 2013 Nottingham Forest announced that Findley's contract had been terminated by mutual consent.[20]

Return to Major League Soccer

Following his release from Forest, Real Salt Lake acquired Findley's MLS rights from Portland in exchange for allocation money and re-signed him on January 16, 2013.[21]

On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Salt Lake had declined their option Findley's contract.[22] Findley entered the 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft on December 12, 2014 and was chosen in the first round of stage one by Toronto FC.[23] He scored a goal in his first game for Toronto to start the 2015 season.[24]

International career

Findley made his international debut for the United States national team in October 2007[1][25] and made three appearances at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.[26]

Career statistics

As of 20 December 2014[1][25][27]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Boulder Rapids Reserve 2005 9 10 – – – – – – 9 2
2006 8 5 – – – – – – 8 5
Total 17 15 – – – – – – 17 15
Los Angeles Galaxy 2007 9 2 – – 0 0 9 2
Total 9 2 – – 0 0 9 2
Real Salt Lake 2007 16 6 – – 0 0 16 6
2008 29 6 – – 3 0 32 6
2009 27 12 – – 4 3 31 15
2010 24 5 – – 2 1 26 6
Total 96 29 – – 9 4 107 33
Nottingham Forest 2010–11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2011–12 23 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 27 6
2012–13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 25 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 29 6
Gillingham (loan) 2012–13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Total 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Real Salt Lake 2013 25 6 5 2 30 8
2014 16 1 1 0 17 1
Total 41 7 6 2 47 9
Toronto FC 2015 1 1 1 1
Total 1 1 1 1
Career totals 196 55 1 0 18 9 215 64

References

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  21. ↑ http://www.realsaltlake.com/news/2013/01/real-salt-lake-acquires-rights-robbie-findley-portland
  22. ↑ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/12/01/real-salt-lake-begin-retooling-roster-decline-options-robbie-findley-three-o
  23. ↑ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/12/12/former-sporting-kansas-city-goalkeepers-eric-kronberg-andy-gruenebaum-taken-
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  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Robbie Findley at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  26. ↑ Robbie Findley – FIFA competition record
  27. ↑ Robbie Findley career statistics at Soccerbase
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