Ethan Robson (born 25 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League One club Milton Keynes Dons.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ethan Robson[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1996-10-25) 25 October 1996 (age 26)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Houghton-le-Spring, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
Number | 8 | ||
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) |
2020–2022 | Blackpool | 30 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 18 | (1) |
2022– | Milton Keynes Dons | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 15 October 2022 (UTC) |
He began his career with Sunderland, and spent time on loan with Dundee and Grimsby Town, before joining Blackpool in 2020.
Robson was born in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, and attended St Robert of Newminster Catholic School in nearby Washington.[3]
Robson 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.[3]
He featured regularly and captained the development squad and under-23 side before signing a two-year contract extension in April 2016.[4] Robson was named the Premier League 2 Player of the Month for August 2016.[5]
He played three games for the under-21 side in the 2016–17 EFL Trophy, and also appeared as an unused substitute on several occasions for the first team.[6] Robson made his first-team debut 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 Championship in a home defeat to Cardiff City.[7]
Robson was loaned to Dundee in January 2019.[8] He made 13 appearances in the Scottish Premiership and scored twice.[9] On 2 September 2019, Robson headed out on loan again, this time joining League Two side Grimsby Town, where he played regularly until returning to Sunderland in January 2020.[10][9]
Robson was released by Sunderland when his contract expired at the end of the 2019–20 season, bringing to an end a 16-year spell with the club during which he made just nine league appearances.[11]
On 6 August 2020, Robson joined League One club Blackpool on a two-year deal with an option of a third.[12] On 11 November 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 EFL Trophy win over Leeds United U21s.[13]
Robson joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons on a season-long loan on 1 July 2021.[14] He made his league debut for the club on 7 August 2021 in a 3–3 draw away to Bolton Wanderers on 7 August 2021.[15] Robson scored his first MK Dons goal in a 1–0 home league win over Portsmouth on 11 September 2021.[16] On 17 January 2022, Robson was recalled early from his loan by Blackpool due to injuries within the squad, amid rumours MK Dons had made two failed bids to sign him permanently.[17] Robson was released from his Blackpool contract in May 2022, at the end of the 2021–2022 season.[18]
On 15 June 2022, Robson's former loan club Milton Keynes Dons announced he would be returning to the club on a permanent basis effective 1 July 2022 following his release from Blackpool.[19]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sunderland | 2014–15[20] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2015–16[21] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2016–17[6] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2017–18[7] | Championship | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | ||
2018–19[9] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
2019–20[22] | League One | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 | ||
Sunderland U21 | 2016–17[6] | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
2017–18[7] | — | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
Total | — | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
Dundee (loan) | 2018–19[9] | Scottish Premiership | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
Grimsby Town (loan) | 2019–20[22] | League Two | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 21 | 3 |
Blackpool | 2020–21[23] | League One | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 36 | 1 |
2021–22[24] | Championship | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 1 | ||
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 2021–22[24] | League One | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 23 | 1 |
Milton Keynes Dons | 2022–23[25] | League One | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Career total | 93 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 127 | 9 |
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