Ger Robinson (born 9 June 1982 in

Dunboyne Dunboyne () is a town in Meath, Ireland. It is a commuter town for Dublin. In the 20 years between the 1996 and 2016 censuses, the population of Dunboyne more than doubled from 3,080 to 7,272 inhabitants. Location Dunboyne is centred on the ...

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striker, who last played for

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in the

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. He is also involved in

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and has managed the Meath under-20 county team.

Biography

Robinson was signed by

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as an apprentice at age 14 and trained alongside the likes of

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, Juninho and

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as a youngster with Middlesbrough. Despite showing promise, he was never promoted to the senior team, and after

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went bankrupt he returned to Ireland on loan at

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He scored on his

debut at home to Shels on 27 August 2001 and at the end of the season he picked up an FAI Cup winner's medal. He then had spells with

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and

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before changing codes to play GAA. For Longford he scored one goal in 7 total appearances He picked up a

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winner's medal for St Peters Dunboyne in the following years, where he was man of the match in the fina

Robinson returned to soccer when his uncle John Ryan gave him a chance to line out for

while maintaining his GAA commitments at the same time. In the 2006 seasons and the 2007 seasons he played for Kildare County only in the latter end of the season due to GAA commitments. In this spell he scored 10 goals in 15 games. In 2008, he committed solely to soccer and played the entire season but only scored 1 goal in 31 appearances. He did not play for Kildare County F.C., The Thoroughbreds after that. Following his retirement, he became manager of St Peters Dunboyne. He managed the Meath under-20 football team from 2019 until 2020. On 10 December 2020, it was announced that he would become manager of Clogherinkoe.Robinson Appointmented Manager Of Clogherinhoe Senior Footballers.
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Honours

Soccer

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: 2002

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- 2022

GAA

: 1 ** St Peters Dunboyne - 2005

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Ger 1982 births Living people Association footballers from County Meath Men's association football forwards Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Scarborough F.C. players League of Ireland players Dundalk F.C. players Kilkenny City A.F.C. players Monaghan United F.C. players Longford Town F.C. players Kildare County F.C. players St Peter's Dunboyne Gaelic footballers Gaelic footballers who switched code Gaelic football managers