Gerald Robinson (born September 15, 1984) is an American-Dutch

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player, who has played for multiple professional teams in

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. The 230 lb, 6 ft 9

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attended

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, and started his career in the

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LEB Bronze league with

Oviedo CB Oviedo Club Baloncesto, also known as Alimerka Oviedo Baloncesto for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Oviedo, Asturias, that plays in the Spanish LEB Oro league. History First years Oviedo CB was founded in 2004 to ...

and later

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. Later on Robinson played for teams in

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, the

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and

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. Robinson also played for the Dutch National team.

Playing career

Robinson spent the 2010–2011 season with

Haukar Knattspyrnufélagið Haukar ( en, Hawks F.C.) is an Icelandic multi-sport club from Hafnarfjörður with divisions in Football, Handball, Basketball, Karate, Skiing & Chess. Club history The club was founded on 12 April 1931, when 13 young boys ...

where he averaged 20.6 points and league leading 13.6 rebounds during the regular season. In January 2014, he signed with Höttur of the Höttur where he averaged 21.9 points and 9.6 rebounds during the regular season and playoffs. Robinson spent the 2017–2018 season with the

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of the

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, averaging 13.8 points and 6.1 rebounds. In June, 2018, Robinson signed with

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of the Úrvalsdeild karla. He was released by Njarðvík on 27 September 2018 prior to the start of the

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. In October he signed with ÍR. In 22 regular season games, Robinson averaged 18.3 points and team leading 9.5 rebounds per game. On April 1, 2019, he helped ÍR to victory in game 5 of its first-round playoff series against second seeded

. With the victory, ÍR became the third team in the Úrvalsdeild history to come back from a 0–2 deficit and win a best-of-five series. On April 19, he scored 22 points in ÍR's game 5 victory against top seeded

Stjarnan Ungmennafélagið Stjarnan, commonly known as Stjarnan, is an Icelandic multi-sports club specialising in handball, football, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics located in Garðabær.and in the top 10 in the World and they have won the League ...

, helping ÍR to the Úrvalsdeild finals. On August 25, 2019, Robinson signed with

with whom he previously played during the 2010–11 Úrvalsdeild season. On 4 August 2020, Robinson signed with 1. deild karla club Sindri Höfn. In 19 games, he averaged 22.3 points and 10.1 rebounds per game for Sindri which finished with the third best record in the league. In July 2021, Robinson signed with rival 1. deild club

Körfuknattleiksfélag Selfoss Körfuknattleiksfélag Selfoss, commonly known as Selfoss-Basket (''Icelandic: Selfoss-Karfa''), is a basketball club in Selfoss (town), Selfoss, Iceland. Its men's team currently plays in the 1. deild karla (basketball), 1. deild karla. History T ...

. During his first season with the club, he averaged 24.2 points and 12.6 rebounds per game.

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