Philip John Robinson (born 6 January 1967) is an English former footballer who played as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

for Aston Villa,

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional association football, football club based in Wolverhampton, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league s ...

, Notts County,

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. The team compete in the ...

, Huddersfield Town, Northampton Town, Chesterfield, Stoke City, Hereford United and Stafford Rangers. He is Manchester City's international youth scouting and recruitment manager.

Career

Robinson was born in

Stafford Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about south of Stoke-on-Trent, north of Wolverhampton, and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 71,673 at the 2021–2022 United Kingd ...

and began his career with Aston Villa in 1985. He then played for

for two seasons which ended with back to back promotions and then achieved the same feat with Notts County. After a short loan spell with

, during which he was part of the side that won the 1990–91 Associate Members' Cup, Robinson played two years at Huddersfield Town and played on loan for Northampton Town before joining Chesterfield helping the side gain promotion 1994–95 and then made a return to Notts County where he enjoyed his fifth promotion in 1997–98. Robinson joined Stoke City in June 1998 and played 44 times in 1998–99 and was made captain by Gary Megson for the 1999–2000 campaign. He then went on to play for Hereford United to later become player-coach under manager Graham Turner. Robinson spent six years as manager of home-town club Stafford Rangers. Appointed in summer 2002 after a spell with Hereford United, he guided the team to four high-finishing positions in the league, promotion back to the Conference, three Staffordshire Senior Cup finals, FA Cup first round three times and FA Trophy quarter-finals. He resigned on 2 December 2007.

Later career

He graduated from the University of Salford in 1999 with a degree in physiotherapy. In June 2008, he took up a temporary coaching role with Cheltenham Town to cover for the absence through injury of Bob Bloomer. In October 2008, he joined Birmingham City to oversee recruitment to their

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. Robinson was then appointed as head of talent identification at Aston Villa before joining Manchester City as international youth scouting and recruitment manager.

Career statistics

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Honours

Wolverhampton Wanderers * Football League Fourth Division champions: 1987–88 *

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champions: 1988–89 Notts County *

third-place promotion: 1989–90 *

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play-off winner:

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champions: 1997–98 Birmingham City * Associate Members' Cup winners:

Chesterfield *

third-place promotion: 1994–95

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Phil 1967 births Living people Footballers from Stafford English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Aston Villa F.C. players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Hereford United F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players English football managers Stafford Rangers F.C. managers Cheltenham Town F.C. non-playing staff Alumni of the University of Salford