Robert David Crawford (born 19 March 1993) is a Scottish retired

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who is an assistant coach

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club

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. He has previously played for

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, FH,

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, and

as well as spending time on loan at

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and

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. They compete in as a member of the Scottish Professional Football League. According to the official club hist ...

Career

Playing career

Crawford joined Rangers aged eight and played in the club's youth sides before progressing to the first team in the 2012–13 season when the club was demoted to the bottom division. Despite featuring as an unused substitute in the previous season, Crawford made his professional debut on 29 July 2012 in a

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against

Brechin City Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the townDespite the name of the football club, Brechin is not an official city. Brechin was historically known as a city because it has a cathedral. of Brechin in Angus. The club w ...

. He went on to score his first goal for the club on 23 September in a league match against Montrose and went on to finish the season with a total of five goals and 27 appearances. Crawford joined

on loan for the first part of the 2014–15 season. He made his first Rangers appearance in over a year against Hearts. The following season on 1 September 2015, Crawford joined

on a season-long loan. On 18 August 2016, Crawford had his contract with Rangers terminated. He signed a short-term contract with

in November 2016. On 23 December 2016, it was announced that Crawford mutually terminated his contract with Raith Rovers. In January 2017, Crawford played three games for

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side

, scoring two goals before heading to America. He appeared in one pre-season game for U.S. club

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. On 5 April 2017, he joined Icelandic champions FH. On 15 January 2019,

announced the signing of Crawford on a one-year contract. On 4 February 2020, Crawford joined

club

. On 1 April 2022, Crawford joined USL Championship club

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. On July 21, 2022, Crawford made the move back to

. Crawford announced his retirement in January 2025.

Coaching career

Following his retirement in January 2025, Crawford joined the technical staff of

as an assistant coach.

Career statistics

Honours

;Rangers *

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: 2012–13 *

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: 2013–14 ;Greenock Morton *

: 2014–15 Charleston Battery * Eastern Conference Champion (Playoffs):

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Robbie 1993 births Living people Footballers from Greenock Scottish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Rangers F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players Raith Rovers F.C. players Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar players Charleston Battery players Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players Scottish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States IFK Mariehamn players USL Championship players Monterey Bay FC players 21st-century Scottish sportsmen Charleston Battery coaches USL Championship coaches