Gareth Roberts

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gareth Roberts
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 6, 1978(1978-02-06)
Age	46
Birthplace	Wrexham
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Wrexham
Horoscope	Pisces

Gareth Roberts Biography

Gareth Roberts is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on February 6, 1978 in Wrexham, Wrexham, United Kingdom. Gareth Wyn Roberts (born 6 February 1978) is a Welsh former footballer. He played more than 600 league games in a 22-year career which has taken in eight different clubs, and was capped nine times for Wales. He was part of the Tranmere Rovers side which reached the club’s first major cup final in 2000. He is currently assistant manager at Stalybridge Celtic.

Roberts spent nine years at Prenton Park and made almost 270 league appearances for the club. It was whilst at Tranmere that Roberts came closest to winning a major domestic honour, as he was part of the Tranmere side which reached the club’s first ever major cup final, the 2000 Football League Cup Final, where they narrowly lost out 2–1 to Premier League side Leicester City whilst they were still in the second tier. After a midtable finish that campaign, however, Roberts first full season at the club saw Tranmere relegated in bottom place.

Roberts won the Football League Trophy in his first season with Doncaster, though he was an unused substitute in the final itself. Roberts also scored his first goal for the Rovers in the final game of the 2006–07 season against Northampton Town – a “quality strike with his left foot, just outside the box.” Roberts helped Doncaster earn promotion to the Championship in his second season, playing a key role in Doncaster’s season with 36 appearances and 3 goals, including a crucial winner against promotion rivals Nottingham Forest.

On 13 May 2010, it was announced that Roberts had agreed to join Derby County on a 2-year deal when his contract with Doncaster was due to expire on 1 July. He was given the number 3 shirt, vacated by the departing left back Jay McEveley and was placed straight into the first team during the club’s 2010–11 pre season fixtures.

Roberts won the first of his nine caps for Wales as a substitute against Finland in 2000. His last was as a last minute substitute against Slovenia in 2005.

Gareth Roberts Net Worth

Gareth Roberts is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gareth Roberts 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Roberts started his career as a trainee at Liverpool and played alongside future England internationals Michael Owen and Jamie Carragher in the 1996 FA Youth Cup winning side, who beat a West Ham United side featuring Frank Lampard and Rio Ferdinand.

Roberts failed to make the grade at Anfield, however, and was released by the club which led to him being signed up by Ronnie Whelan, then manager of Greek side Panionios. His stay in Greece was very brief however, lasting just 15 league games, however he did feature in both of their legs of their Cup Winners Cup quarter final against eventual winners Lazio in March 1999, with Panionios losing 7–0 on aggregate, 4–0 in the home leg and 3–0 in the away leg at the Stadio Olimpico. Roberts returned to England with a loan spell to Tranmere Rovers in August 1999, which became permanent in November the same year.

After three years of narrowly missing out on the playoffs, Tranmere finished third in the 2004–05 season, seven points from automatic promotion, and lost in the playoff semi finals on penalties to Hartlepool United, who had finished sixth. The club failed to recover from the disappointment, finishing a lowly 18th the following year, their lowest finish in Roberts stay at the club, and he left in July 2006 on a Bosman free transfer to join rival Football League One club Doncaster Rovers. Including his loan spell, Roberts appeared for Tranmere 338 times in all competitions, scoring 12 goals.

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Ahead of Derby’s final game of the season against Millwall; Nigel Clough announced that Derby County would not be renewing the Roberts’ contract. Roberts also spent time coaching in Derby County’s academy and in an interview stated his desire to continue his playing career in the 2013–14 season. Roberts played the full 90 minutes in the final appearance for the Rams, a game which Derby won 1–0, which was also Roberts first appearance in two months.

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Roberts then appeared in all three of Doncaster’s playoff games, culminating with a 1–0 victory over Leeds United in the final in front of 75,132; the biggest crowd of Roberts career. Following promotion, Roberts signed a new two-year deal at Doncaster and he played a key role in the Doncaster side that comfortably retained its Championship status over the next two seasons, despite a much smaller budget than some of its rivals.