SOCCER PLAYER

Michael Robinson

1958 - 2020

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Michael John Robinson (12 July 1958 – 28 April 2020) was a professional footballer who played as a striker. He appeared in more than 300 official matches in England for Preston North End, Manchester City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Liverpool and Queens Park Rangers and played the last three seasons of his career in Spain with Osasuna. He represented the Republic of Ireland at international level. Robinson settled in Spain after retiring in 1989 and went on to work as a television pundit in the following decades, hosting El día después from 1991 to 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Michael Robinson is the 5,212th most popular soccer player (up from 5,307th in 2024), the 5,125th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,133rd in 2019) and the 288th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Michael Robinson ranks 5,212 out of 21,273. Before him are Christian Wörns, Miguel Brito, Andriy Pyatov, Denílson Pereira Neves, Michael Olise, and Klemen Lavrič. After him are Pau Torres, Yusuke Suzuki, Józef Kałuża, Salaheddine Bassir, Masahiro Fukuda, and Víctor Aristizábal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Michael Robinson ranks 440. Before him are Alan Jackson, Roxann Dawson, Angela Hewitt, Kim Andersen, Andy, and Ellen Ochoa. After him are John Metgod, Sabri Boukadoum, Jeannie Pepper, Mariya Pinigina, Reg E. Cathey, and Frank Ullrich. Among people deceased in 2020, Michael Robinson ranks 675. Before him are Magdaleno Mercado, Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, Detto Mariano, Abby Dalton, Nicolas Chumachenco, and Herman Cain. After him are Frank Press, Soumitra Chatterjee, Jim Marurai, Georg Volkert, Mike Moore, and Amadou Gon Coulibaly.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Robinson ranks 5,127 out of 8,785. Before him are Ann Sidney (1944), Gertrude Lawrence (1898), Ted Morgan (1906), John James Shepherd (1884), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), and Michael Olise (2001). After him are Dave Mason (1946), Nigel Marven (1960), Rupert Keegan (1955), Pamela Brown (1917), Cole Palmer (2002), and Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Michael Robinson ranks 288. Before him are Bill Nicholson (1919), Terry McDermott (1951), Jack Rowley (1920), Ray Kennedy (1951), Jermain Defoe (1982), and Michael Olise (2001). After him are Cole Palmer (2002), Rob Page (1974), Gary Cahill (1985), Bob Crompton (1879), Steve Archibald (1956), and Martin Taylor (1979).

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