Gary Steven Robbat
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gary Steven a/l Robbat | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 September 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Sabah | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Bukit Jalil Sports School | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Harimau Muda | 29 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | Harimau Muda A | 50 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2021 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 29 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Melaka United (loan) | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Sabah | 27 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2015 | Malaysia U21 | 25 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Malaysia U23 | 12 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Malaysia | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 December 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gary Steven a/l Robbat (born 3 September 1992) is a Malaysian professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Malaysia Super League side Sabah.
Club career
[edit]Harimau Muda
[edit]In 2008, Gary was promoted to newly created Harimau Muda from Bukit Jalil Sport School. He was later being put in Harimau Muda A after the team was split into two teams. In 2010, Harimau Muda A went to a training camp in Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia for eight months. On 30 March 2010, Gary and Mohd Muslim Ahmad were given a trial by the Slovakian team FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce. Zlaté Moravce coach Ľubomír Moravčík promised Muslim and Gary a professional contract for the 2010–11 season.[1] However, Zlaté Moravce lost interest in Muslim and Gary. In 2011, Gary played in the Malaysia Super League where Harimau Muda A finished in fifth place. In 2012, he played in the Singapore S. League as Harimau Muda finished in fourth place. Gary got his second European stint as Harimau Muda A went to Slovakia for a centralised training camp in 2013. In 2014, he played in Australia's National Premier Leagues. He scored a goal against Redlands United FC as his team lost 3–2.[2]
Johor Darul Ta'zim
[edit]After the end of 2014 season, Gary along with Harimau Muda teammate D. Saarvindran confirmed that they would be joining Pahang FA next year.[3] Johor Darul Takzim later announced that Gary has signed for them.[4] Although he never signed a contract with Kedah FA, KFA president, Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir claimed Gary belong to their team and wanted him to return to his home state. According to Mukhriz, the FAM rule state that any Harimau Muda player whose contract expires with the national junior squad will return to their respective state teams first.[5] On 16 January 2015, Gary has been banned for three months and fined RM50,000 by the Football Association of Malaysia for signing contracts with two Super League teams.[6]
On 26 January 2015, Johor Football Association confirmed that Gary will be heading to Germany to train with Borussia Dortmund. Gary, who has been suspended from all football activities under the Football Association of Malaysia's jurisdiction for three months, will spend the duration of the suspension in Germany.[7]
International career
[edit]Gary has represented Malaysia U-21 and U-23 level. He was included in Malaysia's U-23 squad for 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China and 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. Gary was also part of the Malaysian senior squad for AFF Championship in 2012 and 2014.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental1 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Harimau Muda A | 2011 | Malaysia Super League | 14 | 2 | ?? | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 2 | |
| 2012 | S.League | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 4 | ||
| 2014 | Football Queensland | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | ||
| Total | 38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 8 | ||
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2015 | Malaysia Super League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2016 | Malaysia Super League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ?? | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Malaysia Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2018 | Malaysia Super League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Malaysia Super League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||
| Melaka United (loan) | 2021 | Malaysia Super League | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Sabah | 2022 | Malaysia Super League | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Malaysia Super League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 Includes AFC Cup and AFC Champions League.
International
[edit]| Malaysia national team[10] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Johor Darul Ta'zim
- Malaysia Cup (2): 2017, 2019
- Malaysia Super League (5): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- AFC Cup (1): 2015
- Malaysia Charity Shield (3): 2016, 2018, 2019
International
[edit]Malaysia
- AFF Championship runner-up: 2014
References
[edit]- ^ "Pemain Harimau Muda dipancing oleh FC Vion Zlate Moravce(Malay)". HarimauMuda.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ^ "Redlands United versus Harimau Muda A match report". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ "Robbat and Saarvindran to play for Pahang". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Gary Steven, Junior Edstal and Farizal Marlias sign for JDT". goal.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ "Mukhriz: Robbat belongs to Kedah and should return to KFA". The Malay Mail Online. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Gary Robbat fined, suspended 3 months; JDT gets RM100k penalty". New Straits Times. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ "Gary Steven Robbat to train with Borussia Dortmund". goal.com. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "Gary Steven Robbat". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ "Competition Stats". SportsTG. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ "Robbat, Gary". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Gary Steven Robbat at National-Football-Teams.com