Robbie Weir

Robbie Weir

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Larne

Born in Belfast, Weir started his career with the Larne youth system. He started playing for the first team in the 2004–05 season as a 15-year-old and he scored his first goal in a 5–2 victory over Crusaders on 9 October 2004. He had unsuccessful trials with Fulham, Stoke City and Rangers, although Larne manager Jimmy McGeough criticised these, saying "I'm not sure it proves anything. He's a great prospect and one who'll learn his trade in senior football here". Weir agreed to sign for Championship club Sunderland in February 2005. He finished the season with two Irish Premier League goals and played in the 2005 Irish Cup Final, which Larne lost 5–1 to Portadown, and was named the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Young Player of the Year.

Sunderland

Weir played for Sunderland in their youth team and was part of the team that reached the Premier Academy League Final in May 2007, where they were beaten 4–1 by Leicester City in a penalty shoot-out. He joined Conference Premier club York City on 12 November 2010 on a one-month loan following a trial. He made his debut in a 1–1 draw with Wrexham on 14 November 2010 and after impressing manager Gary Mills the loan was extended until 10 January 2011 in December. He finished the loan with eight appearances.

Tranmere Rovers

Weir signed for League One club Tranmere Rovers on loan until the end of 2010–11 on 14 February 2011. He made his debut in a 2–1 defeat away to Peterborough United…

International career

Weir was part of the Northern Ireland national under-18 team in March 2005 and was capped during a week-long visit to the Canary Islands in February 2006. He was named captain of the under-19 team in October 2006 and led the team out in a 4–2 defeat to Belgium. In July 2007, he was called up for the 2007 Milk Cup and started as the team were beaten 4–1 by Israel in August. He was named in the under-21 team in February 2008 to play Israel as a replacement for Dermot McCaffrey. Weir was capped seven times by the under-21s from 2009 to 2010. He was capped once by the Northern Ireland B team in 2009.

Career statistics

As of match played 7 May 2023

Club
Larne F.C. (2004–2005)
Club
Sunderland A.F.C. (2005–2011)
Club
York City F.C. (2010–2011)
Club
Tranmere Rovers F.C. (2011–2011)
Club
Tranmere Rovers F.C. (2011–2012)
Club
Burton Albion F.C. (2012–2016)
Club
Leyton Orient F.C. (2016–2017)
Club
Chesterfield F.C. (2017–)
National team
Northern Ireland

Legacy

Honours

Burton Albion

Football League Two: 2014–15 Football League One runner-up: 2015–16 Crusaders

Irish Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23 NIFL Charity Shield: 2022

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Northern Irish association football player (born 1988)

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Robert James Weir is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Crusaders. He has played in the English Football League for Tranmere Rovers, Burton Albion and Leyton Orient and Chesterfield.

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