Gary Steven Robbat

Gary Steven Robbat
Personal information
Full name Gary Steven a/l Robbat
Date of birth (1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 32)
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
Men's football
Representing  Malaysia
Malaysia
AFF Championship
Runner-up AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 2014
*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

Harimau Muda

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

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

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

Club

As of 27 October 2017.[8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

Malaysia national team[10]
Year Apps Goals
2012 6 0
2014 5 0
Total 11 0

Honours

Club

Johor Darul Ta'zim

International

Malaysia

References

  1. ^ "Pemain Harimau Muda dipancing oleh FC Vion Zlate Moravce(Malay)". HarimauMuda.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Redlands United versus Harimau Muda A match report". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Robbat and Saarvindran to play for Pahang". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Gary Steven, Junior Edstal and Farizal Marlias sign for JDT". goal.com. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Mukhriz: Robbat belongs to Kedah and should return to KFA". The Malay Mail Online. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Gary Robbat fined, suspended 3 months; JDT gets RM100k penalty". New Straits Times. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Gary Steven Robbat to train with Borussia Dortmund". goal.com. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Gary Steven Robbat". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Competition Stats". SportsTG. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Robbat, Gary". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 January 2018.