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Mark Robertson
Personal information
Full name	Mark William Robertson
Date of birth	6 April 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder, centre back
Youth career
1993–1994	Eastern Suburbs
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994	Stanmore Hawks
1994–1997	Marconi Stallions
1997–1999	Burnley
1999–2000	Wollongong Wolves
2000–2001	Swindon Town
2001–2003	Dundee
2003–2004	St Johnstone
2004–2005	Stockport County
2006–2007	Perth Glory
2007	FC Sopron
2007–2008	Sydney FC
2008–2009	Sydney United
International career‡
1997	Australia U20
2000	Australia U23
2001	Australia
Medal record
Representing Australia
Men's Association football
AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2012; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 January 2008

Mark William Robertson (born 6 April 1977) is an Australian former soccer player who played in Australian, English and Scottish leagues. He played at international level for Australia.

Playing career

Club career

Robertson signed with Burnley in 1997 after being noticed playing for Australia at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.^[2]

In December 2007, Robertson signed with Sydney FC as cover for Adam Casey, out with a long-term injury.^[3]

International career

Robertson played one full international match for Australia in 2001.

Personal life

Robertson was born in Sydney in 1977. His father, Alex, had emigrated from Scotland to play for Sydney City in the National Soccer League and eventually represented Australia eight times in non-official matches.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Robertson's son Alexander, who was born in Scotland whilst he played for Dundee, currently plays for Cardiff City and the Australian national football team.^[4]

Career statistics

International

^[7]

Year	Apps	Goals
Australia
2001	1	0
Total	1	0

Honours

Australia

AFC–OFC Challenge Cup: runner-up 2001^[8]

References

^ "Mark Robertson". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^ Cockerill, Michael (26 January 1999). "Burnley's Aussie busy body happy talking the talk". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 35. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
^ "Sydney FC signs midfielder Mark Robertson". Sydney FC. 13 December 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2007.
^ ^a ^b Lewis, Dave (23 February 2020). "Manchester City rookie Robertson set for Australia debut". SBS Sport. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
^ Weiner, David (5 April 2019). "Meet Manchester City's teenage Aussie superstar in the making". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ Stock, Greg. "Socceroo B Matches for 1984". OzFootball. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ Mark Robertson at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "AFC–OFC Challenge". Retrieved 14 October 2024.