Mark Robins

Mark Robins
Personal information
Full name Mark Gordon Robins[1]
Date of birth (1969-12-22) 22 December 1969 (age 54)[1]
Place of birth Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England[1]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Coventry City (manager)
Youth career
1984–1988 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Manchester United 48 (11)
1992–1995 Norwich City 68 (20)
1995–1998 Leicester City 56 (12)
1996Copenhagen (loan) 6 (4)
1997Reading (loan) 5 (0)
1998 Ourense 18 (5)
1998–1999 Panionios 13 (1)
1999Manchester City (loan) 2 (0)
1999–2000 Walsall 40 (6)
2000–2003 Rotherham United 107 (44)
2003Bristol City (loan) 6 (4)
2003–2004 Sheffield Wednesday 15 (3)
2004–2005 Burton Albion 9 (1)
Total 393 (111)
International career
1990 England U21 6 (7)
Managerial career
2007–2009 Rotherham United
2009–2011 Barnsley
2012–2013 Coventry City
2013–2014 Huddersfield Town
2014–2016 Scunthorpe United
2017– Coventry City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Gordon Robins (born 22 December 1969) is an English football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Coventry City in the EFL Championship. As a player, he was a striker and is best known for his time in the Premier League with Norwich City and Leicester City.

Robins began his career with Manchester United. During this period, he scored a goal against Nottingham Forest in a 1989–90 FA Cup tie that has subsequently been credited with "saving" manager Alex Ferguson's job at Old Trafford. After spending time with Norwich and Leicester, Robins went on to play for Reading, Manchester City, Walsall, Rotherham United, Bristol City and Sheffield Wednesday in the Football League. Robins also played across Europe during spells with Copenhagen, Ourense, and Panionios before finishing his career with Burton Albion in the Conference National.

In 2007, he became manager of Rotherham United, and joined Barnsley in the same capacity in 2009, before leaving in 2011, following differences between him and the board. In 2012, he became manager of Coventry City until 2013 when he joined Huddersfield Town. Robins left Huddersfield Town in 2014 by mutual agreement. A few months later he became manager of Scunthorpe United before leaving in 2016.

In March 2017, Robins rejoined Coventry City and a few months later won the EFL Trophy. In the 2017–18 season , Robins won the EFL League Two play-offs with the Sky Blues and were promoted to League One. After a solid eighth placed finish in League One in the 2018–19 season, Robins led Coventry to promotion to the EFL Championship as League One Champions in the 2019–20 season. He followed that up by guiding Coventry to a respectable 16th placed finish in the Championship in the 2020–21 season, and further improved upon this with a 12th placed finish in the 2021–22 season. In the 2022–23 season, Robins led Coventry to a fifth place finish in the Championship, qualifying for promotion play-offs. Coventry City met Luton Town at Wembley Stadium in the final, where they ultimately lost on penalties. 2023-24 FA Cup, saw Coventry City reached the semi-final where they met Manchester United.

  1. ^ a b c "Mark Robins". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.

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