Ethan Robson


Ethan Robson is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, who most recently played for Sunderland.

Club career

Robson was born in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear and attended St Robert of Newminster Catholic School in nearby Washington. He started his career with the youth team at local side Sunderland, joining the club at the age of eight and rose through the ranks to go to a full-time professional with the first team in the summer of 2014.
He featured regularly and captained the development squad and under-23 side before signing a two-year contract extension in April 2016. He played three games for the under-21 side in the 2016–17 EFL Trophy, while also appearing as an unused substitute on several occasions for the first team. He made his professional debut for the first team in September 2017, when he replaced James Vaughan as a late substitute in the 3–0 defeat to Everton in the EFL Cup. A few days later he made his league debut in the EFL Championship in a home defeat to Cardiff City.
Robson was loaned to Dundee in January 2019.
On 2 September 2019, Robson headed out on loan again, this time joining League Two side Grimsby Town until January 2020.
It was announced on 17 June 2020 that Robson would be leaving Sunderland, bring to an end his 16 years with the club

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