Hal Robson-Kanu

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Hal Robson-Kanu
Robson-Kanu playing for Wales in 2016
Personal information
Full name Thomas Henry Alex Robson-Kanu[1]
Date of birth (1989-05-21) 21 May 1989 (age 34)[2]
Place of birth Acton, London, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger, forward[4]
Youth career
1999–2004 Arsenal
2004–2007 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2016 Reading 198 (24)
2008 → Southend United (loan) 22 (5)
2009 → Swindon Town (loan) 20 (4)
2016–2021 West Bromwich Albion 143 (21)
Total 383 (54)
International career‡
2007–2008 England U19 2 (0)
2009 England U20 1 (0)
2010 Wales U21 4 (2)
2010–2021 Wales 46 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:37, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2021

Thomas Henry Alex "Hal" Robson-Kanu (born 21 May 1989) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.[5] Although he initially played primarily on the wing, he was used as a forward during Wales' run to the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2016.

Robson-Kanu started his career as a schoolboy at Arsenal but was released at 15 and joined Reading. After graduating from the academy in 2007 he spent time on loan at Southend United and Swindon Town before returning to Reading and making his first team debut in 2009. Limited to mainly substitute appearances during his first season, he became an important member of the squad appearing regularly during the 2011–12 Championship winning campaign. He made his Premier League debut in 2012 and went on to score 30 goals in 228 games for the club before his release in 2016. He then signed for West Bromwich Albion. After five years, Robson-Kanu was released by the club in May 2021.

At international level Robson-Kanu initially represented the country of his birth, England, at under-19 and under-20 level. In 2010, he switched allegiance to Wales, the country of his grandmother, playing for the under-21 side before his debut for the senior team against Croatia on 23 May that year. Robson-Kanu was selected to represent Wales at UEFA Euro 2016, where they made the semi-finals, with Robson-Kanu notably scoring against Belgium in the quarter-finals.

Club career[edit]

Reading[edit]

Early career[edit]

Born in Acton, London,[2] Robson-Kanu began his career at Arsenal as a schoolboy aged 10. He went on to play at Acton Ealing Whistlers for a number of seasons. He was released by the club at 15 and joined Reading after speaking to then Academy manager Brendan Rodgers.[6] After graduating from the Academy he signed his first professional contract in July 2007, penning a two-year deal with the club.[7] The 2007 Peace Cup in South Korea saw Robson-Kanu involved with the Reading senior team for the first time with appearances against River Plate[8] and Shimizu S-Pulse.[9] Steve Coppell's policy of resting first-team players for cup matches saw Robson-Kanu selected on the bench for the first time on 5 January 2008 for the FA Cup third round tie against Tottenham Hotspur, though he remained an unused substitute.[10]

Not in contention for a regular place in the Reading first team, Robson-Kanu's first experience of senior football came on 30 January 2008 when he joined Southend United on loan until the end of the season.[11] He made his debut three days later as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 draw away at Leyton Orient[12] and scored his first career goal against Nottingham Forest.[13] He struck twice more in the next two games against Huddersfield Town and Swansea City and returned to Reading with three goals in eight appearances.[14] Robson-Kanu was again involved in the first team during the 2008–09 pre-season, scoring a goal in a 9–0 win over Didcot Town in July.[15] He re-joined Southend on a month's loan on 21 August 2008[16] and after one goal in six appearances extended his spell for a second month.[17] He returned to Reading on 15 November[18] after his three-month spell came to an end having made 15 appearances, scoring twice, during his second spell at the club.[19]

After returning to Reading he was among the substitutes for the FA Cup third round tie against Cardiff City on 3 January 2009. He would again have to wait to make his debut though, remaining on the bench as Cardiff won the match.[20] On 26 January 2009 he joined Swindon Town on a one-month loan[21] which, after six games, was extended for a further month.[22] Midway through his spell at Swindon, having impressed on loan at the club as well with Southend previously, he signed a new contract with Reading until 2011.[23] He cemented a regular place in the Swindon team and started in all 20 of his appearances for the club before returning to Reading after three months.[19] At the conclusion of his spell Swindon boss Danny Wilson hailed Robson-Kanu and fellow loanee Gordon Greer for their "fantastic impression" which helped the club pull away from relegation.[24]

First-team breakthrough[edit]

Robson-Kanu playing for Reading in 2013

The 2009–10 season saw Robson-Kanu's former Academy boss Brendan Rodgers take over as Reading manager. He scored five goals during pre-season,[25] including a hat-trick against Jonsereds IF in just 28 minutes during the first game of the tour of Sweden.[26] Robson-Kanu finally made his competitive debut for Reading starting on the right wing in a 0–0 draw with Nottingham Forest on the opening day of the season.[27] He was used mainly as a substitute during his first season, starting just four times in 18 appearances.[28]

The following season saw Robson-Kanu establish himself in the first team setup. He scored his first Reading goal in the League Cup against Northampton Town on 24 August 2010,[29] and followed it with his first league goal in a 3–0 win against Barnsley a month later, having earlier set-up Jimmy Kébé for the second.[30] He continued to feature regularly and finished the season in good goalscoring form, netting four times from March onwards including the winner in a 2–1 wins over Preston North End and Derby County as Reading finished in the play-off positions.[31][32] He came on as a late substitute in the 4–2 play-off final defeat to Swansea[33] but had no time to influence the game and finished the season with six goals in 34 appearances.[31] His contract expired at the end of the season and despite interest from other Championship clubs including Millwall and Portsmouth, he signed a new three-year contract with Reading in July keeping him with the club until 2014.[34]

After the sale of Shane Long in August 2011, Robson-Kanu was played as a forward by Brian McDermott during some of the pre-season, a position he was familiar with from his Academy years. He struck twice playing up front in the warm-up fixtures[35] and began the season in good goalscoring form with two in the first four games against Leicester City and Barnsley.[36] With injuries to both Kebe and Jobi McAnuff during various points of the season, he soon reverted to a role on the wings[37] though his season followed a familiar pattern to previous years as he was in and out the side, playing a supporting role to the two senior wingers. His longest run of starts came in October when he was named on the teamsheet for six consecutive games.[36] He scored twice more during the campaign, including a spectacular volley against Millwall[38] and finished the season having made 37 appearances, the most in his career to date.

In Kébé, McAnuff and new signing Garath McCleary, Robson-Kanu faced stiff competition for places on the wing for Reading's return to the Premier League. With Kébé injured, he was named on the teamsheet on the opening day of the season as Reading came from behind to draw against Stoke City. Limited to a substitutes role over the next three months, he still managed to score twice, in a defeat to Tottenham Hotspur[39] and a 3–3 draw with Fulham.[40] His only two starts came in the League cup, including the 7–5 defeat to Arsenal in October. He had to wait until 17 November for his next league start in Reading's 2–1 win over Everton, their first league victory of the season,[41] and was a regular over the next month, scoring his third goal of the season in the defeat to Manchester United. Despite his goals, Robson-Kanu again had to settle for a place on the bench with two FA Cup matches his only starts for the club between December and March. He scored a late consolation goal coming on as a substitute against Everton on 2 March and returned to the lineup for the following game against Aston Villa.[42]

The game against Villa proved to be Brian McDermott's last in charge and Robson-Kanu, having played only a bit-part role under the former manager, began to feature more prominently with the appointment of Nigel Adkins.[43] He missed just two games under Adkins through a freak knee injury,[44] and with a regular berth on the wing finished the season strongly, scoring against Arsenal, and twice in Reading's 4–2 win over Fulham.[45] Having enjoyed his most prolific season yet, scoring seven times,[42] Robson-Kanu was nominated for Reading Player of the Season. In a fans vote he finished in third place behind Adam Le Fondre and Alex McCarthy, despite all three players starting 13 or fewer league games all season.[46] He signed a new contract in July 2013, keeping him with Reading until June 2016.[47] Reading announced on 9 May 2016, that Robson-Kanu would leave Reading when his contract expired at the end of June 2016.[48]

West Bromwich Albion[edit]

On 31 August 2016 after reportedly turning down "significant offers" from Asia, Robson-Kanu signed a two-year contract, with the option of a third year, with Premier League side West Bromwich Albion.[49][50] He made his first start of the season on 31 December 2016 in a 2–1 win over Southampton, finishing the game with a goal and an assist.[51]

In July 2017, Robson-Kanu signed a new three-year contract with West Brom.[52] In "The Baggies" second game of the 2017–18 Premier League season against Burnley, Robson-Kanu became only the fourth player in Premier League history to get substituted on, score then get sent off.[53]

After West Brom's relegation from the Premier League in 2018, Robson-Kanu scored twice and assisted once as his team beat Coventry City 5–2 to win the inaugural Regis Shield.[54] He then scored his first league goal of the 2018–19 Championship season in a 4–3 win away at Norwich City.[55] He headed home his fourth league goal of the season away at Aston Villa in a 2–0 away win as West Brom closed in for a promotion place.[56] He missed the playoff campaign after receiving a red card against Derby County on the final day of the season.[57]

On 19 October 2019, the day after signing a contract extension to keep him at the club until 2021, Robson-Kanu came off the bench to score a late winner in a 1–0 away win against Middlesbrough.[58] He scored six goals in nine games between October and December,[59] and ended the season as the team's joint top scorer alongside Charlie Austin with ten, as Slaven Bilić's team won promotion as runners-up.[60]

On 17 May 2021, Robson-Kanu scored his first Premier League goal of the 2020–21 season in a 1–2 home defeat against Liverpool.[61]

On 27 May 2021 it was announced that Robson-Kanu would leave West Bromwich Albion after five years following the conclusion of his contract, having appeared for the club 154 times scoring 24 goals.[62] A year after being released and having failed to find a new club, Robson-Kanu revealed that he left Albion because he felt the club was lacking the direction needed to push for promotion. "I didn't agree with the direction the club was going in," he told the Express & Star 's Baggies Broadcast podcast. "If I was staying there had to be a long-term vision, a project. I didn't want to be in a place where we were languishing in mid-table in the Championship."[63]

International career[edit]

Robson-Kanu preparing to come on for Wales against Austria in October 2016

Robson-Kanu was born in England to a Nigerian father, and an English mother of Welsh descent.[64] Robson-Kanu initially represented England at international level, making his debut for the under-19 side against Germany in November 2007. He made a second appearance against Croatia the following year before winning one cap for the England under-20s against Montenegro in 2009.[65]

In 2010, he switched to Wales, for which he qualifies through his Caerphilly-born grandmother.[66] The switch came about when Welsh coach Brian Flynn came to the Reading training ground to see Simon Church, and Glen Little jested that Robson-Kanu would be eligible for Wales through going on holiday there. Robson-Kanu told Flynn that the family went to Tenby via picking up his grandmother in Caerphilly, and Flynn asked whether she was born in Wales.[67]

He was first selected in the Wales under-21s squad for the friendly against Austria on 18 May 2010[68] and made his debut in a 1–0 defeat.[69] Robson-Kanu's first cap for the senior team came just five days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for Robert Earnshaw in a 2–0 loss to Croatia.[70] He continued to play for the under-21s after his senior debut and made a further three appearances, scoring twice,[71] with his last appearance coming in a defeat to Italy which ended Wales hopes of qualifying for the European Under-21 Football Championships.[72] He scored his first senior international goal on 22 March 2013 in a 2–1 World Cup qualifying win over Scotland at Hampden Park.[73]

Robson-Kanu gained notoriety when during a friendly game against the Netherlands, his shorts tore and he had to change shorts in the middle of the game, showing off his white briefs.[74]

Robson-Kanu played nine games in Wales' successful qualification campaign for UEFA Euro 2016, scoring on 13 October 2014 in their 2–1 home win over Cyprus.[75] After being selected for the final tournament in France, on 11 June he came on as a 71st-minute substitute in place of Jonny Williams during their opener against Slovakia and scored the winner in a 2–1 victory in Bordeaux.[76] He also started as striker in Wales' historic 3–1 quarter-final win on 1 July against Belgium in Lille and, after outwitting three defenders with a Cruyff turn, scored the team's second goal.[77] It was nominated in the FIFA Puskás Award for best goal of the year.[78] Wales were eliminated following a 2–0 defeat to eventual champions Portugal in the semi-final of the tournament on 6 July.[79]

Robson-Kanu then made 9 appearances, scoring once, as Wales failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[80]

On 29 August 2018, Robson-Kanu announced his retirement from international football.[81] After reversing his decision, he was called up for the matches against Finland and Bulgaria in October 2020.[82]

Robson-Kanu, Tyler Roberts and Rabbi Matondo were all sent home from the Wales squad in March 2021 after breaching COVID-19 protocols.[83] He was not included in Rob Page's squad for UEFA Euro 2020 that May.[84]

Outside football[edit]

In August 2018, Robson-Kanu founded The Turmeric Co. brand, selling a range of turmeric-based shots made from natural ingredients.[85] Robson-Kanu has hailed turmeric as his 'secret weapon', claiming that using turmeric as a nutritional supplement saved his footballing career and helped him to recover from a cruciate knee ligament rupture.[86]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 23 May 2021[87]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reading 2007–08 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2008–09 Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009–10 17 0 1 0 0 0 — 18 0
2010–11 27 5 4 0 1 1 2[a] 0 34 6
2011–12 36 4 1 0 1 0 — 38 4
2012–13 Premier League 25 7 3 0 2 0 — 30 7
2013–14 Championship 36 4 0 0 1 0 — 37 4
2014–15 29 1 6 3 1 0 — 36 4
2015–16 28 3 5 2 2 0 — 35 5
Total 198 24 20 5 8 1 2 0 228 30
Southend United (loan) 2007–08 League One 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3
2008–09 14 2 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 15 2
Total 22 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 5
Swindon Town (loan) 2008–09 League One 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 4
West Bromwich Albion 2016–17 Premier League 29 3 1 0 0 0 — 30 3
2017–18 21 2 2 0 1 0 — 23 2
2018–19 Championship 35 4 3 0 2 0 — 40 4
2019–20 39 10 0 0 0 0 — 39 10
2020–21 Premier League 19 2 0 0 2 3 — 21 5
Total 143 21 6 0 5 3 — 154 24
Career total 383 54 26 5 13 4 3 0 425 63
  1. ^ Appearances in Championship play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance in Football League Trophy

International[edit]

As of match played 27 March 2021[88]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2010 2 0
2011 3 0
2012 6 0
2013 8 1
2014 5 1
2015 6 0
2016 9 2
2017 5 1
2020 1 0
2021 1 0
Total 46 5
As of match played 27 March 2021[89]
Scores and results list Wales' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Robson-Kanu goal.
List of international goals scored by Hal Robson-Kanu
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 22 March 2013 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 13  Scotland 2–1 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 13 October 2014 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales 23  Cyprus 2–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
3 11 June 2016 Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 31  Slovakia 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016
4 1 July 2016 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France 34  Belgium 2–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2016
5 5 September 2017 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova 42  Moldova 1–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[edit]

Reading

West Bromwich Albion

Individual

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