Robert Stanton (footballer)

Robbie Stanton
Personal information
Full name Robert Stanton
Date of birth (1972-04-15) 15 April 1972
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Sydney FC (Youth)
Youth career
1990 AIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1995 Sydney United ? (?)
1995–1997 Marconi Stallions 51 (0)
1997–2003 Wollongong Wolves 152 (7)
2003–2006 APIA Leichhardt ? (?)
National team
1990 Australian Schoolboy ? (?)
1991 Australia U-20 ? (?)
Teams managed
2007 Sutherland Sharks
2008 Penrith Nepean United (asst.)
2009–2014 Sutherland Sharks
2015–present Sydney FC Youth

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Robert Stanton (born 15 April 1972 in Sydney, Australia) is a former Australian football (soccer) player and current coach of Sydney's National Youth League side. He primarily played as a defender.

Club career

Stanton began his football career at the Australian Institute of Sport before signing with Sydney Croatia in the National Soccer League. He remained there until the close of the 1994–95 season before signing with Marconi-Fairfield. He would enjoy two seasons at Bossley Park before signing for Wollongong City FC where he would see more regular starting appearances. Overall his time at Wollongong was successful, playing 152 games for club and scoring seven goals. He would be apart of two championship winning squads, starting in the 1999–2000 NSL Grand Final at Subiaco Oval, Western Australia against Perth Glory. Stanton played the entire match, but was only one of two Wolves players to not take a penalty in the thrilling 7–6 penalty shootout. The following year, Stanton would make an appearance from the substitute bench in the 2000–01 winning grand final over South Melbourne at Parramatta Stadium, New South Wales. Stanton replaced goalscorer Sasho Petrovski in the 73rd minute with the Wolves leading 2–0. The Wolves would go on to win the championship 2–1. He was also apart of the Oceania Club Championship winning squad of the 2001 tournament. Stanton then dropped down to the NSW Premier League with the APIA Leichhardt Tigers for the 2003–04 season. He would finish out his playing days at the Tigers before moving into coaching.[1]

International career

Stanton represented Australia at youth tournaments but never achieved full senior cap.[1]

Managerial career

Stanton began his coaching career as an assistant to his former Wollongong Wolves coach Ron Corry in the 2007 NSW Premier League season with Sutherland Sharks. Corry would leave the club in May, leaving Stanton as the caretaker for the rest of the season.[2] In 2008, Stanton would go on to be an assistant at Penrith Nepean United and work with the Australian Deaf side. By 2009, Stanton would return to the Sharks as the senior head coach.[3] He would make an immediate impact in his tenure, winning the Waratah Cup, Challenge Cup and the 2009 NSW Premier League Grand Final.[4] He would continue at the club until resigning at the end of 2014 to take a position as Sydney FC Youth head coach.[5][6]

Career stats

Club

All-time club performance
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls
Sydney United 1990–91 National Soccer League ? ? ? ? ? ? – 0 0
1991–92 ? ? ? ? ? ? – 0 0
1992–93 ? ? ? ? ? ? – 0 0
1993–94 ? ? ? ? ? ? – 0 0
1994–95 24 1 ? ? ? ? – 24 1
Total ??––––––??
Marconi-Fairfield 1995–96 National Soccer League 18 (+11) 0 ? ? ? ? – 29 0
1996–97 18 (+4) 0 ? ? ? ? – 22 0
Total 510––––––510
Wollongong Wolves 1997–98 National Soccer League 25 (+1) ? ? ? ? ? – 26 0
1998–99 24 0 ? ? ? ? – 24 0
1999–00 38 0 ? ? ? ? – 38 0
2000–01 23 5 ? ? ? ? ? ? 23 5
2001–02 20 0 ? ? ? ? – 20 0
2002–03 21 2 ? ? ? ? – 21 2
Total 151 (+1)7––––––1527
APIA Leichhardt 2003–04 NSW Premier League 20 (+1) 1 ? ? 3 1 – 24 2
2004–05 ? ? ? ? ? ? – 0 0
2006 ? ? ? ? ? ? – 0 0
Total ?? ?? ?? ?? ??
Career totals ?? ?? ?? ?? ??

Honours

With Wollongong Wolves:

References

  1. 1 2 "OzFootball Players ST". OzFootball. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sutherland Sharks Manager History". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Robbie Stanton takes charge of the Sutherland Sharks". Football NSW. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sutherland Sharks Our History". Sutherland Sharks. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sharks farewell Robbie Stanton". 15 September 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sydney FC appoint National Youth League Head Coach". 5 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
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