Tesfa Robinson

Tesfa Tweede Robinson (born 7 December 1985) is an Kittitian footballer who plays for Northern Premier League Division One Midlands side Sporting Khalsa and St. Kitts & Nevis, where he plays as a defender.

Tesfa Robinson
Personal information
Full name Tesfa Tweede Robinson[1]
Date of birth (1985-12-07) 7 December 1985
Place of birth Birmingham, England[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Sporting Khalsa
Youth career
Birmingham City
Cheltenham Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Lakin Rangers 4 (0)
2008 Shawbury United
2008–2009 Oldbury Athletic
2009–2010 Rushall Olympic
2010 Romulus
2011–2012 Redditch United
2012 Evesham United 11 (0)
2012–2014 Chasetown 59 (3)
2014 Halesowen Town
2014–2015 Stratford Town 4 (0)
2015 Bromsgrove Sporting 1 (0)
2015– Sporting Khalsa
International career‡
2012– St. Kitts & Nevis 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:00, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:00, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Robinson has represented the Saint Kitts and Nevis national football team on three occasions, making his debut for the side in 2012.[2]

Club career

Early career

Born in Birmingham, Robinson played for the academies of professional clubs Birmingham City (despite being a supporter of their rivals, Aston Villa,[3]) and Cheltenham Town as a youngster, but failed to progress to either team's senior side.[4] Instead, Robinson began his senior career at local Birmingham & District amateur club Lakin Rangers FC in 2007. The defender made his debut in a 3–2 win over Boldmere Falcons on 1 September 2007; he went on to make a total of five appearances for Lakin in all competitions.[5][6] Robinson's last game for Lakin came in the 4–1 cup defeat to Handsworth on 13 October 2007.[7]

Robinson took in a short spell at Shropshire club Shawbury United before joining Oldbury Athletic for the 2008–09 season, which would ultimately be the club's penultimate campaign in existence. Oldbury finished fourth in the Midland Combination Premier Division inRobinson's only season at the club.[8]

Northern Premier League Division One South club Rushall Olympic signed Robinson on a free transfer on 5 August 2009 after he played in three friendly fixtures; he was one of 18 summer signings as coaches Neil Kitching and Martin Sockett revamped Rushall's playing squad.[9][10][11][12] Robinson's first official appearance for the club came in a 2–1 defeat of Glapwell on 15 August 2009; his first Pics goal arrived two weeks later in a 2–0 FA Cup preliminary round win over Brocton on 29 August.[13] He was sent-off in a 5–0 win over Goole on 19 September 2009 for fouling Gavin Allott as the last man back.[14] Robinson had to wait until 5 December 2009 for his next goal, scoring a last-minute headed winner in Rushall's 2–1 win at Chasetown.[15] On 18 May 2010 Robinson played in Rushall's 1–0 loss to Bloxwich United in the final of the Walsall Senior Cup.[16] Robinson was one of four players to leave the club at the end of the season.[17]

2010–present

In August 2010 Robinson signed for Northern Premier League Division One South side Romulus; he made his debut for the club in a 3–3 draw with Quorn on 24 August.[18] His second appearance for Romulus came in an FA Cup qualifier against former club Rushall Olympic on 28 August, but the defender suffered an injury soon afterwards and was on the sidelines for three weeks.[19][20][21] Robinson's first game following his return to first-team action again pitted him against Rushall, this time in the President's Cup in a 4–1 defeat on 21 September in which he conceded a penalty.[22]

In August 2011 Robinson joined Redditch United of the Southern League Premier Division. He was voted man of the match in Redditch's 3–0 win over Halesowen Town in a pre-season friendly on 7 August; his first competitive appearance for the club came in a 2–0 defeat of Bedford Town 10 days later. Robinson scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 victory over Frome Town on 26 September 2011.[23] After establishing himself as a regular in Redditch's starting line-up in the first half of the season, Robinson was one of three players to be awarded a playing contract in October 2011; the move represented the club's "first signing in several years".[24][25] Soon afterwards, on 26 November 2011, Robinson captained Redditch for the first and only time in a 1–0 loss to Arlesey Town.[26]

In December 2011 Robinson visited children and staff at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch along with club teammate and compatriot Aaron Moses-Garvey.[27] The defender was injured during Redditch's warm-up prior to their 1–0 loss to Evesham on 31 December, and didn't return to first-team action until late January.[28][29] Robinson left the club at the end of the 2011–12 season in April due to his contract expiring; his last appearance in a Redditch shirt came in a 2–0 defeat of Weymouth on 28 April 2012.[30] With incoming assistant manager Asa Charlton likely to become the club's first-choice left-back, Robinson opted to drop a division and move to Evesham United rather than staying on at Redditch.[31][32]

Robinson was immediately made club captain upon joining Evesham, despite suffering a calf problem in pre-season.[33] His competitive debut for the club came in a 1–0 win over Sholing on 18 August; he went on to make eleven league appearances and thirteen appearances in all competitions for Evesham. In early November, just four months after joining the club, Robinson transferred to Chasetown of the Northern Premier League Division One South.[34]

Although he was an unused substitute in Chasetown's 2–2 draw at Sheffield FC on 10 November 2012, Robinson had to wait until 24 November for his first league appearance for his new club, a 2–0 win over Rainworth Miners Welfare.[35] Robinson scored a late equaliser – his first goal for Chasetown – to earn "The Scholars" a 1–1 draw at Halesowen Town on 1 January 2013.[36] The centre-back's second Chasetown goal arrived on 9 March, when he netted a free-kick in a 3–0 win over Rainworth Miners Welfare.[37] Robinson's "impressive form", in the words of Lichfield Live, helped Chasetown to the Division One South play-off final, where they lost 2–1 to Stamford. Despite having not been at the club for the first three months of the season, Robinson won both the Supporters' Player of the Season and the President's First Team Award at the club's presentations evening in May 2013.[38]

On 25 September 2014, Robinson joined Halesowen Town.[39] His stay was a short one, however, as by February 2015 he was playing for Sporting Khalsa of the West Midlands (Regional) League.[40]

International career

Robinson was called up to the St Kitts and Nevis national team for the first time in October 2012 for the country's 2012 Caribbean Cup qualifiers as one of several England-based players to be selected. The defender made his international debut on 11 October in a 2–0 win over Anguilla; he made further appearances in the defeats to Trinidad and Tobago and French Guiana before St Kitts and Nevis were eliminated from the qualification process on 15 October.[41][42][43]

References
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  28. Hyde predicts Caines boost Redditch United F.C. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
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  30. Match Report: Reds 2–0 Weymouth Redditch United F.C. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
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  37. 6 out of 7 for Scholars Chasetown F.C. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  38. Tesfa Robinson Lands Two Awards as Chasetown Celebrate Season Lichfield Live. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  39. Tesfa Robinson Joins Halesowen Town Archived 26 September 2014 at archive.today ht-fc.com. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  40. Khalsa man embarks on World Cup adventure with St Kitts and Nevis
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  43. St Kitts and Nevis 0–3 French Guyana Soccerway.com. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
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