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Full name | Luis Robles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | May 11, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Fort Huachuca, Arizona, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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New York Red Bulls | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
2002–2006 | Portland Pilots | ||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Boulder Rapids Reserve | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Karlsruher SC | 28 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
2012– | New York Red Bulls | 143 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||
2009– | United States | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:37, 18 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 3, 2017 |
Luis Robles (born May 11, 1984) is an American soccer goalkeeper who currently plays for New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer.
Born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona to a Puerto Rican father and a Korean mother, Robles got his start at the prestigious Tucson Soccer Academy, training under the guidance of coach Wolfgang Weber. From 2002–06, Robles played for the University of Portland Pilots, making a school-record 346 saves during his college career. He also played two seasons for the Boulder Rapids Reserve in the USL Premier Development League.
Robles was drafted by Major League Soccer club D.C. United with the 50th overall selection in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft. However, he decided to pass up MLS and signed instead with German side Kaiserslautern in January 2007. Robles made his league debut on October 17, 2008 against Rot Weiss Ahlen. He was thrust into the starting role due to an injury to incumbent starter Tobias Sippel and outperformed fellow backup and German youth international Kevin Trapp. In his first season of German football he finished the season with sixteen games played and conceded seventeen goals. Robles missed much of the summer training with Kaiserslautern – which had recently hired a new manager, Marco Kurz – because of his inclusion in the United States squad at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. As a result, he entered the 2009–10 season as the backup once again.