Robert Earnshaw
- Thursday, December 27, 2007, 5:38
- Players & Legends
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| Date of Birth: 1981-04-06 | |
| Place of Birth: Mulfulira, Zambia | |
| Previos Club: Cardif City, Middlesbrough(loan), West Brom Norwich City | |
| Career Details | |
| Current Club: | Derby (No 10) |
| Starts: | 3 |
| Position: | Forward |
| Sub On: | 10 |
| Sub Off: | 2 |
| Goals: | 0 |
| Yellow Cards: | 0 |
| Red Cards: | 0 |
Earnshaw gets his soccer talent from both his parents – his mother Rita was also a boxer in her native Zambia.
He came through the club’s youth development programme and became a full-time professional in August 1998, despite the attentions of his heroes Manchester United.The Zambian Prince made his mark immediately with a superb equaliser at Hartlepool on the opening day of the season.
However, loan spells at Middlesbrough and Greenock Morton suggested his prospects at Ninian Park weren’t entirely rosy.But the experience gave Earnshaw the motivation to succeed and on his return he soon became one of the Bluebird fans’ biggest heroes.
He’d already been capped by Wales at youth and under-21 level, but his exploits in Cardiff City’s promotion campaigns attracted the attention of national coach Mark Hughes.
Earnshaw duly exploded onto the international scene, scoring the winning goal on his debut for Wales against Germany at the Millennium Stadium in May 2002.
He was named man of the match and a few months later was named Young Welsh Footballer of the Year.Since then Earnshaw has become a key member of the Wales squad, staking his claim for a regular slot in the starting line-up with a hat-trick in the 4-0 friendly win over Scotland in February 2004.
Several top clubs including Manchester United, Liverpool and Celtic sent their scouts to check Earnie out as his reputation spread.But it was West Brom who swooped to sign the striker in August 2004 and offer him the chance to play in the Premiership.Earnie was unable to secure a first team place and a transfer to Norwich City sent him back to the Championship.
Moment of Glory:
Scoring the winning goal for Wales against Germany on his international debut
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This is the biggest load of BS i’ve ever seen. Earnshaw is a disgrace, he’s not zambian he’s welsh, he doesnt represent Zambia in anyway,what the hell is he doing on the zambian team list. Get your facts right. Earnshaw is welsh thats why he plays for them, simple its depressing to see that we are tryin to claim him as our own. He cant even play premiership football. I’d rather have Mbesuma play drunk or Lota at 47 years old. C’mon where’s the pride!!!Atleaast lets claim a much better player.
No, you need to get your facts right my friend. You don’t have to be a genius to figure out that Earnshaw is Zambian, and could have been playing for the national team. It’s obvious you don’t know as much about football as you think you do. The point of the articles is to inform you about players with Zambian roots, don’t get it twisted with claiming.Why are you people so negative? Just encourage the guy who writes these blogs. At least he gives a damn
The guy who writes these blogs has allowed us to post our views. Earnshaw was a prospect about 10 years ago. He’s not developed into anything special he showed potential when he was young.But i guess he jus flopped after that. The Fact is that he’s playing for wales and not zambia so why should we look at players who dont represent the country,Just cos he’s got half Zambian blood. He had a choice to play for wales or zambia he choose wales. Why? because he probably thought he would not get anywhere with Zed. he could have played for clubs in wale and still play for zambia, personally i think he has a choice and he sold out so why should we care.
I know where you are coming from my friend, but just go easy on the guy that posts the blogs. I understand Earnshaw had the chance to choose, and he chose Wales. Same story with Jeff Whitley who chose the republic of Ireland. I think what the person who did the blog was trying to imply was that maybe if the people who are in charge had really tried to convince these guys to play for zed, they would have. He was only looking at players who are not representing the country because he was thinkin “what could have been.” You are very right he sold out, but he still remains what could have been. The angle that I approach this from is that sometimes the relevant people don’t take the time to follow up things like this. I know a bunch of Zambian players in America who are tearing the league here apart (I am one of them), but we are overlooked because people like to play names ku Zambia. Watching the Africa cup from here, my teammaets were asking me why I am not playing in the national team, because honestly ama defensive errors yalya were too much. I know so many Zambian players kuno, and I myself was asked to play for the Zambia under 20 at the youth world cup, but after I got injured, nobody from FAZ followed it up. I am travelling to Europe this summer with my team to play high calibre opposition. Honestly what do we have to do to get noticed? This is why I am saying maybe some of these players just give up after a while, and eventually sell out. The career of a sportsman is not long you know, you can only wait so long. Plus there are families to take care of, and lives to live. I hope you can look at it from my perspective.
I understand were you comin from, hard choices you gotta make as a footballer. I think choosing to play for another country is being opportunistic but if thats wat you have to do hey who can judge you. But i still stick to my belief that if you are zambian you gotta play for your country, it’s pride that drives the best teams in the world and i’m sure every player that wears the zed shirt will testify. the sports ministry needs to do more cos we are losing talent , more investements and follow ups on zed players, we need scouts. i just recently heard about charles renken, if he turns out 2 be class wat a loss. And sorry i have to just say that the american league is crap, this in no way does it imply that i’m questioning your talent. the league itself is unwatchable its as good as the english Div 2.the MLS may be big as a brand but i’m critical of the defending its almost as bad as the zed defence, comical, the goal keepers arent helping either . Zed are shambals, but we play some of the best attacking football on the continent, just lacking the finish sometimes. We just too small, west africans are too big. What team do you play for?
You kno what? It is very true, nothing beats pride. I am usually very patriotic, but I guess pressure yali fula fye. I seen Charles Renken play, he will def be a class act if he stays focused. If FAZ steps in, he can still be convinced, but nomba fye even the people that they have to try and convince us to play, dunno how to try and convince us. I agree with you even on the scouts issue. That is the same thing I was saying. They should have an in depth list. I agree, the MLS is pathetic, we laugh all the time with the other Zambians. Most of the Zambians I know that play here, are attacking players like myself, and the only reason we pretty much play there is coz we originally came in on Student visas after being given scholarships to play Soccer. It is true Zambians lack the physical stature, haha. We going to Europe in 3 days time for a summer tour. Make or break mudala.
the zambian in america u did not answer,the stations question.his askin the team u play for?
The Zambian in America, when did you last visit zambia?
Which ever time you came, did you associate yourself with any zambian team?
It looks like you are just a bigmouth, you are not a good player and you are not a zambian. We know and seen how west african do to play for their countries, some of them do go there to have soccer academies and play club football as guest players. What about you?
SHAME ON YOU !!!!