Mason Robertson
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-07-23) 23 July 1994[1]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Washington Huskies 52 (14)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Stenhousemuir 12 (2)
2017–2018 Peterhead 27 (4)
2018–2022 Real Kashmir 58 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mason Robertson (born 23 July 1994), is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker.[2][3]

Earlier career

Robertson started playing football during his college days and between 2013 and 2016, he played for the Washington Huskies men's soccer team and appeared in a total of 52 games, scoring 14 goals with 117 shots.[4]

Club career

Stenhousemuir

In 2017, Robertson began his professional football career at Scottish League Two side Stenhousemuir. The youngster's talent impressed Peterhead's manager Jim McInally as he snapped him up in the summer of the same year.[5] He appeared in 12 league matches for the club, scoring 2 goals.

Then 23-year-old Robertson had trials with Championship sides like Dundee United and Queen of the South before joining Stenhousemuir. His stint at Stenhousemuir earned him a trial opportunity at Kilmarnock FC. With the trial at Rugby Park the youngster started settling into senior football and eventually joined Peterhead FC.

Peterhead

After his spell with Stenhousemuir, he moved to Peterhead FC in the Scottish League One. During the 2017–2018 season, he scored 4 goals in 27 league matches.

He impressed with his performances at Peterhead and after plying his trade for 37 games, he had a new contract from his manager and the Toons were expecting him to remain with the club. But he moved to India to play for newly promoted to I-League club Real Kashmir, managed by David Robertson.

Real Kashmir

In July 2018, Robertson was signed by his father David Robertson for Real Kashmir in the I-League.[6][7] Robertson made his professional debut in India, playing for Real Kashmir in the I-League against Minerva Punjab FC, winning 1–0.

He appeared with the Snow Leopards in 17 games of their debut season and scored 4 goals. Real Kashmir achieved the third place in the 2018–19 I-League. Later he scored 6 goals in the 2019–20 season and 9 goals in the 2020–21 season.[8]

Robertson has been an integral part of the fairytale rise of Real Kashmir FC. Under the stewardship of his father, David, the 25-year-old centre-back oversaw two fruitful, encouraging seasons; the club finished third in 2018-19 after being promoted to the first tier of competition, and when the COVID-19 crisis halted the 2019-20 I-League season in March, it was positioned fourth, with a realistic possibility of finishing second.[9]

With Real Kashmir, he won the prestigious 2020 IFA Shield defeating George Telegraph in Kolkata.[10] Since 2019 under his captaincy, Real Kashmir competed in various domestic competitions including the I-League, Hero Super Cup and Kashmir Invitational Cup.[11][12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 May 2022[13]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stenhousemuir 2016–17 League One 12200––122
Peterhead 2017–18 League Two 2748[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]1–2[lower-alpha 4]2377
Real Kashmir 2018–19 I-League 1741[lower-alpha 5]1––185
2019–20 14600––146
2020–21 13600––136
2021–22 14900––149
Career total 973192002210835
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in Scottish League Cup
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. ↑ Appearance(s) in Scottish Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in League One play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearance(s) in Super Cup

Personal life

Robertson was born in Glasgow, Scotland and is the son of David Robertson,[14] and Kym.[15] His father David is the former Aberdeen, Rangers, Leeds United and Montrose defender, and former Real Kashmir manager.[16] Robertson has completed his higher education at the University of Washington before turning into a professional footballer.

According to Robertson, who is happy with his career and life in Kashmir; "Growing up as a striker and a winger, I loved to score. It wasn't much of a change. I had been playing as a centre back for the last three years. So I'm used to switching positions and my main goal is to help the team as much as I can."[17]

Honours

Real Kashmir

Individual

  • IFA Shield — Chuni Goswami Memorial Award for Man of the tournament: 2020[22]

References

  1. ↑ Mason Robertson of Scotland: soccer player profile, transfers and stats Archived 2 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Real Kashmir sign Mason Robertson from Peterhead FC". KhelNow. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Media Team, AIFF (4 March 2022). "Real Kashmir and Kenkre FC play out thrilling 1-1 draw". www.the-aiff.com. Kalyani, West Bengal: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "2016 Men's Soccer Roster (Mason Robertson)". gohuskies.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Real Kashmir sign Mason Robertson from Peterhead FC". Khel Now. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Robertson makes India move to join father in I-League". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Real Kashmir FC announce signing of coach David Robertson's son Mason!". Arunfoot.com (Arunava Chaudhury). 13 August 2018. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Statistics: Hero I-League". Hero I League. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  9. ↑ Mason Robertson: ‘I enjoyed scoring but prefer playing as a centre-back’ Archived 18 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine Sportstar the Hindu. Retrieved 26 March 2021
  10. ↑ "IFA Shield 2020 FULL MATCH Real Kashmir Make History, Beat George Telegraph In Final | The Fan Garage (TFG)". thefangarage.com. 19 December 2020. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Real Kashmir end I-League campaign with victory against Mohammedan Sporting". The Times of India. 25 March 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "I-League: Real Kashmir end campaign with victory against Mohammedan Sporting". The Bridge. 26 March 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  13. ↑ Mason Robertson at Soccerway
  14. ↑ Kamath, Sooraj (9 April 2020). "Father-son duos to have graced Indian football". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "Former Aberdeen footballer stranded in India 'desperate' to get home to north-east". eveningexpress.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Kerala Blasters: David Robertson recruits son Mason for India's Indian Super League". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 7 July 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "Real Kashmir's Mason Robertson: We face obstacles every day". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  18. ↑ Jammu & Kashmir invitational cup - archives: Bengaluru FC B losing 2-3 to Real Kashmir Archived 20 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Arunava About Football. Retrieved 28 February 2021
  19. ↑ "123rd IFA Shield 2020–21". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  20. ↑ "Real Kashmir FC Win Thriller vs Sreenidi for Back-to-back IFA Shield Triumphs". news18.com. News18. 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  21. ↑ "Real Kashmir FC defends IFA Shield title, beats Sreenidi Deccan FC in a thriller". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  22. ↑ "123RD IFA SHIELD RESULTS 2020–21: Awards after the FINAL (VYBK)". kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata Football. 19 December 2020. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.