Gary Steven Robbat

{{Short description|Malaysian footballer}}

{{EngvarB|date=October 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gary Steven Robbat

| fullname = Gary Steven a/l Robbat

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|9|3}}

| birth_place = Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia

| height = {{height|meter=1.74}}

| currentclub = Sabah

| clubnumber = 20

| position = Defensive Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2006–2007

| youthclubs1 = Bukit Jalil Sports School

| years1 = 2008–2009

| clubs1 = Harimau Muda

| caps1 = 29

| goals1 = 7

| years2 = 2010–2014

| clubs2 = Harimau Muda A

| caps2 = 50

| goals2 = 15

| years3 = 2015–2021

| clubs3 = Johor Darul Ta'zim

| caps3 = 29

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2021

| clubs4 = → Melaka United (loan)

| caps4 = 3

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2022–

| clubs5 = Sabah

| caps5 = 27

| goals5 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2015

| nationalteam1 = Malaysia U21

| nationalcaps1 = 25

| nationalgoals1 = 16

| nationalyears2 = 2010–2015

| nationalteam2 = Malaysia U23

| nationalcaps2 = 12

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| nationalyears3 = 2011–

| nationalteam3 = Malaysia

| nationalcaps3 = 11

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 20 December 2022

| nationalteam-update = 21 December 2014

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|MAS}}}}

{{medalTeam|Malaysia}}

{{MedalCompetition|AFF Championship}}

{{medalRU|AFF Suzuki Cup 2014|2014}}

}}

Gary Steven a/l Robbat (born 3 September 1992) is a Malaysian professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for Malaysia Super League side Sabah.

Club career

=Harimau Muda=

In 2008, Gary was promoted to newly created Harimau Muda from Bukit Jalil Sport School. He was later being put in Harimau Muda A after the team was split into two teams. In 2010, Harimau Muda A went to a training camp in Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia for eight months. On 30 March 2010, Gary and Mohd Muslim Ahmad were given a trial by the Slovakian team FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce. Zlaté Moravce coach Ľubomír Moravčík promised Muslim and Gary a professional contract for the 2010–11 season.{{cite web| url=http://www.harimaumuda.com/2010/04/2-pemain-harimau-muda-dipancing-oleh-fc.html| title=Pemain Harimau Muda dipancing oleh FC Vion Zlate Moravce(Malay).| publisher=HarimauMuda.com| access-date=16 April 2010| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409153537/http://www.harimaumuda.com/2010/04/2-pemain-harimau-muda-dipancing-oleh-fc.html| archive-date=9 April 2010| df=dmy-all}} However, Zlaté Moravce lost interest in Muslim and Gary. In 2011, Gary played in the Malaysia Super League where Harimau Muda A finished in fifth place. In 2012, he played in the Singapore S. League as Harimau Muda finished in fourth place. Gary got his second European stint as Harimau Muda A went to Slovakia for a centralised training camp in 2013. In 2014, he played in Australia's National Premier Leagues. He scored a goal against Redlands United FC as his team lost 3–2.{{cite web| url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/round_info.cgi?action=MATCH&fixture=58961565&client=0-9385-151349-281020-18686124| title=Redlands United versus Harimau Muda A match report |publisher=Fox Sports Pulse |access-date=20 June 2014}}

=Johor Darul Ta'zim=

After the end of 2014 season, Gary along with Harimau Muda teammate D. Saarvindran confirmed that they would be joining Pahang FA next year.{{cite web| url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/news/robbat-and-saarvindran-play-pahang| title=Robbat and Saarvindran to play for Pahang| publisher=FourFourTwo| access-date=16 November 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233050/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/news/robbat-and-saarvindran-play-pahang| archive-date=3 March 2016| url-status=dead}} Johor Darul Takzim later announced that Gary has signed for them.{{cite web| url=http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2014/12/31/7520312/gary-steven-junior-edstal-and-farizal-marlias-sign-for-jdt| title=Gary Steven, Junior Edstal and Farizal Marlias sign for JDT|publisher=goal.com |access-date=31 December 2014}} Although he never signed a contract with Kedah FA, KFA president, Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir claimed Gary belong to their team and wanted him to return to his home state. According to Mukhriz, the FAM rule state that any Harimau Muda player whose contract expires with the national junior squad will return to their respective state teams first.{{cite web| url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2015/01/14/mukhriz-robbat-belongs-to-kedah-and-should-return-to-kfa/819551| title=Mukhriz: Robbat belongs to Kedah and should return to KFA|publisher=The Malay Mail Online |access-date=14 January 2014}} On 16 January 2015, Gary has been banned for three months and fined RM50,000 by the Football Association of Malaysia for signing contracts with two Super League teams.{{cite web| url=http://www.nst.com.my/node/69899 | title=Gary Robbat fined, suspended 3 months; JDT gets RM100k penalty| publisher=New Straits Times |access-date=16 January 2014}}

On 26 January 2015, Johor Football Association confirmed that Gary will be heading to Germany to train with Borussia Dortmund. Gary, who has been suspended from all football activities under the Football Association of Malaysia's jurisdiction for three months, will spend the duration of the suspension in Germany.{{cite web| url=http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2015/01/26/8319502/gary-steven-robbat-to-train-with-borussia-dortmund| title=Gary Steven Robbat to train with Borussia Dortmund| publisher=goal.com |access-date=26 January 2014}}

International career

Gary has represented Malaysia U-21 and U-23 level. He was included in Malaysia's U-23 squad for 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China and 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. Gary was also part of the Malaysian senior squad for AFF Championship in 2012 and 2014.

Career statistics

=Club=

{{updated|27 October 2017.}}{{cite web | url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/gary-steven-robbat/165134 | title=Gary Steven Robbat | work=Soccerway | access-date=8 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?c=0-9385-151349-281020-18686124&a=STATS| title=Competition Stats |work=SportsTG |access-date=13 January 2018}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan=2|Club

!rowspan=2|Season

!colspan=3|League

!colspan=2|Cup

!colspan=2|League Cup

!colspan=2|Continental1

!colspan=2|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan=4|Harimau Muda A

|2011

|Malaysia Super League

|14

2??000colspan=2|–142
2012

|S.League

|16

40000colspan=2|–164
2014

|Football Queensland

|8

20000colspan=2|–82
colspan="2"|Total||38||8||0||0||0||0||0||0||38||8
rowspan=8|Johor Darul Ta'zim

|2015

|Malaysia Super League

|9

0006030180
2016

|Malaysia Super League

|10

020??060180
2017

|Malaysia Super League

|2

000410061
2018

|Malaysia Super League

|6

0002020100
2019

|Malaysia Super League

|0

000000000
2020

|Malaysia Super League

|2

000000020
2021

|Malaysia Super League

|0

000000000
colspan="2"|Total||29||0||2||0||12||1||11||0||54||1
rowspan=2|Melaka United (loan)

|2021

|Malaysia Super League

|3

0colspan=2|–00colspan=2|–30
colspan="2"|Total||3||0||colspan=2|–||0||0||colspan=2|–||3||0
rowspan=3|Sabah

|2022

|Malaysia Super League

|15

02000colspan=2|–170
2023

|Malaysia Super League

|10

010100000
colspan="2"|Total||25||0||3||0||1||0||0||0||0||0
colspan="3"|Career Total||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0

1 Includes AFC Cup and AFC Champions League.

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=3 | Malaysia national team{{NFT player |id=48737 |name=Robbat, Gary |accessdate=4 January 2018}}
YearAppsGoals
201260
201450
Total||11||0

Honours

=Club=

=International=

Malaysia

References

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