Roberto Corbin

{{Short description|Panamanian footballer (born 1953)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|4|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = El Chorrillo, Panama

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| years1 = 1978–1979

| clubs1 = Atletico Panama

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| years2 = 1979–1981

| clubs2 = Etoile Espagnole

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| years3 = 1981–1984

| clubs3 = Urania Genève

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| years4 = 1985–1989

| clubs4 = Tauro

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| nationalteam1 = Panama U20

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Roberto Corbin (born 19 April 1953) is a Panamanian former professional footballer who is known for being the first Panamanian player to play in Europe when he joined Swiss club Etoile Espagnole in 1979.{{cite news |title=Primera huella en Europa |url=https://www.prensa.com/impresa/deportes/Primera-huella-Europa_0_886411499.html |access-date=7 November 2021 |work=La Prensa Panamá |date=28 March 2003 |language=es}} In April 2019, however, Panamanian newspaper La Prensa reported another Panamanian footballer, Federico Ponce, had played in Spain at amateur level a year earlier.{{cite news |last1=Estrada |first1=Campo Elías |title=Ponce jugó en Europa primero que Corbin |url=https://www.prensa.com/impresa/deportes/Ponce-jugo-Europa-primero-Corbin_0_5283221653.html |access-date=7 November 2021 |work=La Prensa Panamá |date=17 April 2019 |language=es}}

Corbin worked for Panama's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}