Robert Cullen (footballer)
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| Full name | Robert Cullen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Municipal Funabashi High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | Júbilo Iwata | 110 | (29) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Roasso Kumamoto | 18 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | VVV-Venlo | 69 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Suphanburi | 22 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Seoul E-Land | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | NorthEast United | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Leatherhead | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 270 | (51) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Japan U-20 | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Cullen (カレン・ロバート, Karen Robāto, born 7 June 1985) is a former Japanese footballer of Irish descent.
Club career[edit]
Cullen is a forward, Cullen made his senior football debut for Júbilo Iwata on 5 May 2004, Oita Trinita being the opponent.
Cullen started training in the youth ranks at Kashiwa Reysol before eventually joining the team at Funabashi Municipal High School. After his graduation, he signed with Jubilo Iwata in 2004. Although mostly limited to substitute appearances and the occasional league cup start in his rookie year, big things were expected of Cullen as he matured and gained experience playing with such seasoned professionals as Masashi Nakayama and Toshiya Fujita.
He left Júbilo in 2010 to join Roasso Kumamoto of J2 League. In January 2011 it was announced that Cullen joined Dutch Eredivisie club VVV-Venlo, best known in Japan for featuring another Japanese, Maya Yoshida, and having been Keisuke Honda's first European club.[1] In July 2018, Cullen signed for English non-league side Leatherhead FC.[2]
National team career[edit]
In 2005, Cullen selected Japanese citizenship in order to be able to play for the Japan national team. He was a member of the Japan national U-20 team which played in the 2005 World Youth Championship held in the Netherlands. He played all 4 matches.[3]
In February 2012 it was reported that Michael O'Neill had contacted Cullen with a view to convincing him to play for the Northern Ireland national team.[4]
Club statistics[edit]
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup2 | Continental3 | Other4 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Funabashi High School | 2003 | - | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Total | - | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Júbilo Iwata | 2004 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | 40 | 15 | ||
| 2006 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 30 | 5 | |||
| 2007 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 31 | 11 | |||
| 2008 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 20 | 8 | |||
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 1 | |||
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 110 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 2 | - | 145 | 41 | ||
| Roasso Kumamoto | 2010 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 19 | 3 | |||
| Total | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 19 | 3 | ||||
| VVV-Venlo | 2010/11 | 15 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 19 | 4 | |||
| 2011/12 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 3 | |||||
| 2012/13 | 26 | 2 | - | - | 26 | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 69 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 68 | 9 | |||
| Suphanburi | 2014 | 22 | 7 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | |||
| Total | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | |||
| Seoul E-Land | 2015 | 35 | 2 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| Total | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||
| NorthEast United | 2016 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 262 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 307 | 62 | |
1Includes Emperor's Cup.
2Includes J. League Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.
4Includes Eredivisie Playoffs.
References[edit]
- ^ "Iers/Japanse aanvaller Cullen op weg naar Venlo" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
- ^ "StackPath".
- ^ Robert Cullen – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ NI boss Michael O'Neill sounds out Dutch-based Robert Cullen
- ^ "Japan – Robert Cullen – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
External links[edit]
- Robert Cullen – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Robert Cullen at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Robert Cullen – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean) (in Korean)
- Official website (in Japanese)
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Association football people from Ibaraki Prefecture
- People from Tsuchiura
- Japanese men's footballers
- Japan men's youth international footballers
- J1 League players
- J2 League players
- Eredivisie players
- K League 2 players
- Júbilo Iwata players
- Roasso Kumamoto players
- VVV-Venlo players
- Seoul E-Land FC players
- Japanese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Japanese people of Irish descent
- Men's association football forwards
- Asian Games competitors for Japan