Playing position Role Footballer Name Robert Cullen | Weight 75 kg Number 10 Height 1.80 m | |
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Date of birth (1985-06-07) 7 June 1985 (age 30) 2001-2003 Municipal Funabashi H.S. Similar People Yuki Otsu, Michihiro Yasuda, Sota Hirayama | ||
Robert cullen
Robert Cullen (カレン・ロバート, Karen Robāto, born June 7, 1985) is a Japanese football player. He plays as a forward, most recently for Indian Super League side NorthEast United.
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- Personal life
- Club career
- International career
- Career statistics
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Personal life
Robert is known to his teammates and family as "Bobby". He is the son of an Irish father and a Japanese mother.
Club career
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.
International career
In 2005, he selected Japanese citizenship in order to be able to play for the Japanese national team. He was a member of the Japan U-20 national team which played in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship held in the Netherlands.
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 football team.
Career statistics
As of 29 May 2011Club
1Includes Emperor's Cup.
2Includes J. League Cup.
3Includes AFC Champions League.
4Includes Eredivisie Playoffs.