Robert Earnshaw

**Robert Earnshaw** (born 6 April 1981) is a Welsh former international footballer who played as a forward.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National cup|colspan=2|League cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Cardiff City|1997–98|Third Division|5|0|–|–|–|5|0||||
|1998–99|Third Division|5|1|1|0|–|–|6|1|||||
|1999–2000|Second Division|6|1|–|–|–|6|1||||||
|2000–01|Third Division|36|19|4|6|1|0|–|41|25||||
|2001–02|Second Division|32|12|3|2|1|1|–|36|15||||
|2002–03|Second Division|46|31|4|1|2|3|–|55|35||||
|2003–04|First Division|46|21|1|0|2|5|–|49|26||||
|2004–05|Championship|4|1|–|1|1|–|5|2|||||
|Greenock Morton (loan)|1999–2000|Scottish First Division|3|2|1|0|–|–|4|2||||
|rowspan="3"|West Bromwich Albion|2004–05|Premier League|31|11|3|3|–|–|34|14|||
|2005–06|Premier League|12|1|1|0|3|2|–|16|3||||
|rowspan="3"|Norwich City|2005–06|Championship|15|8|–|–|–|15|8||||
|2006–07|Championship|30|19|1|0|1|0|–|32|19||||
|Derby County|2007–08|Premier League|22|1|2|1|1|0|–|25|2|||
|rowspan="4"|Nottingham Forest|2008–09|Championship|32|12|2|2|2|3|–|36|17||
|2009–10|Championship|34|17|1|0|2|0|–|37|17||||
|2010–11|Championship|36|9|2|0|0|0|–|38|9||||
|Cardiff City|2011–12|Championship|19|3|1|1|1|0|1|0|22|4||
|Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan)|2012–13|Israeli Premier League|10|2|0|0|1|1|–|11|3|||
|Toronto|2013|MLS|26|8|0|0|0|0|–|26|8|||
|Blackpool|2013–14|Championship|1|0|0|0|0|0|–|1|0|||
|Chicago Fire|2014|MLS|5|3|0|0|0|0|–|5|3|||
|Vancouver Whitecaps|2015|MLS|9|2|0|0|1|0|4|0|14|2||

### International

- _Scores and results list Wales' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Earnshaw goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|14 May 2002|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|12 February 2003|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales||1–1|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|3|11 October 2003|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales||2–3|2–3|UEFA Euro 2004 qualification||||||||
|4|18 February 2004|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales||1–0|4–0|Friendly||||||||
|5|2–0|||||||||||||
|6|3–0|||||||||||||
|7|31 March 2004|Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary||2–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|8|8 September 2004|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales||2–2|2–2|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|9|13 October 2004|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales||1–0|2–3|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|10|27 May 2006|UPC-Arena, Graz, Austria||1–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|11|2–1|||||||||||||
|12|11 October 2006|Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales||2–0|3–1|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification||||||||
|13|17 October 2007|San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino||1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification||||||||
|14|29 May 2009|Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|15|25 May 2011|Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland||1–0|1–3|2011 Nations Cup||||||||
|16|27 May 2011|Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland||2–0|2–0|2011 Nations Cup||||||||

## Hat-trick record

He is the only player to have scored hat-tricks in the Premier League, Divisions 1, 2 and 3, the FA Cup, the League Cup, and in an international match.
- **Premiership**, West Bromwich Albion vs. Charlton, 19 March 2005
- **Championship (Division 1)**, Cardiff vs. Gillingham (13 September 2003) and Nottingham Forest vs. Leicester City (5 December 2009)
- **League One (Division 2)**, Cardiff vs. QPR (29 November 2002) and vs. Tranmere Rovers (14 March 2003)
- **League Two (Division 3)**, Cardiff vs. Torquay United (2 December 2000)
- **FA Cup**, Cardiff vs. Bristol Rovers (19 November 2000)
- **League Cup**, Cardiff vs. Boston United (11 September 2002) and vs. Leyton Orient (12 August 2003)
- **International**, Wales vs. Scotland (18 February 2004)

## Honours

**Cardiff City**
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2011–12

**Maccabi Tel Aviv**
- Israeli Premier League: 2012–13
**Individual**
- Cardiff City Young Player of the Year: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01
- PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2002–03 Second Division
- PFA Team of the Year: 2000–01 Third Division, 2002–03 Second Division, 2003–04 First Division
- Cardiff City Player of the Year: 2002–03
- Football League Second Division Top Scorer: 2002–03
- Welsh Footballer of the Year: 2004

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Robert Earnshaw
- **image**: RobertEarnshaw02 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Earnshaw in 2007
- **fullname**: Robert Earnshaw
- **birth place**: Mufulira, Zambia
- **height**: 1.73 m
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1997–1998
- **youthclubs1**: Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City
- **years1**: 1998–2004
- **clubs1**: Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City
- **caps1**: 183
- **goals1**: 86
- **years2**: 2000
- **clubs2**: → Greenock Morton F.C., Greenock Morton (loan)
- **caps2**: 3
- **goals2**: 2
- **clubs3**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **years3**: 2004–2006
- **caps3**: 43
- **goals3**: 12
- **clubs4**: Norwich City F.C., Norwich City
- **years4**: 2006–2007
- **caps4**: 45
- **goals4**: 27
- **clubs5**: Derby County F.C., Derby County
- **years5**: 2007–2008
- **caps5**: 22
- **goals5**: 1
- **clubs6**: Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest
- **years6**: 2008–2011
- **caps6**: 102
- **goals6**: 38
- **clubs7**: Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City
- **years7**: 2011–2013
- **caps7**: 19
- **goals7**: 3
- **clubs8**: → Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan)
- **years8**: 2012–2013
- **caps8**: 10
- **goals8**: 2
- **clubs9**: Toronto FC
- **years9**: 2013
- **caps9**: 26
- **goals9**: 8
- **clubs10**: Blackpool F.C., Blackpool
- **years10**: 2014
- **caps10**: 1
- **goals10**: 0
- **clubs11**: Chicago Fire Soccer Club, Chicago Fire
- **years11**: 2014
- **caps11**: 5
- **goals11**: 3
- **clubs12**: Vancouver Whitecaps FC
- **years12**: 2015
- **caps12**: 9
- **goals12**: 2
- **clubs13**: → Whitecaps FC 2 (loan)
- **years13**: 2015
- **caps13**: 3
- **goals13**: 2
- **totalcaps**: 471
- **totalgoals**: 186
- **nationalyears1**: 1998–2001
- **nationalteam1**: Wales national under-21 football team, Wales U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 10
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2002–2012
- **nationalteam2**: Wales national football team, Wales
- **nationalcaps2**: 59
- **nationalgoals2**: 16
- **manageryears1**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs1**: Fresno FC _(assistant)_
- **manageryears2**: 2022–
- **managerclubs2**: Orange County SC _(assistant) _