nationalcaps birth_date years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
39 18 october 1974 1991 2002 -- 2005 2005 -- 2008 2008 -- 2011 2008 -- 1993 1994 -- 1997 1997 -- 2002 1991 -- 1993 0 77 172 82 76 124 6 0 10 8 11 1 7 0 200px 1995 -- 2004 robbiesavage01.jpg robert savage savage in 2008 robert william savage wrexham , wales wales 1.85 m ftin on 537 37 2 manchester united manchester rovers derby county → brighton & hove albion -lrb- loan united -rrb- crewe alexandra leicester city birmingham city blackburn midfielder robbie savage

robbie savage

robert william `` robbie '' savage -lrb- born 18 october 1974 -rrb- is a welsh football pundit and former player .
during his career he played predominantly as a midfielder , starting off as a youth player with manchester united before joining crewe alexandra when he failed to make the grade at old trafford .
he became a regular for leicester city in the late 1990s and early 2000s , and performed a similar role for birmingham city and blackburn rovers .
in 2008 , he joined derby county ; after a short loan spell with brighton & hove albion later that year , he returned to captain derby , with whom he finished his playing career .
he also played for the wales national team on 39 occasions .
he now acts as a pundit for the bbc and regularly presents `` 606 '' on bbc radio 5 live on saturday evenings alongside darren fletcher .
savage gained notoriety for his playing style ; in 2008 , the `` daily mail '' labelled him as the dirtiest player in premier league history , based on numbers of yellow cards received , though he has since been surpassed as the player with the most premier league yellow cards by lee bowyer .
