fullname youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals height article_title position birth_date clubnumber currentclub name
robert james blake darlington 000 2002 2000 2002 -- 2005 2005 2005 -- 2007 2007 ? -- 2010 2010 -- 2012 2012 -- 2013 2013 -- -- 1994 1995 -- 1996 1997 -- 000 ? -- 1994 darlington → nottingham forest -lrb- loan -rrb- burnley birmingham city leeds → united burnley bolton wanderers doncaster rovers team northumbria waterford united -lrb- loan -rrb- bradford city 68 7 2 153 11 120 11 77 122 9 middlesbrough , england 21 0 0 40 1 42 2 19 19 1 5 9 robbie blake
 striker / midfielder 4 march 1976 33 team northumbria robbie blake
robbie blake

robert james `` robbie '' blake -lrb- born 4 march 1976 -rrb- is an english footballer .
he began his career as a striker but has increasingly been used as midfielder in the latter part of his career .
he began his professional career with darlington in 1994 and went on to make more than 500 appearances in the football league and premier league playing for bradford city , nottingham forest , burnley , birmingham city , leeds united , bolton wanderers and doncaster rovers .
blake has been the subject of many transfers throughout his career , with career total transfer fees reaching # 3.6 million .
