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Otis Roberts

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Otis Roberts
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-08-17) 17 August 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth London, England
Position(s) Midfielder / Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Barnet
1991–1995 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
1995–1996 Golden
1996–1997 Eastern
1997–1998 FC Ghent
1998 FC Hoogstraten
1998–2001 Harrow Borough
2001 Hendon
International career
2000 Grenada 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Otis Roberts (born 17 August 1968) is a retired Grenadan international footballer.

Career

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Club career

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Roberts played for Barnet during the 1990–91 season.[1]

Roberts played for Crystal Palace from the 1991–92 season,[2] although he never made a first-team league appearance for the club.[3] In August 1996, he began a trial with Norwich City, although that proved unsuccessful.[2] He later played in Hong Kong for Golden and Eastern, and in Belgium for FC Ghent and FC Hoogstraten.[4] He returned to England in 1998 to play for Harrow Borough and Hendon.[2]

International career

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Roberts has international caps for Grenada.[2] He made two appearances in 2000.

Personal life

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His nephew is fellow footballer Jason Roberts.[2][5]

After football

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Roberts has been a football agent, representing players such as Zesh Rehman.[2] He also runs his nephew Jason Roberts's charitable foundation.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Otis Roberts at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Otis Roberts". Flown From The Nest.
  3. ^ "CRYSTAL PALACE : 1946/47 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database.
  4. ^ a b John Portch. "Caribbean Dream". Voice Online.
  5. ^ Jason Roberts (17 November 2005). "Jason Roberts column". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2010.