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Bobby Robson

Sir Robert William Robson was an English football player and coach known for his leadership in English football.

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Bobby Robson is best known for English football player and manager, notably managing the England national team and winning the UEFA Cup with Ipswich Town. On Dead or Alive, Bobby Robson is listed in the World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends categories, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Bobby Robson is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: English football player and manager, notably managing the England national team and winning the UEFA Cup with Ipswich Town
Listed under: World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends

About Bobby Robson

His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswich Town. Robson's professional playing career as an inside forward spanned nearly 20 years, during which he played for three clubs: Fulham, West Bromwich Albion, and, briefly, Vancouver Royals. He also made 20 appearances for England, scoring four goals. After his playing career, he found success as both a club and international manager, winning league championships in both the Netherlands and Portugal, earning trophies in England and Spain, and taking England to the semi-finals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup, which remained the national team's best run in a World Cup since 1966 until they reached the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. His last management role was as a mentor to the manager of the Republic of Ireland national team, while his final official club job was at boyhood club Newcastle United, which he left in 2004. He held several managerial positions outside of England, most notably one year at Barcelona in 1996–97, as well as stints at PSV, Sporting CP and Porto. He was the last English manager to win a European competition in 1997.

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Bobby Robson is known for English football player and manager, notably managing the England national team and winning the UEFA Cup with Ipswich Town.

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