Robbie is currently Hearts longest-serving player having been recruited from Rangers Boys' Club back in 1996. He subsequently progressed through the ranks to become a regular at right back, although when Robbie first came to Tynecastle he was an excellent all rounder, being also able to operate at centre half or in midfield. <\/P>
In his early years, Robbie won youth international honours and in May 1998 his tough tackling and dangerous running helped Hearts to victory in the Youth Cup Final against Dundee United. This early promise was recognised in April 2000 when Robbie was in the Scottish U21 side despite not having made his senior debut for Hearts. He also played in the team that won the Premier Reserve League in 1999-2000.<\/P>
To gain additional experience, Robbie was loaned to Cowdenbeath from December 1999 to February 2000 and he was then promoted to the Premier League squad at the start of the following season. Having made the breakthrough it was a surprise when the solid right back went out on loan to Queen of the South in August 2002.<\/P>
However, this move was very successful and Robbie helped the Dumfries team to consolidate in the First Division and to win the Challenge Cup Final against Brechin City. In January 2003 Robbie came back to Tynecastle and immediately challenged Alan Maybury for the right back position. The increasingly confident defender also gave the team an additional threat with his amazing long throw. <\/P>
Robbie links with midfield and backs up the attack, and due to his great energy going up and down the park, he played his part in Hearts finishing third in the league in successive seasons (2002-2003 and 2003-2004) and securing a UEFA Cup place. He grew in stature last season and Robbie was the hero against FC Basel when his first goal for the club proved to be the winner in the UEFA Cup match in Switzerland.<\/P>","23A207CDBA5674BBB1C9F6E64605564A":"Robbie Neilson","F4582884020ECEA691D8D46CC172E947":"183cm","3D3B712BD7BB3346233C27994E5E2815":"1980-6-19","90CF36599B563A1AA6EE0398DF07A98F":"5201 West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 200 33609 Tampa Bay, Florida","41780118C08E58E3":"","8165D0EC38D769BD27A209A15276D0CF":"","5232E2CC9B16F53977588D5F27A411B8":"The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the United Soccer League (USL) in the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. They formerly played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) (from 2011 to 2016) and USSF Division 2 (in 2010), which were also second-tier leagues. The Rowdies play their home games at Al Lang Stadium on St. Petersburg's downtown waterfront.","A2993BAC4D9D88EC":"","CC02AD5B3CF69E6DCAD0426C64DE8022":"Scotland","F84B1B8AF3973AEE":"1","2EC2CE09DA225C510B8476426035EFA9":"
NASL Championship
Winners: 2012<\/P>
Ponce De Leon Cup
Winners (2): 2010, 2012<\/P>
Coastal Cup
Winners (5): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016<\/P>
Fair Play Award
Winners (3): 2011, 2012, 2014<\/P>
Individual achievements
Golden Ball Award (MVP)
2013: Georgi Hristov<\/P>
Coach of the Year Award
2012: Ricky Hill<\/P>
NASL Best XI
2011: Pascal Millien, Mike Ambersley
2012: Jeff Attinella, Takuya Yamada, Luke Mulholland
2013: Luke Mulholland, Georgi Hristov
2016: Joe Cole<\/P>
USL Best XI
2017: Marcel Schäfer<\/P>","03A7D9C89753B0D1380A64764519199FB9772FF9B422CB1E":"1","7C314F98A46E5CCF80F8B8125BB0A065":"2023-11-9","892B81E13FEE84C5":"","34A0AE9CBA0644B6":"http:\/\/www.rowdiessoccer.com\/","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","56D1193A280251FE":"Tampa Bay Rowdies","9770E443802D7F63":"","03A7D9C89753B0D1D7F7ED990952C548":"0","D769ED524110EC21":"Robbie Neilson","4215859A20E707AF2C0683BB3A054242":"59","3FC9B61F2E659497C9CEBAE42D62ADEB":"USA","A3B3C821F4815DD2":"13597","37FE64B882E92ECB":"Tampa Bay Rowdies","32EED5AE2B03C17AE9CE11F4F5F2936F":"Tampa Bay Rowdies","4DC924206DB9E0EB3B8818DC2C371A93":"Al Lang Stadium","A71E2A228B763CFB":"St. Petersburg","4852A99C0B1E8B281F768BF6F7769914":"Heart of Midlothian FC,Dundee United,Milton Keynes Dons,Hearts(U20)","84FBAAA541406939DA36722337FBDFD18D691C310C47982D":"2008-6-18","e_index":3};