Robert Cornthwaite (soccer)

Robert Richard Cornthwaite (born 24 October 1985) is an Australian former soccer player. At 1.95 m, Cornthwaite is the joint second tallest player to have represented the Australia national association football team, behind Zeljko Kalac and alongside Eli Babalj and Sasa Ognenovski.[2]

Robert Cornthwaite
Cornthwaite playing for Western Sydney Wanderers in 2017
Personal information
Full name Robert Richard Cornthwaite
Date of birth (1985-10-24) 24 October 1985
Place of birth Blackburn, England
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Central defender
Youth career
2003 Adelaide City
2004 Enfield City
2005 White City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Adelaide City 21 (0)
2004 Enfield City 19 (1)
2005 White City 3 (2)
2005–2011 Adelaide United 103 (4)
2006 → Adelaide Olympic (loan) 8 (0)
2011–2014 Jeonnam Dragons 90 (7)
2015–2016 Selangor 23 (4)
2016–2018 Western Sydney Wanderers 30 (2)
2018 Perak 11 (1)
Total 308 (21)
National team‡
2007 Australia U-23 6 (1)
2009–2013 Australia 7 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 February 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 May 2016

Club career

Adelaide United

Cornthwaite signed for United for the inaugural A-League season and spent the majority of his first two seasons starting on the bench. In the 2007–08 he started all of his 19 league appearances; he scored the opening goal in just the third minute against Pohang Steelers in Adelaide United's opening game of the 2008 Asian Champion League.[3]

As of half time of Adelaide United's away game against J League 5-time champions Kashima Antlers in the quarter finals of the 2008 AFC Champions League, Robert scored an accidental own goal to put Kashima level with Adelaide 1–1 after a spectacular goal from Adelaide captain Travis Dodd which came after a cross from vice-captain Lucas Pantelis in the 38th minute. The match being the first leg of the 2 teams Quarter finals match dated on Wednesday 17 September in Japan. He redeemed himself though in the second leg where he scored the winner in the 73rd minute with the game locked at 0–0. Adelaide went on to win 2–1 on aggregate and advance to the semi-finals.[4]

Robert Cornthwaite made his 50th A-League appearance in the 1–0 win over Perth Glory on 27 December 2008.[5][6] Cornthwaite signed a new three-year contract with Adelaide United in October 2009.[7]

Jeonnam Dragons

On 8 March 2011, Cornthwaite announced that he had signed for Jeonnam Dragons in the Korean K-League on a 2-year contract.[8][9]

Selangor

Robert joined the Malaysian Super League outfit Selangor in early 2015 and scored a few goals for the club. He was selected to play for Malaysian XI in a friendly match against Tottenham Hotspur in July 2015.

In January 2016 his contract with Selangor was continued after Selangor fans forced the Football Association of Selangor to continue his contract by using the social media.

On 9 July 2016, Cornthwaite was released by Selangor.[10]

Western Sydney Wanderers

On 14 July 2016, Cornthwaite joined Western Sydney Wanderers on a two-year deal.[11]

Perak

On 16 January 2018, Cornthwaite signed a contract with Malaysia Super League club Perak on a one plus one-year deal.[12]

Cornthwaite announced his immediate retirement from football on 4 June 2018, halfway through his Perak contract.[13]

International career

Cornthwaite made his first senior international debut for the Socceroos on 4 March 2009 in an AFC Asian Cup qualifying match versus Kuwait. He scored his first international goal in against South Korea in a 2012 friendly.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 October 2017
Club Season League1 Cup International2 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Adelaide City 2003 2100000210
Total2100000210
Enfield City 2004 1910000191
Total1910000191
White City 2005 32000032
Total32000032
Adelaide United 2005–06 12–––––12–
2006–07 816–––141
2007–08 19–5–1–25–
2008–09 2023–132364
2009–10 19–––––19–
2010–11 251––62313
Total 1034140204 1378
Jeonnam Dragons 2011 1714200213
2012 3131000323
2013 2211000231
2014 2020000202
Total9076200969
Selangor 2015 1542000174
2016 800030110
Total2342030284
Western Sydney Wanderers 2016–17 1920020212
2017–18 1103100141
Total3023120353
Total career2892025325033923

1 – includes A-League final series statistics
 2 – includes FIFA Club World Cup statistics; AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. 2008 ACL in 2008–09 A-League season etc.)

International
As of 15 November 2017[15]
Australia national team
YearAppsGoals
200910
201242
201321
Total73

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 November 2012Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea South Korea
1–2
1–2
International Friendly
2.9 December 2012Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Chinese Taipei
2–0
8–0
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
3.6 February 2013Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain Romania
2–1
2–3
Friendly

Honours

Club

Adelaide United

Selangor

Personal life

Cornthwaite was born in Blackburn, England and was brought up in Adelaide, South Australia.[16]

Cornthwaite has a wife, Nel, a son and a daughter, Sahara.[17]

gollark: It's not a battle competition, so I don't know *why* you would do that.
gollark: The competition rules for the one we do *explicitly say* that your robot may not be on fire, oddly.
gollark: Some of the non-programming people are doing hardware design somewhat, which is useful.
gollark: Only the computer science cohort of not many people is doing it, but due to scheduling only about 3 of us actually have significant programming experience.
gollark: We basically have that!

References
  1. "Robert Cornthwaite". Selangor FA. Selangor FA. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. Smithies, Tom. "World Cup qualifiers: Harry Souttar poised to become second-tallest Socceroo in clash against Kuwait". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. Parry, Martin (13 March 2008). "Australia, China, Japan all winners". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  4. Earle, Richard (24 September 2008). "Adelaide United beat Kashima Antlers". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  5. "Adelaide in search of Boxing day Glory". Adelaide United FC. 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  6. "Reds take glory in tough Boxing Day clash". Adelaide United FC. 27 December 2008. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  7. "Cornthwaite signs new Adelaide deal". Ontheminute.com, 30 October 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/198275,cornthwaite-flies-out-to-korea.aspx
  10. Zainal, Zulhilmi (9 July 2016). "Aussie defenders released, Turtles sign towering striker". Goal.com.
  11. "Wanderers sign former Socceroos defender". Football Federation Australia. 14 July 2016.
  12. Smithies, Tom (16 January 2018). "A-League: Western Sydney Wanderers release skipper Robbie Cornthwaite". The Daily Telegraph.
  13. "Ex-Wanderers skipper announces retirement". A-League. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  14. "Robert Cornthwaite strikes late to lift Socceroos to 2-1 win against South Korea". The Australian. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  15. "Robert Cornthwaite". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  16. Dasey, Jason (8 July 2017). "Former Socceroo Robbie Cornthwaite brings scoring boots to Selangor in Malaysia". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  17. Prichard, Greg. "Wanderers the right choice for Cornthwaite". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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