 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Richard Cornthwaite | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackburn, England | ||
| Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back / Right Back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Chunnam Dragons | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Adelaide City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003 | Adelaide City | 21 | (0) |
| 2004 | Enfield City Falcons | 19 | (1) |
| 2005 | White City Woodville | 3 | (2) |
| 2005–2011 | Adelaide United | 103 | (4) |
| 2006 | → Adelaide Olympic (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2011– | Chunnam Dragons | 65 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Australia U-23 | 6 | (1) |
| 2009– | Australia | 8 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2012.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 July 2013 | |||
Robert Richard Cornthwaite (born 24 October 1985 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England) is an English-Australian footballer who plays for Chunnam Dragons in the South Korean K-League.[1][2]
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]
Chunnam Dragons
On 8 March 2011, Cornthwaite announced that he had signed for Chunnam Dragons in the KoreanK-League on a 2-year contract.[8][9]
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. Cornthwaite is globally known as the king of screamers. He scored an insane screamer from the massive distance of 3 yards against Chinese Taipei. He has been dubbed as the next Lionel Messi or others seem to say that Lionel Messi is the next Robbie
