Robert Steiner

Infobox Football biography
playername = Rob Steiner
fullname = Robert Steiner
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1973|6|20|df=yes
cityofbirth = Finspång
countryofbirth = Sweden
height = 6 ft 2 in (1.88m)
position = Striker
currentclub =
years = 1992–1997
1996–1997
1997–1999
1998
1999
1999
1999–2000
clubs = IFK Norrköping
→ Bradford City (loan)
Bradford City
→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)
→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)
→ Walsall (loan)
Queens Park Rangers
caps(goals) = 16 0(2)
16 0(3)
37 (10)
08 0(1)
04 0(2)
10 0(3)
24 0(6)
nationalyears = 1997
nationalteam = Sweden
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 0(1)
pcupdate = 03:00, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 03:00, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Robert 'Rob' Steiner (born 20 June 1973 in Finspång, Sweden) is a retired footballer who played as a striker in his homeland and England. He also played for his Sweden national side.

Career

Steiner started out playing football in his homeland with IFK Norrköping. He moved to England in 1996, originally on loan to Bradford City when manager Chris Kamara signed Steiner, fellow Swede Magnus Pehrsson and Norwegian striker Ole Bjørn Sundgot. Steiner was the most successful of the three and after scoring three league goals during his loan spell and more famously one of the three goals in the 3–2 FA Cup triumph over Everton. [cite web
publisher=Toffee Web
url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/SEASON/96-97/reports/bradfd_h.htm
title=Everton v Bradford
accessdate=2008-01-30] Steiner's form earned him a call-up to the national side. He won three caps and scored one goal. [sv icon cite web
publisher=Footballslandslaget
url=http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm
title=Statistik
accessdate=2008-01-30]

Kamara bought the Swede for £500,000 the following summer. In his first and only full season at Valley Parade he forged a deadly partnership with Brazilian Edinho. The pair each scored ten goals and were the club's leading goalscorers during 1997–98. The following summer new manager Paul Jewell was given cash to spend by chairman Geoffrey Richmond and Steiner fell out of favour. He played just one League Cup game in 1998–99 in a 1–1 draw with Lincoln City.

Steiner was loaned out twice to Queens Park Rangers and once to Walsall before he was signed permanently by QPR for £215,000. But after just 24 games and six goals he was forced to retire due to injury at just 27 in November 2000. [cite news
publisher=BBC Sport
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1003307.stm
title=Steiner forced to quit
date=2 November 2000
accessdate=2008-01-30]

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