Jason Roberts (footballer)

Jason Andre Davis Roberts MBE (born 25 January 1978) is a Grenadian footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers as a striker.

Club career

Early career

Roberts was born in Central Middlesex Hospital, North West London. Like his uncle Cyrille Regis, who is a footballer himself, he began his career in England playing for Hayes. He made his debut in November 1995, the season Hayes won the Isthmian League Premier Division. In the 1997–98 season he was sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £250,000, then moving to Torquay United on loan, where he scored six goals in 13 games. Another loan took him to Bristol City, where he scored one goal against Oldham in three appearances.

He joined Bristol Rovers for £250,000 in August 1998. In the 1998–99 season, Roberts scored 16 goals in 37 league appearances, and was one of the top goal scorers in the FA Cup with a total of seven goals.

West Bromwich Albion

Roberts moved to West Bromwich Albion on 26 July 2000, for a club record £2 million fee. He made his debut in a 1–0 defeat away at Nottingham Forest on 12 August 2000, the opening day of the......
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