Mason Robertson (born 23 July 1994) is a Scottish professional

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who plays as a striker.

Earlier career

Robertson started playing football during his college days and between 2013 and 2016, he played for the

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team and appeared in a total of 52 games, scoring 14 goals with 117 shots.

Club career

Stenhousemuir

In 2017, Robertson began his professional football career at

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side

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. The youngster's talent impressed Peterhead's manager

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as he snapped him up in the summer of the same year. He appeared in 12 league matches for the club, scoring 2 goals. Then 23-year-old Robertson had trials with Championship sides like

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and Queen of the South before joining Stenhousemuir. His stint at Stenhousemuir earned him a trial opportunity at

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. With the trial at

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the youngster started settling into senior football and eventually joined Peterhead FC.

Peterhead

After his spell with Stenhousemuir, he moved to Peterhead FC in the

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. During the 2017–2018 season, he scored 4 goals in 27 league matches. He impressed with his performances at Peterhead and after plying his trade for 37 games, he had a new contract from his manager and the Toons were expecting him to remain with the club. But he moved to

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to play for newly promoted to

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club Real Kashmir, managed by David Robertson.

Real Kashmir

In July 2018, Robertson was signed by his father David Robertson for Real Kashmir in the

. Robertson made his professional debut in India, playing for Real Kashmir in the

against

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, winning 1–0. He appeared with the ''Snow Leopards'' in 17 games of their debut season and scored 4 goals. Real Kashmir achieved the third place in the

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. Later he scored 6 goals in the 2019–20 season and 9 goals in the

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season. Robertson has been an integral part of the fairytale rise of

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. Under the stewardship of his father, David, the 25-year-old centre-back oversaw two fruitful, encouraging seasons; the club finished third in 2018-19 after being promoted to the first tier of competition, and when the COVID-19 crisis halted the 2019-20 I-League season in March, it was positioned fourth, with a realistic possibility of finishing second. With Real Kashmir, he won the prestigious

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defeating George Telegraph in

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. Since 2019 under his captaincy, Real Kashmir competed in various domestic competitions including the

, Hero Super Cup and Kashmir Invitational Cup.

Career statistics

Club

Personal life

Robertson was born in

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, Scotland and is the son of David Robertson, and Kym. His father David is the former

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and Montrose defender, and former Real Kashmir manager. Robertson has completed his higher education at the

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before turning into a professional footballer. According to Robertson, who is happy with his career and life in

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; "Growing up as a striker and a winger, I loved to score. It wasn't much of a change. I had been playing as a centre back for the last three years. So I'm used to switching positions and my main goal is to help the team as much as I can."

Honours

Real Kashmir * Kashmir Invitational Cup: 2018 *

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Individual * IFA Shield — Chuni Goswami Memorial Award for Man of the tournament: 2020

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