Robin Faber (born 2 July 1986) is a Dutch former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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Career

Born in

Doetinchem Doetinchem (; Dutch Low Saxon, Low Saxon: ) is a city and Municipalities in the Netherlands, municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the IJssel, Oude IJssel (Old IJssel) river in a part of the Provinces of the Netherland ...

, Faber played youth football with

De Graafschap Vereniging Betaald Voetbal De Graafschap, simply known as De Graafschap () is a professional association football club based in Doetinchem, Netherlands. The team competes in the , the second level of the Dutch football league system. Founded o ...

and PSV. He spent the 2007–08 season with Vitesse, but failed to make a first-team appearance. He then played for

ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag (), commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag (), is a Dutch association football club from the city of The Hague. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation ...

, but was released by the club in December 2008, alongside Virgilio Texeira, Tim De Meersman and Samir El Moussaoui, after failing to make a first-team appearance for them. He signed for

FC Eindhoven Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known as FC Eindhoven, is a professional association football, football club based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football ...

following a successful trial in August 2009, scoring 1 goal in 19 appearances for the club. He signed for Icelandic club

Víkingur Víkingur can refer to: * The Icelandic and Faroese word for Viking * Víkingur Ólafsson (born 1984), Icelandic pianist * Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, Icelandic association football club * Víkingur Gøta, Faroese association football club * Ung ...

in July 2010, making 6 appearances for them. Upon his return to the Netherlands, he played in the lower leagues with

Quick Boys Quick Boys (Katwijkse Voetbal Vereniging Quick Boys) is an amateur football club from Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands. The club, established on 1 February 1920, is the second most successful amateur football club in the Netherlands, behind IJsselme ...

, Westlandia and DZC '68.

References

1986 births Living people Dutch men's footballers De Graafschap players PSV Eindhoven players SBV Vitesse players ADO Den Haag players FC Eindhoven players Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur players Quick Boys players RKVV Westlandia players DZC '68 players Eerste Divisie players Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players Men's association football defenders Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Footballers from Doetinchem {{Iceland-footy-bio-stub