Neill Roberts, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetNeill Roberts
Association footballer
Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1954
Place of Birth: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Profession: association football player
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Neill Roberts
- Neill Roberts is a retired South Africa soccer forward who spent six seasons in the North American Soccer League and four in the Major Indoor Soccer League. Roberts spent seven years as a professional in South Africa.
- In 1979, Roberts signed during the season with the Atlanta Chiefs of the North American Soccer League and promptly scored fourteen goals in nineteen games.
- During the offseason, the Tampa Bay Rowdies purchased his contract from the Chiefs.
- However, his goal production dropped with the Rowdies.
- He played the 1980 and 1981 outdoor seasons with the Rowdies, scoring twelve goals in fifty-three games.
- Following the 1981-1982 indoor season, the Rowdies sent him to the Edmonton Drillers.
- Roberts began the 1982 season in Edmonton before being sent to the Toronto Blizzard in June.
- He was the league's 6th leading scorer in 1982 with 42 points in 12 games.
- Before the 1984 season, the Rowdies acquired Roberts.
- He was the 15th leading scorer in 1984 with 23 points in 23 games.
- He was the league's 24th all-time leading scorer with 156 points in 143 career games.
- At the end of the 1984 outdoor season, the Rowdies sold Robert's contract to the Chicago Sting as the Sting prepared to enter the Major Indoor Soccer League.
- The move to the Sting also saw Roberts move to the backline as Chicago coach Willy Roy converted Roberts to a defender.
- On 1 March 1986, the Sting sold Roberts contract to the Wichita Wings for $30,000.
- The Wings released him at the end of the season.
- In November 1987, Roberts signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Strikers.
- The Strikers released him in 1988.
- In 1990, he joined the newly established, independent amateur club, the Minnesota Thunder.Roberts currently coaches the U-11 (Mutiny) boys team of F.C.
- Tampa youth soccer organization in Tampa, Florida.
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