Kory Roberts
Personal information
Full name Kory Paul Roberts[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-17) 17 December 1997[2]
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.84 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender[4]
Youth career
2014–2016 Walsall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Walsall 26 (0)
2020–2022 Bromley 22 (1)
2021 → AFC Telford United (loan) 5 (0)
2021–2022 → Rushall Olympic (loan) 6 (1)
2022 → Dartford (loan) 18 (2)
2022–2023 Hemel Hempstead Town 38 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:10, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Kory Paul Roberts (born 17 December 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently a free agent.

Career

Roberts was born in Birmingham, West Midlands.[5] He joined the Walsall academy at the age of 16 from Birmingham's Sunday football scene, after a failed trial at Birmingham City.[6] He signed his first professional contract with Walsall in May 2016.[7] On 31 December 2016, Roberts made his Football League debut against Oxford United in a 0–0 draw.[8]

He signed a new contract with Walsall in October 2018, running until June 2020.[9]

Following his release from Walsall, he signed for Bromley in September 2020.[10] On 29 September 2021, he signed for National League North side AFC Telford United on a two-month loan deal.[11] On 26 November 2021, he was on the move again, this time to a level below when he signed for Southern Football League Premier Division Central side Rushall Olympic on loan until January 2022.[12]

On 28 January 2022, Roberts joined Dartford on loan.[13]

On 31 May 2022, it was confirmed that Roberts would leave Bromley following the end of his contract.[14]

On 22 July 2022, Roberts signed for Hemel Hempstead Town.[15]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Walsall 2016–17[16] League One 4000000040
2017–18[17] League One 20000103[lower-alpha 1]0240
2018–19[18] League One 0000000000
2019–20[19] League Two 2000002[lower-alpha 1]040
Total 260001050320
Bromley 2020–21[20] National League 22120—2[lower-alpha 2]0261
2021–22[21] National League 0000—0000
Total 22120—20261
AFC Telford United (loan) 2021–22[22] National League North 50———50
Rushall Olympic (loan) 2021–22[23] SL Premier Division Central 61——4[lower-alpha 3]1102
Dartford (loan) 2021–22 National League South 182——4[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7]0222
Hemel Hempstead Town 2022–23 National League South 38210—00392
Career total 115630101511347
  1. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Two appearances in the Southern League Cup, one in the Staffordshire Senior Cup and one appearance the Walsall Senior Cup
  4. ↑ One appearance in the FA Trophy
  5. ↑ One appearance in the London Senior Cup
  6. ↑ One appearance in the Kent Senior Cup
  7. ↑ One appearance in the National League South Play-Offs

References

  1. ↑ "EFL: Club retained and released lists published". English Football League. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kory Roberts: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Kory Roberts". Walsall F.C. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kory Roberts: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Kory Roberts". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kory completes rapid rise with late Christmas gift". Walsall F.C. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Walsall offer new deals to 12 players". Express & Star. Wolverhampton. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Oxford United 0–0 Walsall". BBC Sport. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Kory Roberts: Walsall centre-back extends contract until 2020". BBC Sport. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  10. ↑ "Roberts added to defence". Bromley FC. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "AFC Telford United sign ex-Walsall defender Kory Roberts on two-month loan". Shropshire Star. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "Kory Roberts joins Rushall Olympic on loan". Bromley FC. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "Kory Roberts joins Dartford on loan". Bromley FC. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "Bromley FC Retained List 2022/23". Bromley FC. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  15. ↑ "MARK ADDS DEFENDER ROBERTS". Hemel Hempstead Town FC. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Kory Roberts in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Kory Roberts in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Kory Roberts in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Kory Roberts in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Kory Roberts in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Kory Roberts in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  22. ↑ Kory Roberts at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "Kory Roberts". Aylesbury United. Retrieved 5 January 2022.


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