Robert Younis

Younis in the dress of Leichhardt Tigers (2009)

Robert Younis ( born August 14, 1985 in Sydney ) is an Australian football player.

Career

Younis was part of the Australian squad for the 2003 national student and was given the opportunity to audition for the English club Liverpool FC. The striker played between 2004 and 2008 mainly for the APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the NSW Premier League and scored in this period 63 hits in 71 games. After being in 21 games top scorer in the league was in the 2008 season with 21 goals, he received in the summer of 2008 the A- League club Adelaide United a two -year contract.

With Adelaide he was in November of the same year in the final of the AFC Champions League and came on in the final two games against Gamba Osaka respectively. As a result, he was also at the FIFA Club World Cup 2008 squad Adelaide and came upon reaching the fifth place in all three games to part stakes. He was in the league behind Cristiano usually only second choice and remained in his twelve league operations, none of them the full distance ( three initial, nine substitutions ), without scoring. In the Championship play-offs, he found no more consideration; during the season break, he was awarded back to more than 1300 kilometers to Sydney at the Leichhardt Tigers. In April 2009, Younis asked to terminate his contract, which was met by club side. The reasons for its athletic situation homesick were cited.