Hal Robson-Kanu
Personal information
Full name	Hal Robson-Kanu
Date of birth	21 May 1989 (1989-05-21) (age 20)
Place of birth	Acton, England
Height	6 ft (1.83 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Reading
Number	19
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007– 2008 2008 2009	Reading → Southend United (loan) → Southend United (loan) → Swindon Town (loan)	06 (0) 08 (3) 14 (2) 20 (4)
National team
2007–	England U19	01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Hal Robson-Kanu (born 21 May 1989 in England) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Reading.

[edit] Club career

Robson-Kanu came through the ranks of the Reading Academy, suffering two long term injuries there. He was at non-league Acton Ealing Whistlers Youth F.C. and had trials with Arsenal but chose to join Reading. He had his first involvement with the first team when he travelled with the squad for the Peace Cup in South Korea in the summer of 2007, and started against River Plate.

He joined Southend United on loan on 30 January 2008, until the end of the 2007–08 season, where he scored 3 goals in 8 games. He scored a goal in a 9-0 win over Didcot FC in the pre-season.^[1]

He has been out on loan twice; Southend United on 21 August 2008 and Swindon Town on 26 January 2009.

Brendan Rodgers praised the player following a testimonial match for Graeme Murty, saying "He's been impressive in pre-season. He's been here a few years, went on loan last year and did well. He's big, quick and strong, technically good and wants to take people on in the duel; the one-on-one. He was very good and scored a great goal."^[2]

The week later, during the first game of Reading's pre-season tour of Sweden, Robson-Kanu scored a hat-trick against Jonsereds IF in just 28 minutes.^[3]

[edit] External links

• Hal Robson-Kanu profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Hal Robson-Kanu career stats at Soccerbase
• Hal Robson-Kanu profile at news.bbc.co.uk
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[edit] References

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Persondata
NAME	Robson-Kanu, Hal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	21 May 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH	England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH