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Robert Page (born September 3, 1974 in Llwynypia, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) is a Welsh professional footballer currently playing for Football League Two side Chesterfield. He plays as a central defender.

Page started his career at Watford. Over the course of his 8 seasons at Vicarage Road he helped the club from Division 2 to the Premier League. Club captain Page was voted Watford Player of the Season as Watford were relegated from the Premier League in 1999–2000, before being transferred to Sheffield United in 2001. He moved to Cardiff City in 2004, but left after only making a handful of appearances. He was signed on a free transfer by Coventry manager Micky Adams and was, for a time, team captain. Page has also gained 41 caps for Wales, captaining the side once, before he retired from international football in September 2006.

In early 2007, Page was involved in a training incident at Coventry City, as a result of which Michael Doyle lost three teeth and Page broke a bone in his hand^{[citation needed]}.

On January 21, 2008, he joined Huddersfield Town after finding himself down the pecking order at the Ricoh Arena. On January 26, he made his Town debut in the FA Cup 4th Round win at Oldham Athletic. He made his Town league debut three days later in the 1-0 win over Bournemouth at the Galpharm Stadium.

Since arriving from Coventry, Page has played in 4 games for Huddersfield and in those 4 games, they have recorded 4 wins with 4 clean sheets. Many Town fans see the signing of Page as the turning point of Town's season, for which many thought would only be highlighted by their impressive FA Cup run. That run ended at Brunton Park against Carlisle United on February 12, 2008, but the game was notable for two reasons. First, Carlisle won 2-1, making it their 10th consecutive home win, which is a record for them, and secondly, Page scored his first goal for the Terriers. On March 1, 2008, he was sent off against league leaders Swansea City at the Galpharm Stadium where Town lost 1-0.

Following Andy Ritchie's departure as manager of the Terriers, caretaker manager Gerry Murphy made Page captain of the team until the end of the season, replacing previous captain Jon Worthington. However, it was then revealed on May 2, that contract talks had broken down between Page and new manager Stan Ternent and Page is now possibly looking at other clubs, which would be seen as a big blow to the Terriers. It was then revealed two days later that Page had agreed a pre-contract agreement at Football League Two side Chesterfield. Manager Lee Richardson had tried to sign him before he moved to Huddersfield in January, so was relieved that he finally got his man. Page was initially captain of Chesterfield, but after a string of poor performances and a red card at Dagenham & Redbridge, Page was dropped from the squad and his captaincy was relinquished.

In July 2009, Page was offered a player-coach role at Port Vale under Micky Adams, but he decided to stay at Chesterfield despite not featuring in the second half of the 2008/9 season. Chesterfield manager, Lee Richardson was relieved of his duties in May 2009, and his replacement, John Sheridan returned Ian Breckin to the club, who formed a strong early defensive partnership with Page.

[edit] External links

• Robert Page career stats at Soccerbase

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