Robert Dickie (footballer)

Robert Joseph Andrew Dickie (born 3 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Championship club Queens Park Rangers, as a defender. He has represented England at U19 level.

Robert Dickie
Personal information
Full name Robert Joseph Andrew Dickie[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996[2]
Place of birth Wokingham, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[3]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Queens Park Rangers
Number 4
Youth career
2004–2014 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Reading 1 (0)
2014–2015 → Basingstoke Town (loan) 24 (1)
2015–2017 → Cheltenham Town (loan) 47 (5)
2017–2018 → Lincoln City (loan) 18 (0)
2018–2020 Oxford United 86 (2)
2020– Queens Park Rangers 22 (1)
National team‡
2014 England U18 1 (0)
2014 England U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:47, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:42, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Career

Reading

Dickie joined Reading as an eight-year-old.[4] Dickie made his first loan move from Reading on 24 December 2014, joining Basingstoke Town until 25 April 2015.[5][6] He made twenty four appearances for Basingstoke and helped them to reach the Conference South Play-Offs.[7]

On 9 May 2016, Dickie was one of 15 Reading youth-team players offered a new contract by the club,[8] with confirmation of his new deal being signed coming on 1 July 2016.[9]

Cheltenham Town (loan)

On 20 August 2015, Dickie joined Cheltenham Town on a one-month loan deal.[10] Dickie's loan deal was then extended on for an additional month on 23 September,[11] on 16 October,[12] and again on 10 December until the end of January.[13] During Cheltenham Town's 3–1 victory over Chelmsford City in the FA Trophy on 12 December, Dickie scored a hat-trick.[14] Dickie returned to Reading on January to recover from an injury, before rejoining Cheltenham Town for their promotion push on 23 March,[15] helping them secure the title against Halifax Town on 16 April.[16]

On 25 August 2016. Dickie re-joined Cheltenham Town on loan until 2 January 2017.[17]

Lincoln City (loan)

On 1 August 2017, Dickie joined Lincoln City on loan until January 2018.[18]

Oxford United

On 4 January 2018, Dickie joined Oxford United on a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee from Reading.[19][20] He made his debut on 13 February in a 3–1 League One defeat at Rotherham United,[21] and scored his first goal for the club against Peterborough United in a League One home fixture on 17 March 2018.[22] Dickie was voted the Supporters' Player of the Year for 2019–20.[23]

Queens Park Rangers

Dickie signed for Championship club Queens Park Rangers on 1 September 2020, joining on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[24] He scored his first goal for QPR in a 2-1 loss to Bristol City on 1 December 2020.[25]

International

In March 2014, Dickie received his first call up to the England U18s for their match against Germany U18.[26] Dickie went on to be called up to the England U19s a year later.[27]

Career statistics
As of match played 28 December 2020[28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2014–15[29] Championship 0000000000
2015–16[30] 1000000010
2016–17[31] 0000000000
2017–18[32] 0000000000
Total 1000000010
Basingstoke Town (loan) 2014–15 Conference South 241000000241
Cheltenham Town (loan) 2015–16[30] National League 27330001[lower-alpha 1]3316
2016–17[31] League Two 20230003[lower-alpha 2]0262
Total 475600043578
Lincoln City (loan) 2017–18[32] League Two 18010103[lower-alpha 2]0240
Oxford United 2017–18[32] League One 5100000051
2018–19[33] League One 37140305[lower-alpha 2]0491
2019–20[34] League One 34050406[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]1491
Total 942100801411273
Queens Park Rangers 2020-21 Championship 19 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 1
Career total 15991609018420313
  1. Appearance in the FA Trophy
  2. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  3. Appearances in the EFL Play Offs

Honours

Club
Cheltenham Town

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Oxford United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 52. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. "Profile". 11v11. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. "Robert Dickie". Eurosport. n.d. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. "ROBERT DICKIE". thefa.com. The FA. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  5. "Reading's Dickie joins on loan". Basingstoke Town F.C. 24 December 2014. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  6. "Round up: McCleary could make Reggae Boyz return". Reading FC. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  7. "Robert Dickie Basingstoke Town Profile". Basingstoke Town F.C. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  8. "Contract offers made to Academy talent". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  9. "15 youngsters sign new pro deals with Reading". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  10. "Rob Dickie loaned to Cheltenham". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  11. "Osho pens first pro deal". readingfc.co.uk. Reading FC. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  12. "Rob Dickie's loan move extended". ctfc.com. Cheltenham Town F.C. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  13. "Cheltenham Town extend Ryan Jennings and Rob Dickie loans". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  14. "Gary Johnson: Hat-trick hero Rob Dickie will remain at Cheltenham Town despite injury". gloucestershireecho.co.uk/. Gloucestershire Echo. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  15. "Rob Dickie re-signs for the Robins". ctfc.com. Cheltenham Town F.C. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  16. "Cheltenham Town are CHAMPIONS: 10 key games that won the Robins the National League title". gloucestershireecho.co.uk. Gloucestershire Echo. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  17. "Dickie heads back to Cheltenham on loan". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  18. "Imps swoop for Dickie on loan". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  19. "Dickie departs for Oxford". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  20. "Rob Dickie Joins Oxford United". oufc.co.uk. Oxford United F.C. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  21. "REPORT Rotherham United 3 Oxford United 1". Oxford United F.C. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  22. "Oxford United 2–1 Peterborough United". BBC Sport. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  23. "Player of the Season: Rob Dickie". Oxford United F.C. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  24. "Rob Dickie joins QPR". Queens Park Rangers F.C. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  25. "QPR 1-2 Bristol City". BBC. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  26. "England call for defender". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  27. "Rob Dickie drafted into England Under-19 squad". Basingstoke Town F.C. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  28. Robert Dickie at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  29. "Games played by Jake Cooper in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  30. "Games played by Rob Dickie in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  31. "Games played by Robert Dickie in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  32. "Games played by Robert Dickie in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  33. "Games played by Robert Dickie in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  34. "Games played by Robert Dickie in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
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