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Rob Lovejoy
Personal information
Full name Robert Lionell Lovejoy III
Date of birth (1991-10-23) October 23, 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, Forward
Youth career
Triangle United
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Carolina Dynamo 14 (5)
2015–2016 Houston Dynamo 19 (1)
2016 → Rio Grande Valley FC Toros (loan) 9 (3)
Total 42 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 7, 2016

Robert Lionell Lovejoy III (born October 23, 1991) is a retired American soccer player.

Career

Highschool

Lovejoy went to Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina where he played varsity for 4 years, winning 1 state championships. Lovejoy was involved in Page Playmakers where he starred in 2 plays including Robin Hood and Rent, playing the lead roles.

College and Amateur

Lovejoy spent his entire college career at the University of North Carolina where he made a total of 71 appearances and tallied 20 goals and 16 assists. He was also named to the ACC All-Academic Team in 2011 and 2012.

Lovejoy also played for Carolina Dynamo in the Premier Development League.[1][2]

Professional

On January 15, 2015, Lovejoy was selected in the second round (36th overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by the Houston Dynamo and signed a professional contract with the club a month later.[3][4] He made his professional debut on March 13 in a 1–0 defeat to Orlando City.[5]

Lovejoy was released by Houston at the end of the 2016 season and subsequently announced his retirement.[6]

References

  1. ^ "2011 Carolina Dynamo stats". USLPDL.com. Premier Development League. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ^ "2012 Carolina Dynamo stats". USLPDL.com. Premier Development League. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Houston Dynamo select Zach Steinberger, Oumar Ballo and Rob Lovejoy in 2015 MLS SuperDraft". HoustonDynamo.com. Houston Dynamo Communications. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Houston Dynamo sign 2015 MLS SuperDraft selections Oumar Ballo, Rob Lovejoy and Taylor Hunter". HoustonDynamo.com. Houston Dynamo Communications. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  5. ^ Lovell, Darrell (13 March 2015). "Match Recap: Houston Dynamo 0, Orlando City SC 1". HoustonDynamo.com. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  6. ^ http://www.houstondynamo.com/post/2016/11/29/midfielder-rob-lovejoy-announces-retirement-professional-soccer
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