Louis Robles
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Louis Gabriel Robles[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1996[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England[3] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Colwyn Bay | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2013 | Liverpool | ||
| 2013–2015 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016 | Limestone Saints | 19 | (14) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Wigan Athletic | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Macclesfield Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Gloucester City (loan) | 7 | (3) |
| 2017 | Bangor City | 7 | (2) |
| 2017 | Atlético Baleares | 5 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | San Roque de Lepe | 53 | (12) |
| 2018 | Grimsby Town | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | San Roque de Lepe | 13 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Bala Town | 24 | (11) |
| 2020–2022 | The New Saints | 55 | (14) |
| 2022–2024 | Newtown | 63 | (17) |
| 2024–2025 | Bala Town | ||
| 2025– | Colwyn Bay | 15 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:24, 2 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Louis Gabriel Robles (born 11 September 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cymru Premier club Colwyn Bay.
At the age of nine, Robles began his professional career at Liverpool in 2005 with their academy for the next eight years. He then joined Wigan Athletic aged 16. Loan moves to Macclesfield Town and Gloucester City followed in the 2015–16 season. Robles switched to the USA later in 2016 joining Limestone Saints representing Limestone College. In January 2017, he joined Welsh Premier League side Bangor City.
Robles made the move to Spain in February 2017, joining Segunda Division B side Atlético Baleares, before joining the Tercera División side San Roque de Lepe for the 2017–18 season. In June 2018, Robles moved back to England and joined EFL League Two club Grimsby Town, before moving back to San Roque de Lepe in December 2018.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Wigan Athletic
[edit | edit source]Robles was born in Liverpool and attended St Edward's College Catholic school in West Derby, Liverpool.[4] He started his career with Liverpool Academy as an Under-9 player and spent the next eight years there.[3]
Signed as a 16-year-old from Liverpool in 2013, Robles was offered his first professional contract with Wigan Athletic in March 2015.[5] He was first included in a Wigan Athletic matchday squad on 17 February 2015, remaining an unused substitute for their 0–1 Championship win away to Reading at the Madejski Stadium.[6] He was again an unused substitute in two more matches that week. He made his professional Football League debut on 2 May on the final day of the season, with Wigan already relegated to League One, replacing Marc-Antoine Fortuné after 64 minutes of an eventual 0–3 defeat to Brentford at Griffin Park.[7]
On 8 January 2016, Robles and teammate Adam Anson were loaned to National League side Macclesfield Town until the end of the season.[8] He made his only appearance for the Silkmen 15 days later, replacing Danny Rowe for the final ten minutes of a 0–2 loss to Aldershot Town at Moss Rose.[9] Three days later, he and Anson returned to Wigan.[10]
On 24 March, Robles was loaned to Gloucester City of the National League North for the rest of the season.[11] He made seven appearances for the Tigers, four of which were starts, scoring one goal.[12] Robles was released by Wigan Athletic in June 2016.[13]
Later career
[edit | edit source]After being released by Wigan Athletic, Robles moved to the United States and represented Limestone Saints in college soccer, scoring 14 goals and five assists.[4] He was credited with the Conference Carolinas Second-Team All-Conference Carolinas and Freshman of the Year awards at the end of season.[14]
On 27 January 2017, Robles signed for Welsh Premier League side Bangor City.[15] He made his only appearance for the Citizens the next day in a 4–0 home win over Llandudno in the Welsh Cup fourth round, scoring two goals.[16]
Robles moved to Spain on 31 January when he signed for Segunda Division B side Atlético Baleares.[17][18] He made his Spanish third-tier debut as an 80th-minute substitute in a 1–0 defeat at Sabadell on 12 February, and totalled five appearances during his time in Mallorca.[19]
Robles transferred to Tercera División side San Roque de Lepe for the 2017–18 season where he scored 6 times in 33 appearances.[20]
In June 2018, Robles went back to England and joined EFL League Two side Grimsby Town on a one-year contract.[21][22] On 28 December he was released by mutual consent having featured five times during his spell.[23]
The same day, he returned to San Roque de Lepe.[24] On 29 July 2019 he came back to the Cymru Premier to sign for Bala Town.[25]
In 2020 he joined The New Saints, and left the club in June 2022 after he rejected a new contract offer at the end of the 2021–22 season. Robles scored three Europa league qualification goals during his time at TNS, most notably in a 3-1 loss away to Viktoria Plzen.[26]
He joined Newtown in 2022 before moving back to Bala Town in June 2024.[27] In July 2025 he joined Colwyn Bay.[28]
Style of play
[edit | edit source]Robles plays in a centre forward role or an out and out No.9 striker, he can also operate as a winger on both flanks.[3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Robles was born in England and is of Spanish descent.[29]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played on 13 November 2018
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Wigan Athletic | 2014–15[30] | EFL Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Macclesfield Town (loan) | 2015–16[19] | National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gloucester City (loan) | 2015–16[19] | National League North | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| Limestone Saints | 2016[4] | NCAA Division II | 19 | 14 | — | — | — | 19 | 14 | |||
| Bangor City | 2016–17[19] | Welsh Premier League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | ||
| Atlético Baleares | 2016–17[20] | Segunda División B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| San Roque de Lepe | 2017–18[20] | Tercera División | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 6 | ||
| Grimsby Town | 2018–19[31] | EFL League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Career total | 67 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 23 | ||
- ^ Cup competitions include the FA Cup, Welsh Cup, Copa del Rey
- ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
Honours
[edit | edit source]Wigan Athletic U18s
- Lancashire FA Youth Cup: 2014–15[32]
- Football League Youth Alliance League 3 North-West Division champions: 2015–16[33]
Individual
- Wigan Athletic Michael Millett Young Player of the Year: 2014–15
- Conference Carolinas All-Tournament Team: 2016[4]
- Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year: 2016[4][14]
- Conference Carolinas Second-Team All-Conference Carolinas: 2016[4][14]
Cymru Premier Player of the Month- November 2019
The New Saints
[edit | edit source]- Cymru Premier: 2021–22[34]
- Welsh cup: 2021-22
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Louis Robles at BDFutbolLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Louis Robles at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Louis Robles at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Profile at La Preferente
- Living people
- 1996 births
- English people of Spanish descent
- English expatriate men's footballers
- English expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Limestone University alumni
- Footballers from Liverpool
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Tercera División players
- Segunda División B players
- Cymru Premier players
- National League (English football) players
- English Football League players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Macclesfield Town F.C. players
- Gloucester City A.F.C. players
- Limestone Saints men's soccer players
- Bangor City F.C. players
- CD Atlético Baleares footballers
- CD San Roque de Lepe footballers
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Bala Town F.C. players
- The New Saints F.C. players
- Newtown A.F.C. players
- 21st-century English sportsmen
- Colwyn Bay F.C. players