Rob Lovejoy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Lionell Lovejoy III | ||
| Date of birth | October 23, 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| 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 as of November 7, 2016 | |||
Robert Lionell Lovejoy III (born October 23, 1991) is an American retired soccer player.
Career
[edit | edit source]Highschool
[edit | edit source]Lovejoy went to Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina where he played varsity for 4 years, winning 1 state championships.
College and amateur
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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]
Lovejoy joined the Plexus Capital team in 2017.[7] On October 11, 2022, Lovejoy was selected as the Senior Associate (deal daddy) of the Quarter for Q3 of 2022.
Personal
[edit | edit source]Younger brother Matthew is a REIT hedge fund analyst.
References
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External links
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- North Carolina Tar Heels bio
- 1991 births
- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- Men's association football midfielders
- North Carolina Fusion U23 players
- Houston Dynamo FC draft picks
- Houston Dynamo FC players
- Major League Soccer players
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer players
- Rio Grande Valley FC Toros players
- Soccer players from North Carolina
- Soccer players from Greensboro, North Carolina
- USL Championship players
- USL League Two players
- 21st-century American sportsmen