Robbie Savage

Robbie Savage (born 18 October 1974)^[3] is a retired football player. He played for Derby County. He was born in Wrexham and started as a trainee at Manchester United. He later moved to Crewe Alexandra, then to Leicester City where he played for five seasons from 1997—2002. He then played with Birmingham City, and joined Blackburn Rovers in 2005. He started playing with Derby in 2008 after a transfer fee of £1.5 million.^[3] He is currently the manager of National League club Forest Green Rovers. He was a contestant in the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Robbie Savage

Savage in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Robert William Savage[1]
Date of birth	(1974-10-18) 18 October 1974 (age 50)[1]
Place of birth	Wrexham,[1] Wales
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Macclesfield (Head Coach)
Youth career
	Brickfield Rangers
1990	Lex XI
1991–1993	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	Manchester United	0	(0)
1994–1997	Crewe Alexandra	77	(10)
1997–2002	Leicester City	172	(8)
2002–2005	Birmingham City	82	(11)
2005–2008	Blackburn Rovers	76	(1)
2008–2011	Derby County	124	(7)
2008	→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	6	(0)
2019–2020	Stockport Town	1	(0)
Total		538	(37)
International career
1992	Wales U18	2	(0)
1995	Wales U21	5	(1)
1995–2004	Wales	39	(2)
Managerial career
2024–2025	Macclesfield
2025–	Forest Green Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Crewe Alexandra	1994–95	Second Division	6	2	–		–		–		6	2
	1995–96	Second Division	30	7	3	0	3	0	–		36	7
	1996–97	Second Division	41	1	2	0	2	0	–		45	1
	Total		77	10	5	0	5	0	–		87	10
Leicester City	1997–98	Premier League	35	2	2	1	1	0	1[a]	0	39	3
	1998–99	Premier League	34	1	–		7	0	–		41	1
	1999–2000	Premier League	35	1	5	0	7	0	–		47	1
	2000–01	Premier League	33	4	4	0	–		2[a]	0	39	4
	2001–02	Premier League	35	0	1	0	2	0	–		38	0
	Total		172	8	12	1	17	0	3	0	204	9
Birmingham City	2002–03	Premier League	33	4	1	0	–		–		34	4
	2003–04	Premier League	31	3	4	0	–		–		35	3
	2004–05	Premier League	18	4	–		1	1	–		19	5
	Total		82	11	5	0	1	1	–		88	12
Blackburn Rovers	2004–05	Premier League	9	0	4	0	–		–		13	0
	2005–06	Premier League	34	1	2	0	6	0	–		42	1
	2006–07	Premier League	21	0	–		–		6[a]	2	27	2
	2007–08	Premier League	12	0	–		1	0	5[a]	0	18	0
	Total		76	1	6	0	7	0	11	2	100	3
Derby County	2007–08	Premier League	16	0	1	0	–		–		17	0
	2008–09	Championship	22	1	3	0	3	0	–		28	1
	2009–10	Championship	46	2	3	0	1	0	–		50	2
	2010–11	Championship	40	4	1	0	1	0	–		42	4
	Total		124	7	8	0	5	0	–		137	7
Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	2008–09	League One	6	0	–		–		–		6	0
Career total			537	37	36	1	35	1	14	2	623[b]	41

1. Appearances in UEFA Cup
2. These statistics do not include 9 appearances and 1 goal scored in other competitions with Crewe (8 appearances, 1 goal) and one appearance with Brighton and Hove Albion

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Wales	1995	1	0
	1996	2	0
	1997	4	1
	1998	5	0
	1999	2	0
	2000	5	0
	2001	3	1
	2002	5	0
	2003	6	0
	2004	6	0
	Total	39	2

International goals

Scores and results list Wales's goal tally first. Score column lists score after each Savage goal.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	20 August 1997	Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	2–2	4–6	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[5]
2	5 September 2001	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–0	2–3	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	[6]

Honours

Manchester United Youth

• FA Youth Cup: 1991–92^[7]

Leicester City

• Football League Cup: 1999–2000;^[8] runner-up: 1998–99^[9]

Scholastic

Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships

Location	Date	School	Position
Wales	29 October 2014–present	Wrexham Glyndŵr University	Honorary Fellow[10][11]