Kruse playing for Australia at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name
Robbie Thomas Kruse[1]
Date of birth
(1988-10-05) 5 October 1988 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)
Forward, winger, attacking midfielder[3][4][5][6]
Youth career
2004–2005
QAS
2005–2006
AIS
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2007–2009
Brisbane Roar
26
(4)
2009–2011
Melbourne Victory
39
(16)
2011–2013
Fortuna Düsseldorf
41
(4)
2012
→ Fortuna Düsseldorf II
2
(0)
2013–2017
Bayer Leverkusen
21
(2)
2015–2016
→ VfB Stuttgart (loan)
3
(0)
2017
Liaoning Whowin
4
(0)
2017–2019
VfL Bochum
42
(8)
2019–2022
Melbourne Victory
40
(3)
2023
Brisbane Roar
1
(0)
International career‡
2004–2005
Australia U17
11
(3)
2006
Australia U20
5
(0)
2011–2019
Australia
75
(5)
Medal record
Representing Australia
AFC Asian Cup
Winner
2015 Australia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:09, 7 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2019
Robbie Thomas Kruse (/ˈkruːs/KROOSS;[7]German:[ˈkʁuːzə];[8] born 5 October 1988) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played his junior football with Albany Creek in the Pine Rivers district to the near north of Brisbane and began his professional career with A-League side Brisbane Roar and later Melbourne Victory before moving to Germany in 2011.[9][10][11]
^ ab"FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of Players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2019.
^"Robbie Kruse". Melbourne Victory FC. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^"Humble Kruse on life in the Bundesliga". Bundesliga. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^Bernard, Grantley. "Kruse boosts attack for Melbourne Victory ahead of clash with former team Brisbane Roar". Herald Sun. News Corp. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^"'Skippy' the Bayer Socceroo". Bundesliga. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^Lynch, Michael (11 December 2020). "Socceroo star set to miss Victory's A-League season start". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^Bundesliga (5 December 2013), Leverkusen's Robbie Kruse - Australia's Footballer of the Year, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 8 November 2018
^Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 679. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
^"Robbie Kruse". aleaguestats.com. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
^"Robbie Kruse" (in German). kicker. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
^"Robbie Kruse". worldfootball.net. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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