Robbie Rogers Career, Net Worth, Bio, Personal Life and Twitter

Published Date   20th Jun. 2017, 21:29 pm
Robbie Rogers Career, Net Worth, Bio, Personal Life and Twitter
Quick Info
Birth Name: Robbie Rogers
Date of Birth: 12/05/1987
Age: 36 years old
Nationality: American
Net Worth: $200 thousand




Robbie Rogers and Robbie Rogers career are something that could be hardly be missed by an avid soccer fan. Robbie Rogers is an American professional soccer player who plays for LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer.

Synopsis

Robbie Rogers is one of those talented soccer players who as a winger and as a left back. He has also been a representative of the United States men’s national soccer team. With hard work and perseverance, Robbie Rogers career has inspired many people out there.



Born

Robbie Rogers was born on May 12, 1987, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States. He was born to father Robert Hampton Rogers II and Mother Theresa Rogers. The player has four siblings in total, three beautiful sisters and one brother. His sisters are Katie Rose Rogers, Nicole Camilla Rogers, and Alicia Rogers. His brother’s name is Timothy Rogers.

Early life and education

Robbie Rogers career has a strong base as he started playing soccer at the very age of four-and-a-half. When he was at that tender age, he used to play soccer at the American Youth Soccer Organization. Robbie Rogers career started quite very early. When he was seven years old, he played soccer in the Coast Soccer League, as well as in various Hispanic leagues.

For the high school education, Rogers went to Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California. He left a good mark there as well as he was a two-time High School All-American in soccer. Robbie Rogers played one season of college soccer at the University of Maryland. Robbie Rogers career professionally started in the year, 2006. He signed a two-year professional contract with the Dutch side in August 2006 which was basically his first professional contract.

Career and net worth

Going into the details of Robbie Rogers career, he actually signed in August 2006 for Heerenveen. Unfortunately, he failed to make any first-team appearances. Then in February 2007, he left the club in consent. He came to the United States for Columbus Crew. Robbie Rogers career was associated with Columbus Crew for four years and it was very successful. Rogers secured MLS Cup title in 2008 and two Supporters’ Shield wins in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Then he left Columbus Crew in December 2011 after the expiry of the contract.

After a month later, Rogers signed for Championship side Leeds United on a free transfer. He got injured and wrecked the very first six months of his Leeds career. Then until January 2013, Rogers joined League One team Stevenage on a loan deal. Robbie Rogers signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy in May 2013. With all those excellences in Robbie Rogers career, it is only plausible for him to have earned a fortune. Robbie Rogers net worth is definitely in thousands. Robbie Rogers net worth is estimated to be 200 thousand dollars

Personal life and spouse

Robbie Rogers has a strong fan base and Robbie Rogers personal life was also was something people liked to talk about. However, people started growing interest in Robbie Rogers personal life even more after he came out as gay. In February 2013 Rogers announced that he is gay. He became the first openly gay male athlete to join MLS or any of the five major North American sports leagues. Rogers then started dating Greg Berlanti in 2013 who is a director by profession. They definitely were in committed relationship. The couple proved that love knows no boundaries, loves knows no gender. There were many people who supported them along with an ample number of people who criticized behind their back. The couple simply held on and they welcomed their first son via surrogacy on February 18, 2016. Then what, the couple announced that they had become engaged on December 31, 2016. The couple is going very strong with every passing day. Both of them are understanding and loving, supporting each other.

However, coming out of a closet for Rogers was not an easy task. Rogers was from a close-knit conservative Christian family in America. He had a very happy childhood. He realized he was a gay when he was 14 or 15. He had a feeling that he was a good footballer and he would get attention from girls. However, he was like why don’t he wanted that. After he realized about his sexual orientation, he was confused regarding what he was going to do as there were no gay footballers. His story is a real deep one as he felt like an outcast as he could not share with anyone. He even tried to go out with girls to appear normal. He was fearful of coming out as he was not sure how his teammates would react but eventually he came out of the closet in 2013.

Awards, achievements, and recognitions

Robbie Rogers is such an amazing footballer and he has secured many honors. Some of them are MLS Cup in 2008, MLS Supporters’ Shield in 2008, 2009 in Columbus Crew. In 2015, he was inducted into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame. Robbie Rogers is active in social media. Robbie Rogers twitter account is active and anyone can follow Robbie Rogers twitter account.

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