1. Robert Samuel Holding was born on 20 September 1995 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Championship club Sheffield United on loan from Crystal Palace.
17 Facts About Rob Holding
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Rob Holding has won the FA Cup twice and the FA Community Shield three times with the club.
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Rob Holding has represented England at under-21 level and was part of the team that won the Toulon Tournament in 2016.
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Rob Holding played for Stalybridge Celtic Juniors before joining the Bolton Wanderers youth system at the age of seven.
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Rob Holding made 30 appearances, scoring one goal, as the team finished bottom of the Championship and were relegated to League One.
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Rob Holding signed a new long-term contract with the club on 1 May 2018.
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Rob Holding would undergo surgery and was expected to be out for about six to nine months.
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Rob Holding marked his return from injury with his first goal at Emirates Stadium, scoring Arsenal's third from a Reiss Nelson corner-kick.
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On 1 August 2020, Rob Holding was selected to start in the FA Cup final against Chelsea, and went on to win his second winners' medal as Arsenal won their 14th FA Cup.
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On 12 January 2021, Rob Holding committed his future to Arsenal by signing a new three-and-a-half-year deal.
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In October 2024, manager Oliver Glasner stated that Rob Holding had been frozen out of the squad and was training individually following a disagreement between the pair.
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Rob Holding subsequently deleted all references to Crystal Palace from his Instagram page and unfollowed the club on the platform, and went on to only make sporadic appearances for the under-21 side.
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On 3 February 2025, Rob Holding was signed by EFL Championship club Sheffield United on a loan until the end of the season.
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Rob Holding departed having featured once for Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup in one and a half years, and having made zero appearances in the Premier League.
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Rob Holding was called up to the England under-21 squad for the Toulon Tournament May 2016 as a replacement for Everton defender Brendan Galloway.
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Rob Holding was selected for England's squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Poland, but did not make an appearance with England eliminated in the semi-finals.
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Rob Holding made five appearances for the under-21s from 2016 to 2017.