Haydon Roberts

Haydon Cameron Roberts (born 10 May 2002) is an English footballer who plays as a central defender for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Club Career

Brighton & Hove Albion

Roberts made his professional and first team debut for Brighton & Hove Albion, whose academy he had progressed from, on 25 September 2019 in the EFL Cup at home against Aston Villa where he scored Brighton's only goal in a 3–1 defeat. His next appearance for The Seagulls came almost a year later, on 17 September 2020. His next appearance again came in the EFL Cup, this time coming on as a sub in the 4–0 home victory over Portsmouth.

Rochdale (loan)

Roberts signed a season long loan deal with League One side Rochdale on 16 October 2020. He made his debut for The Dale 4 days later in which was also his professional league debut, playing the full match and helping keep a clean sheet in the 1–0 away win over Burton Albion. Roberts made 25 appearances in the league and in all competitions for The Dale finishing in 21st place, thus being relegated from the third tier.