David Leslie Robson (born 22 January 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for National League club Rochdale and the Wales under-21 national team. He previously spent time on loan at non-league clubs East Yorkshire Carnegie, Stocksbridge Park Steels, Tadcaster Albion, Gainsborough Trinity, Farsley Celtic and Darlington and at Crawley Town of EFL League Two, for whom he made his Football League debut.
Robson was born in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, to Jeremy and Mary Robson. He began playing football as a five-year-old, and became a goalkeeper at six. In 2008, Jeremy's work took the family to Canada, where they settled in Fergus, Ontario. Robson attended Elora Public School and played football for Oakville SC. In late 2014, the twelve-year-old Robson returned to the United Kingdom for trials with professional football clubs, and the family accepted an offer from Scottish club Heart of Midlothian for him to join their academy. Robson returned to England to join Hull City's academy in 2017 as an under-15, and took up a scholarship with the club in 2018.
While a member of Heart of Midlothian's academy, in early 2017, Robson played for Wales at under-15 level, and by the time he played for the under-16s in September, he was on the books of Hull City. He continued through the age groups, but missed out on the under-19s because of COVID-19-related restrictions.
Robson made his Wales under-21 debut in September 2022, playing the first half of the 2–0 friendly match defeat against Austria.
