Background
Rob Gier was born to Robert Gier and Rosario and grew up in Ascot, England. His mother, Rosario is a Waray-waray from Tacloban, Leyte.
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Upon coming from work, Rob"s father would often bring him to football training. Gier began his career at Wimbledon, who had been relegated from the Premiership in 1999–2000 season. He made his debut the following season, starting a 0–0 home draw with Sheffield United on 28 October 2000.
In 2004 he joined Rushden & Diamonds, and was part of the side that was relegated from the Football League in 2005-2006.
He left the club following their relegation, and had spells in the Conference with Cambridge United, and Woking during the 2006-2007 season. He made 38 league appearances for the club, all starts, but despite this was released at the end of the campaign.
On 22 May 2008, Grays Athletic announced they had signed Gier on a one-year contract, however, he was transfer listed by the club in January 2009, with financial pressures and manager Wayne Burnett"s plans being cited as the reason. Gier joined Hellenic League Premier Division club Ascot United in November 2009, after being released at the end of the previous season by Grays Athletic.
In January 2012, the Philippine-based United Football League and club Global Football Club announced that Gier had joined them.
Gier has yet to make an appearance for Global in a league match. Gier was called up to the Philippines national team in March 2009, for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers in April, where they were due to face, Turkmenistan, Bhutan and the Maldives. He made his international debut in 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification match against Bhutan on 14 April 2009 and also played against Maldives and Turkmenistan.
10 September 2012, Rob Gier scored his first international goal for the Philippines in a 2–1 loss to Laos, however it was not a Fédération internationale de football association-sanctioned match.
Fédération internationale de football association did not recognize the match"s results after it was found out that the referees who officiated the match were not recognized by the world sporting body. He Scored his first official international goal for the Philippines in the 2014 Philippine Peace Cup against Chinese Taipei.
International goals Scores and results list the Philippines" goal tally first. Retirement In February 17, 2016, Gier announced his retirement from playing competitive football at the age of 35.
Gier is set to focus on operating Zenith Soccer Tours and spending more time with his family.
Earlier in 2014, Gier established Zenith Soccer Tours, a youth football program in the United Kingdom. The idea was concepted by Gier, after he met with the Philippine national youth team who had a three-week training camp in the United Kingdom in 2013. Club National team
