Nick Colgan

Who is this?

Nicholas Vincent Colgan (born 19 September 1973) is an Irish football coach and former professional footballer who is goalkeeping coach at EFL League One side Stockport County. As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1991 to 2013 and first briefly played for his hometown club Drogheda United between 1991 and 1992 before signing for Premier League side Chelsea. Whilst at Stamford Bridge he often found himself as back-up to the likes of Dmitri Kharine and Frode Grodas and spent time on loan at Crewe Alexandra, Grimsby Town, Millwall, Brentford and Reading. He joined AFC Bournemouth permanently in 1998 where he stayed for a year before a move to Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. Colgan made over 120 appearances in the league between 1999 and 2004 and went on to earn his first full international cap for the Republic of Ireland. In 2004 following a loan spell with Stockport County he joined Barnsley where he played for four years and also helping the club to promotion to the Football League Championship in 2006. In 2008, he joined Ipswich Town as an understudy to Stephen Bywater but left the club a few months later after failing to make an appearance, and with that returned to the Premier League when he joined Sunderland. A year later he returned to Grimsby Town and was the first choice keeper when the club were to lose their Football League following relegation to the Conference. Colgan lost his place in the team the following year and was loaned out to Huddersfield Town before later making the move permanent. During the 2011–12 season Colgan began coaching youngsters back at former club Barnsley as well as continuing to play with Huddersfield. In July 2012 he signed a new contract with Huddersfield to make him the club's academy goalkeeping coach as well as still making himself available as a player.

Career

1. 1973
   Born
2. 1991
   Joined Drogheda United F.C.
3. 1992
   Joined Chelsea F.C.
4. 1993
   Joined Crewe Alexandra F.C.
5. 1994
   Joined Grimsby Town F.C.
6. 1995
   Joined Millwall F.C.
7. 1997
   Joined Brentford F.C.
8. 1998
   Joined AFC Bournemouth
9. 1998
   Joined Reading F.C.
10. 1999
    Joined Hibernian F.C.
11. 2002
    Joined Republic of Ireland men's national association football team
12. 2003
    Joined Stockport County F.C.
13. 2004
    Joined Barnsley F.C.
14. 2005
    Joined Dundee United F.C.
15. 2008
    Joined Ipswich Town F.C.
16. 2008
    Joined Sunderland A.F.C.
17. 2009
    Joined Grimsby Town F.C.
18. 2010
    Joined Huddersfield Town A.F.C.
19. 2011
    Joined Huddersfield Town A.F.C.

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Drogheda
• •Citizenship: Ireland
• •Known as: association football player
• •Sport: association football