1. Nicholas Vincent Colgan was born on 19 September 1973 and is an Irish football coach and former professional footballer who is goalkeeping coach at EFL League One side Stockport County.
35 Facts About Nick Colgan
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Nick Colgan joined AFC Bournemouth permanently in 1998 where he stayed for a year before a move to Scottish Premier League club Hibernian.
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Nick 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.
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Nick Colgan lost his place in the team the following year and was loaned out to Huddersfield Town before later making the move permanent.
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Nick Colgan remained at United Park for one season as a professional while he was scouted by overseas clubs.
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The Blues were managed at the time by Ian Porterfield and Nick Colgan was designated as the third choice keeper at Stamford Bridge behind Dmitri Kharine and Kevin Hitchcock.
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In September 1993, Nick Colgan was signed by Dario Gradi in a one-month loan spell with Crewe Alexandra, however he failed to make an appearance for the club and soon returned to Stamford Bridge.
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Nick Colgan had filled in for the then current first choice Frode Grodas who sat the game out on the bench.
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Nick Colgan was on the bench in the semi-final against Wimbledon but for the match day squad of the final Kevin Hitchcock was on the bench instead of Nick Colgan.
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In July 1998, fresh from his release from Chelsea, Nick Colgan signed on a free transfer for AFC Bournemouth.
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Nick Colgan would make not one single appearance for the club during his only season at Dean Court, with him playing second fiddle to Mark Ovendale for the entire season.
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Nick Colgan went on to make a total of 147 appearances in all competitions between joining in 1999 and his departure in the summer of 2004.
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Nick Colgan signed for Ipswich Town on 31 January 2008 as a free agent after settling his contract at Barnsley until the end of the season.
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Nick Colgan failed to make an appearance for Town, after fellow keeper Stephen Bywater was loaned in from Derby County who kept the goalkeeping shirt for the remainder of the season.
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Nick Colgan played his first game in more than 8 months on 16 July 2008 when Bradford City played Farsley Celtic in a pre-season friendly.
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On 24 July 2008, Nick Colgan returned to the Premier League and signed with Sunderland under the tenure of Roy Keane.
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The idea of Nick Colgan's move was to provide cover for first choice keeper Craig Gordon, as well as competing for a place on the bench with fellow back-up keepers Darren Ward and Marton Fulop.
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Nick Colgan was named as a substitute on several occasions, but failed to make an appearance for The Black Cats.
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Nick Colgan was eventually released on 28 May 2009 by Keane's replacement Ricky Sbragia along with six other first team players, notably Dwight Yorke, Rade Prica and David Connolly.
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Nick Colgan dropped three leagues down and re-signed for his former club Grimsby Town on 13 July 2009.
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Nick Colgan had previously spent a month on loan with Grimsby 15 years earlier whilst the club were a mid-table team in what is the Championship, but Grimsby side had since dropped two divisions to League Two.
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Nick Colgan signed for The Mariners after being recommended to manager Mike Newell by his former boss at Sunderland, Roy Keane.
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Nick Colgan stepped into a squad with only teenagers as his cover, Leigh Overton and Ed Eley, neither of whom had any competitive outings in the first team.
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Nick Colgan activated a clause in his contract which meant he was able to leave the club in the event of relegation.
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On 15 October 2010, Nick Colgan moved on a month's loan to Football League One side Huddersfield Town, as cover for the injured Alex Smithies and the experienced Ian Bennett.
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Nick Colgan made no appearances and returned after one month.
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On 21 January 2011, Nick Colgan re-signed for Huddersfield Town on a contract running to the end of the season, mainly as back-up for Ian Bennett, while Alex Smithies is recovering from injury.
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Nick Colgan made his Ireland debut in March 2002, against Denmark.
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Nick Colgan went on to make a total of ten appearances for his country, but was selected many more times for the national squad as a backup to the likes of Shay Given and Paddy Kenny.
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Nick Colgan worked part-time as a goalkeeping coach with Barnsley's academy while playing for Huddersfield Town.
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In July 2014 Nick Colgan made the step up to the club's first team goalkeeping coach, with Ian Bennett replacing him in his previous role with the academy.
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In June 2017, following Huddersfield's promotion to the Premier League, Nick Colgan was sacked as the club's goalkeeping coach.
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Nick Colgan was reported to have consulted the Professional Football Coaches Association about possible legal action for wrongful dismissal.
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On 16 October 2020, Nick Colgan joined Chris Hughton's backroom team at Nottingham Forest as their goalkeeping coach.
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In October 2022, Nick Colgan returned to Stockport County as goalkeeping coach.