Ian Nolan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Robert Nolan | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1988 | Preston North End | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1988–1990 | Northwich Victoria | 49 | (2) |
| 1990–1991 | Marine | ? | (?) |
| 1991–1994 | Tranmere Rovers | 88 | (1) |
| 1994–2000 | Sheffield Wednesday | 167 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | Bradford City | 21 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Southport | 9 | (0) |
| Total | 342 | (7) | |
| National team | |||
| 1996–2002 | Northern Ireland | 17 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ian Robert Nolan (born 9 July 1970) is an English-born Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a full back. During his career he won 17 caps for Northern Ireland, and made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League.
[edit] Career
Born in Liverpool, Nolan began his career as a trainee with Preston North End, but left in 1988 without making a first team appearance. He played non-league football with Northwich Victoria and Marine, before beginning his Football League career in 1991 with Tranmere Rovers. Nolan moved to Sheffield Wednesday in 1994, and it was while playing for Wednesday in February 1998 that he suffered a broken leg in a challenge with Tottenham Hotspur's Justin Edinburgh; in 2001 (by which time he had joined Bradford City), he attempted to sue both Edinburgh and Hotspur in a legal case similar to that of another ex-Bradford City player, Gordon Watson.[1](also an ex-Sheffield Wednesday player) ( He also spent one season with Wigan Athletic, before dropping out of the league system to join Southport in October 2002. After a failed trial with Halifax Town in July 2003,[2] Nolan retired from professional football that same year.
[edit] References
- ^ "Nolan sues over Edinburgh tackle". BBC Sport. 23 February 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/1185867.stm. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
- ^ "Nolan trains with Halifax". BBC Sport. 16 July 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/halifax_town/3071761.stm. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
[edit] External links
- Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
- NIFG
- Ian Nolan career stats at Soccerbase
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