Alan Combe
![]() Combe playing for Kilmarnock | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alan Combe[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 April 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hibernian (goalkeeper coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Kelty Hearts | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1993 | Cowdenbeath | 18 | (0) |
1993–1998 | St Mirren | 124 | (0) |
1998–2003 | Dundee United | 73 | (0) |
2002 | → Bradford City (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Bradford City | 21 | (0) |
2004–2011 | Kilmarnock | 149 | (0) |
2011 | Clyde (trial) | 1 | (0) |
2011 | Hamilton Academical (trial) | 1 | (0) |
2012 | Greenock Morton | 10 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Hibernian | 0 | (0) |
Total | 413 | (0) | |
International career | |||
2005 | Scotland B | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:36, 3 September 2012 (UTC) |
Alan Combe (born 3 April 1974) is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper and coach. Born in Edinburgh, Combe played for Cowdenbeath, St Mirren, Dundee United, Bradford City and Kilmarnock. He has also worked as a goalkeeping coach for Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian.
Career
Combe was Kilmarnock's regular goalkeeper until he suffered a serious hip injury early in the 2009–10 season.[2] He was released by Kilmarnock on 31 January 2011.[3]
Combe joined Alloa Athletic in August 2011 as a goalkeeping coach.[4] In November 2011, Combe played for Clyde against Annan Athletic and kept a clean sheet.[5] He went on trial with Hamilton Academical in December 2011, making his debut on 27 December 2011.[6]
In March 2012, Combe signed a deal with Greenock Morton[7] until the end of the 2012–13 season. He continued as a player for Morton while working as a goalkeeping coach at Alloa.[8]
Combe was released from his contract with Morton to become a goalkeeping coach at Hearts, although he retained his playing registration in case of emergency.[9][10] After being released by Hearts in 2014, in July Combe joined Hibernian as a player-coach.[11]
International
Combe was named in the senior Scotland squad on a few occasions but was not capped. Combe did however appear for the Scotland B team in 2005, playing in the second half of a 2–0 victory against Poland B.
Personal life
Combe is the great nephew of Bobby Combe, who played for Hibs and Scotland in the 1940s and 1950s.[12]
Career statistics
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
1992–93 | Cowdenbeath | Scottish First Division | 18 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 18 | 0 | ||
1993–94 | St Mirren | 16 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 16 | 0 | |||
1994–95 | 21 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 0 | ||||
1995–96 | 21 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 21 | 0 | ||||
1996–97 | 36 | 0 | N/A | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
1997–98 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
1998–99 | Dundee United | Scottish Premier League | 10 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | ||
1999–2000 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
2000–01 | 23 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
2001–02 | Bradford City (loan) | Football League First Division | 16 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 0 | ||
2002–03 | Dundee United | Scottish Premier League | 5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
2003–04 | Bradford City | Football League First Division | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 22 | 0 | |
Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
2004–05 | Kilmarnock | Scottish Premier League | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
2005–06 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
2006–07 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
2008–09 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
Total | Scotland | 251 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | England | 120 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 371 | 28 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
References
- ^ "Alan Combe". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Killie to lose Combe for 10 weeks". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Danny Invincibile & Alan Combe released by Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Alan Combe joins Alloa as goalkeeping coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Clyde 0–0 Annan Athletic". BBC. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Accies 0 Livingston 1". Hamilton Academical F.C.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "New signing". Greenock Morton F.C. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
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- ^ "Hearts: Alan Combe becomes keeper coach after Morton exit". BBC Sport. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Player News – Alan Combe". Greenock Morton F.C. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
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- ^ "ALAN COMBE ON HIS GREAT UNCLE AND THE SCOTTISH CUP WIN". Hibernian FC. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
External links
- Alan Combe at Soccerbase
See also
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Edinburgh
- Association football goalkeepers
- Scottish footballers
- Scotland B international footballers
- Cowdenbeath F.C. players
- St Mirren F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Clyde F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Premier League players
- English Football League players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. non-playing staff
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Hibernian F.C. non-playing staff
- Hibernian F.C. players