Kevin Grogan

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Kevin Grogan (born November 15, 1981 in Dublin) is an Irish professional football player who currently plays for Belfast based Irish league side Glentoran.

A talented youth player, Grogan signed with Manchester United in 1998 just before playing a major role on the Ireland Under 16 team, on their way to becoming European Champions in Scotland. However a series of injuries stopped Kevin from making the breakthrough expected and in the summer of 2000 he left Man Utd. He decided to combine football with studying and joined Eircom League Premier Division side UCD and decided on a Diploma course in Sports Management. After a long hard battle it seemed his footballing career would be revived when he join Millwall in 2002. However, on November 15 of that year, he was told by Millwall doctors his body could not take it. The Pelvic injuries had taken too much out of him. He returned home disappointed but finished his college course and for a while worked with Cork City FC in a marketing role.

In July 2006, after receiving the 'all clear' from doctors, Kevin attempted to revive his carer once more and was offered a pay as you play deal with St Patrick's Athletic. He made his league debut for St Pats on September 1 2006 in a 1-0 defeat to Waterford United.

On The 13th of January 2006 Kevin signed for Irish league side Glentoran on a loan til the end of the 2006-2007 season