Colin Larkin
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| Colin Larkin | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Colin Larkin | |
| Date of birth | April 27, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | Dundalk, Ireland | |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Northampton Town | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| ?–1999 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999–2002 2001–2002 2002–2005 2005–2007 2007– |
Wolverhampton Wanderers → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) Mansfield Town Chesterfield Northampton Town |
3 (0) 33 (6) 92 (25) 80 (11) 24 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Colin Larkin (born 27 April 1982 in Dundalk, County Louth) is an Irish professional footballer, who plays primarily as a striker for Northampton Town.
The striker, who is also capable of playing out wide, began his professional career with Wolverhampton Wanderers. He progressed through their youth ranks to make his first team debut on 24 August 1999 in a League Cup exit to Wycombe Wanderers, where he scored within eight minutes of coming off the bench.
Despite this bright start to his senior career, he was unable to gain any real first team action at Molineux and managed just three (goalless) appearances over three seasons for the club. To gain playing time, he was loaned out to non-league Kidderminster Harriers during the 2001/02 season.
After failing to make the grade at Wolves, he joined Mansfield Town for a £125,000 fee in July 2002. He scored 25 goals over a three year stay at Field Mill, but an apparent fall-out with the club led to his eventual release to join Chesterfield in 2005 on a two year contract.
Larkin netted 13 goals in total over a two year spell at Chesterfield. When the club suffered relegation to League Two, Larkin remained in the third tier as he joined Northampton Town on a free transfer, on 28 June 2007 in a two year deal.
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