Nick Colgan

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Nick Colgan

Full name	Nicholas Vincent Patrick Colgan
Date of birth	September 19, 1973 (1973-09-19) (age 34)
Place of birth	Drogheda, Republic of Ireland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Ipswich Town
Number	13
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1992 1992-1998 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1998-1999 1999-2004 2003-2004 2004-2008 2005 2008-	Drogheda United Chelsea → Crewe Alexandra (loan) → Grimsby Town (loan) → Millwall (loan) → Brentford (loan) → Reading (loan) Bournemouth Hibernian → Stockport County (loan) Barnsley → Dundee United (loan) Ipswich Town	00? (?) 001 (0) 000 (0) 000 (0) 000 (0) 005 (0) 005 (0) 000 (0) 121 (0) 015 (0) 112 (0) 001 (0) 000 (0)
National team²
2002-	Republic of Ireland	009 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:47, 16 September 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 23:47, 16 September 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Nick Colgan (born September 19, 1973 in Drogheda, County Louth) is an Irish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Ipswich Town in the Football League Championship.

Colgan began his professional career with his hometown club Drogheda United in 1991 before moving overseas to Chelsea where he played just one game before going on loan to Crewe Alexandra in 1993, Grimsby Town in 1994 and Millwall in 1995. Colgan then went on loan to Brentford where he played 5 games, and then finally ending his loan spells with Reading where he again made 5 appearances. In 1998, Colgan signed on a free transfer for Bournemouth where he spent a season before moving to Hibernian where he spent 5 years making 147 appearances while also making 17 loan appearances for Stockport County in 2003.

In the summer of 2004, Colgan signed for Barnsley, where he endured a tough first season only playing in 15 games and ending up on loan to Dundee United for 3 months. The 2005-2006 Barnsley campaign showed a turn of fortune for Colgan as he became the team's first choice keeper. His outstanding displays during the season earned him 20 clean sheets in total as well as the title of Barnsley's Player of the Year and helped the team reach the League One Play Off final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on May 27, 2006 where despite a mistake letting Swansea City take the lead, he recovered to make a historic save in the penalty shoot out which ensured Barnsley won their place back in the Championship.

On 4 October 2007 he handed in a transfer request at Barnsley after losing his place to summer arrival Heinz Müller. Manager Simon Davey has accepted the request.^[1]

Colgan made his Republic of Ireland début in March 2002 against Denmark and has since been a regular fixture in the Irish squad, usually as a backup to Shay Given and Paddy Kenny, though he has earned himself 9 international caps. He signed for Ipswich Town on January 31, 2008 as a free agent after settling his contract at Barnsley until the end of the season. Yet to make an appearance for Town, he hopes to beat fellow keeper Stephen Bywater to the mark and win a more permanent contract.