Alan Combe
 Combe playing for Kilmarnock | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Combe | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Heart of Midlothian (player/coach) | ||
| Number | 50 | ||
| 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– | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2005 | Scotland B | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:36, 3 September 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Alan Combe (born 3 April 1974) is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper who last played for Greenock Morton. He now works as a goalkeeping coach for Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian, but is still registered as a player at the age of 39.
Born in Edinburgh, Combe played for Cowdenbeath, St. Mirren, Dundee United, Bradford City and Kilmarnock.
He was also the goalkeeping coach for Alloa Athletic.
Career
Combe was Kilmarnock's regular goalkeeper until he suffered a serious hip injury early in the 2009–10 season.[1] He was released by Kilmarnock on 31 January 2011.[2]
Combe was named in the 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.
Combe joined Alloa Athletic in August 2011 as a goalkeeping coach.[3]
In November 2011, Combe played for Clyde against Annan Athletic and kept a clean sheet.[4]
He went on trial with Hamilton Academical in December 2011, making his debut on 27 December 2011.[5]
In March 2012, Combe signed a deal with Greenock Morton[6] until the end of the 2012–13 season. He will be continuing for the 2012–13 season as a player for Morton, as well as a goalkeeping coach at Alloa.[7]
Combe was released from his contract with Morton to become a goalkeeping coach at Hearts, although he has retained his playing registration in case of emergency.[8][9]
Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "New signing". Greenock Morton F.C. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
- ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (28 May 2012). "Ton keeper to continue coaching". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ "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. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
External links
See also
- Greenock Morton F.C. season 2011–12 | 2012–13