Researching Nick Colgan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 251 people with the Colgan surname? In that year Colgan was ranked number 3328 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Nick means "Form of NICHOLAS. Victory of the People" and is of Greek origin.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1237 people with the Colgan surname in the UK? Colgan is now ranked number 2900 for popularity in the UK. |
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Nick Colgan
Nicholas Vincent Colgan (born 19 September 1973) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Most recently he was the goalkeeping coach at Nottingham Forest.
As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1991 to 2013 and first briefly played for his hometown club Drogheda United between 1991 and 1992 before signing for Premier League side Chelsea. Whilst at Stamford Bridge he often found himself as back-up to the likes of Dmitri Kharine and Frode Grodas and spent time on loan at Crewe Alexandra, Grimsby Town, Millwall, Brentford and Reading. He joined AFC Bournemouth permanently in 1998 where he stayed for a year before a move to Scottish Premier League club Hibernian. Colgan made over 120 appearances in the league between 1999 and 2004 and went on to earn his first full international cap for the Republic of Ireland. In 2004 following a loan spell with Stockport County he joined Barnsley where he played for four years and also helping the club to promotion to the Football League Championship in 2006. In 2008, he joined Ipswich Town as an understudy to Stephen Bywater but left the club a few months later after failing to make an appearance, and with that returned to the Premier League when he joined Sunderland. A year later he returned to Grimsby Town and was the first choice keeper when the club were to lose their Football League following relegation to the Conference. Colgan lost his place in the team the following year and was loaned out to Huddersfield Town before later making the move permanent.
During the 2011–12 season Colgan began coaching youngsters back at former club Barnsley as well as continuing to play with Huddersfield. In July 2012 he signed a new contract with Huddersfield to make him the club's academy goalkeeping coach as well as still making himself available as a player.
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