Alan Combe

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Alan Combe
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Alan Combe in 2024
Personal information
Full name Alan Combe [1]
Date of birth (1974-04-03) 3 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Team information
Current team
 Dundee (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
Kelty Hearts
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2012–2014 Heart of Midlothian 0 (0)
2014–2015 Hibernian 0 (0)
Total413(0)
International career
2005 Scotland B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Combe (born 3 April 1974) is a Scottish football coach and former player who is goalkeeping coach for Dundee. He played as a goalkeeper for Cowdenbeath, St Mirren, Dundee United, Bradford City and Kilmarnock. He has previously worked as a goalkeeping coach for Alloa Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Hibernian and Cove Rangers.

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Club career

Combe was born in Edinburgh. He was Kilmarnock's regular goalkeeper until he suffered a serious hip injury early in the 2009–10 season. [2] He was released by Kilmarnock on 31 January 2011. [3]

Combe playing for Kilmarnock Alan combe killie v morton.jpg
Combe playing for Kilmarnock

Combe joined Alloa Athletic in August 2011 as a goalkeeping coach. [4] In November 2011, Combe played for Clyde against Annan Athletic and kept a clean sheet. [5] He went on trial with Hamilton Academical in December 2011, making his debut on 27 December 2011. [6]

In March 2012, Combe signed a deal with Greenock Morton [7] that was due to run until the end of the 2012–13 season. He left Morton in September 2012 to Join Hearts, primarily as a goalkeeping coach. [8] Combe retained his playing registration during spells with Hearts and Hibernian, but did not appear in a first team match for either club.

International career

Combe was named in the senior 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.

Coaching career

While playing for Morton, Combe worked as a goalkeeping coach at Alloa Athletic. [9] Combe was released from his contract with Morton in 2012 to become a goalkeeping coach at Hearts, although he retained his playing registration in case of emergency. [8] [10] After being released by Hearts in 2014, in July Combe joined boyhood club Hibernian as a player-coach. [11] He left Hibernian during the 2020 close season. [12] Combe joined Cove Rangers as a goalkeeping coach in September 2020. [13] In July 2021, Combe was announced as the new goalkeeping coach for Dundee, following the departure of Bobby Geddes. [14]

Personal life

Combe is the great nephew of Bobby Combe, who played for Hibs and Scotland in the 1940s and 1950s. [15]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cowdenbeath 1992–93 Scottish First Division 180180
St Mirren 1993–94 Scottish First Division160160
1994–95 210210
1995–96 210210
1996–97 36020380
1997–98 3001020330
Total124010401290
Dundee United 1998–99 Scottish Premier League 100––100
1999–2000 3504040430
2000–01 230–30260
2002–03 50–1060
TOtal7304080850
Bradford City (loan) 2001–02 Football League First Division 160––160
Bradford City 2003–04 Football League First Division21010–220
Kilmarnock 2004–05 Scottish Premier League3203020370
2005–06 3201020350
2006–07 1100020130
2007–08 3701020400
2008–09 3402030390
Total1460701101640
Career total39801302304340

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Scottish League Cup, Football League Cup

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References

  1. ↑ "Alan Combe". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Killie to lose Combe for 10 weeks". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Danny Invincibile & Alan Combe released by Kilmarnock". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Alan Combe joins Alloa as goalkeeping coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Clyde 0–0 Annan Athletic". BBC. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "Accies 0 Livingston 1". Hamilton Academical F.C. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "New signing". Greenock Morton F.C. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Hearts: Alan Combe becomes keeper coach after Morton exit". BBC Sport. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  9. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (28 May 2012). "Ton keeper to continue coaching". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  10. ↑ "Player News – Alan Combe". Greenock Morton F.C. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  11. ↑ "Hibernian bring in Andy Holden as new assistant coach". BBC Sport. BBC.
  12. ↑ Delaney, James (15 June 2020). "Hibs hoping to add new goalkeeping coach as Jack Ross looks to recruit former member of Sunderland backroom staff". Edinburgh Live. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  13. ↑ Fowler, Craig (21 September 2020). "Former Hibs coach Alan Combe gets new role with Cove Rangers". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  14. ↑ "Alan Combe joins coaching staff". dundeefc.co.uk. 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "ALAN COMBE ON HIS GREAT UNCLE AND THE SCOTTISH CUP WIN". Hibernian FC. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

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