Colin Meldrum (footballer, born 1975)

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Colin Meldrum
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Personal information
Full name Colin George Meldrum
Date of birth (1975-11-26) 26 November 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Kilmarnock, Scotland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Celtic U20 (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
Kilwinning Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–2004 Kilmarnock 75 (0)
1998 → Stranraer (loan) 7 (0)
1999 → Ross County (loan) 2 (0)
2004–2005 Livingston 5 (0)
2005–2006 Forfar Athletic 1 (0)
2006–2007 Motherwell 24 (0)
Total114(0)
International career
1996–1997 Scotland U21 [2] 6 (0)
Managerial career
2021– Celtic U20 (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Colin George Meldrum (born 26 November 1975) is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper and coach, who previously played for Kilmarnock, Livingston, Forfar Athletic and Motherwell. Whilst at the East Ayrshire club, Meldrum had loan spells at Stranraer and Ross County.

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Career

After spending his youth career with Scottish Juniors club Kilwinning Rangers in North Ayrshire, Meldrum then signed for his home-town club Kilmarnock, where he played for a decade from 1994 until 2004, playing in 75 league matches, as he was predominantly the understudy goalkeeper. During the 1998–99 season, Meldrum was sent out on loan to both Ross County (2 league appearances) and Stranraer (7 league appearances). Meldrum signed for West Lothian club Livingston before the start of the 2004–05 season, where he played in only five league matches during his solitary season with the Livi Lions. Meldrum then moved to Station Park to play for Forfar Athletic for the 2005–06 season and played in only one league match. Meldrum then signed for Motherwell for the 2006–07 season where he played in 24 league matches. [3] Before the start of the 2007–08 season Meldrum was appointed as the goalkeeping coach at the Fir Park club, although he continued as a registered player. Meldrum then joined Aberdeen as the Pittodrie club's goalkeeping coach on 8 September 2009 when he replaced Dons legend Jim Leighton. Meldrum then left the Dons along with manager Mark McGhee and assistant manager Scott Leitch on 1 December 2010 after a poor run of results that saw Aberdeen drop down to second bottom in the SPL. [4] Meldrum is currently with Celtic as the Under 20s goalkeeping coach. [5]

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Colin Meldrum". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Scotland U21 Player Colin Meldrum Details".
  3. ↑ Dons close in on Meldrum
  4. ↑ sack Mark McGhee and his managerial team, guardian.co.uk 1 December 2010
  5. ↑ "Coaching and Backroom Staff – the Celtic Wiki".


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