Alan Combe
Scottish footballer

Alan Combe

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Introduction

Alan Combe (born 3 April 1974) is a Scottish professional football goalkeeper and coach. Born in Edinburgh, Combe played for Cowdenbeath, St Mirren, Dundee United, Bradford City and Kilmarnock. He has also worked as a goalkeeping coach for Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian.

Career

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

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

In March 2012, Combe signed a deal with Greenock Morton until the end of the 2012–13 season. He continued as a player for Morton while working as a goalkeeping coach at Alloa.

Combe was released from his contract with Morton to become a goalkeeping coach at Hearts, although he retained his playing registration in case of emergency. After being released by Hearts in 2014, in July Combe joined boyhood club Hibernian as a player-coach.

International

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.

Personal life

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

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