Alan Combe
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox football biography Alan Combe (born 3 April 1974) is a Scottish football coach and former player who is goalkeeping coach. 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, Cove Rangers and Dundee.
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.[1] He was released by Kilmarnock on 31 January 2011.[2]
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] 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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[7][9] After being released by Hearts in 2014, in July Combe joined boyhood club Hibernian as a player-coach.[10] He left Hibernian during the 2020 close season.[11] Combe joined Cove Rangers as a goalkeeping coach in September 2020.[12] In July 2021, Combe was announced as the new goalkeeping coach for Dundee, following the departure of Bobby Geddes.[13] Combe remained in the post for 4 years under several different managers, before being relieved of his duties in May 2025.[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
| Club | Season | League | National cupTemplate:Efn | League cupTemplate:Efn | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cowdenbeath | 1992–93 | Scottish First Division | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| St Mirren | 1993–94 | Scottish First Division | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 1994–95 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| 1995–96 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| 1996–97 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||||
| 1997–98 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Total | 124 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 129 | 0 | ||
| Dundee United | 1998–99 | 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 | |||
| 2002–03 | 5 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| TOtal | 73 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 85 | 0 | ||
| Bradford City (loan) | 2001–02 | Football League First Division | 16 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| Bradford City | 2003–04 | Football League First Division | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | |
| Kilmarnock | 2004–05 | 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 | 146 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 164 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 398 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 434 | 0 | ||
Notes
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External links
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See also
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- Living people
- Footballers from Edinburgh
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scotland men's B international footballers
- Cowdenbeath F.C. players
- St Mirren F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Clyde F.C. players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Premier League players
- English Football League players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. non-playing staff
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Hibernian F.C. non-playing staff
- Hibernian F.C. players
- Dundee F.C. non-playing staff