 Alan Combe in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Combe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1974-04-03)3 April 1974 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kelty Hearts | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
| Total | 413 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Scotland B | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alan Combe (born 3 April 1974) is a Scottishfootball coach and former player who is goalkeeping coach. He played as agoalkeeper forCowdenbeath,St Mirren,Dundee United,Bradford City andKilmarnock. He has previously worked as a goalkeeping coach forAlloa Athletic,Heart of Midlothian,Hibernian,Cove Rangers andDundee.
Combe was born inEdinburgh. 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 joinedAlloa Athletic in August 2011 as a goalkeeping coach.[4] In November 2011, Combe played forClyde againstAnnan Athletic and kept a clean sheet.[5] He went on trial withHamilton Academical in December 2011, making his debut on 27 December 2011.[6]
In March 2012, Combe signed a deal withGreenock 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 andHibernian, but did not appear in a first team match for either club.
Combe was named in the seniorScotland squad on a few occasions but was notcapped. Combe did however appear for theScotland B team in 2005, playing in the second half of a 2–0 victory againstPoland B.
While playing for Morton, Combe worked as a goalkeeping coach atAlloa Athletic.[9] Combe was released from his contract with Morton in 2012 to become a goalkeeping coach atHearts, although he retained his playing registration in case of emergency.[8][10] After being released by Hearts in 2014, in July Combe joined boyhood clubHibernian as a player-coach.[11] He left Hibernian during the 2020 close season.[12] Combe joinedCove Rangers as a goalkeeping coach in September 2020.[13] In July 2021, Combe was announced as the new goalkeeping coach forDundee, following the departure ofBobby Geddes.[14] Combe remained in the post for 4 years under several different managers, before being relieved of his duties in May 2025.[15]
Combe is the great nephew ofBobby Combe, who played for Hibs and Scotland in the 1940s and 1950s.[16]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | 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 | ||
