| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Robert Nolan | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-07-09)9 July 1970 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1988 | Preston North End | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Northwich Victoria | 49 | (2) |
| 1990–1991 | Marine | ||
| 1991–1994 | Tranmere Rovers | 88 | (1) |
| 1994–2000 | Sheffield Wednesday | 167 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | Bradford City | 21 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Southport | 9 | (1) |
| Total | 342 | (8) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996–2002 | Northern Ireland | 17 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ian Robert Nolan (born 9 July 1970) is a former professionalfootballer who played as afull back.
He notably played in thePremier League forSheffield Wednesday andBradford City, as well as in theFootball League forTranmere Rovers andWigan Athletic as well as non-league sidesMarine andSouthport.
Born inEngland, he won 17caps forNorthern Ireland.
Born inLiverpool, Nolan began his career as a trainee withPreston North End, but left in 1988 without making a first team appearance. He played non-league football withNorthwich Victoria andMarine, before beginning hisFootball League career in 1991 withTranmere Rovers. He helped Tranmere to the semi-finals of the1993–94 League Cup, where they facedAston Villa. Nolan scored in the first leg to give them a 3–1 lead at the halfway point in the tie.[1] However Villa won the second leg 3–1 and sent the game to a penalty shootout. In sudden death,Mark Bosnich saved Nolan's penalty to send thePremier League side to Wembley.[2][3] Nolan moved toSheffield Wednesday in 1994, and it was while playing for Wednesday in February 1998 that he suffered a broken leg in a challenge withTottenham Hotspur'sJustin Edinburgh; in 2001 (by which time he had joinedBradford City), he attempted to sue both Edinburgh and Hotspur in a legal case similar to that of another ex-Bradford City player,Gordon Watson.[4](also an ex-Sheffield Wednesday player). After his season at Bradford (in which he scored once against Newcastle United in the League Cup)[5] he then spent one season withWigan Athletic, before dropping out of the league system to joinSouthport in October 2002. After a failed trial withHalifax Town in July 2003,[6] Nolan retired from professional football that same year.
Nolan was capped 17 times byNorthern Ireland between 1996 and 2002.
