| Alan Combe | |
| Fullname: | Alan Combe |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Currentclub: | Dundee (goalkeeping coach) |
| Youthclubs1: | Kelty Hearts |
| Years1: | 1992–1993 |
| Years2: | 1993–1998 |
| Years3: | 1998–2003 |
| Years4: | 2002 |
| Years5: | 2003–2004 |
| Years6: | 2004–2011 |
| Years7: | 2011 |
| Years8: | 2011 |
| Years9: | 2012 |
| Years10: | 2012–2014 |
| Years11: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs1: | Cowdenbeath |
| Clubs2: | St Mirren |
| Clubs3: | Dundee United |
| Clubs4: | → Bradford City (loan) |
| Clubs5: | Bradford City |
| Clubs6: | Kilmarnock |
| Clubs7: | Clyde (trial) |
| Clubs8: | Hamilton Academical (trial) |
| Clubs9: | Greenock Morton |
| Clubs10: | Heart of Midlothian |
| Clubs11: | Hibernian |
| Caps1: | 18 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Caps2: | 124 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Caps3: | 73 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Caps4: | 16 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Caps5: | 21 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Caps6: | 149 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Caps8: | 1 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Caps9: | 10 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Caps10: | 0 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Caps11: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 413 |
| Totalgoals: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2005 |
| Nationalteam1: | Scotland B |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Alan Combe (born 3 April 1974) is a Scottish football coach and former player who is goalkeeping coach for Dundee. 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 and Cove Rangers.
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. Combe retained his playing registration during spells with Hearts and Hibernian, but did not appear in a first team match for either club.
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.
While playing for Morton, Combe worked as a goalkeeping coach at Alloa Athletic.[7] 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.[8] [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 is the great nephew of Bobby Combe, who played for Hibs and Scotland in the 1940s and 1950s.[14]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | 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 | |||