# Alan Combe

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.

## 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. 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 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.

## 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. 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. After being released by Hearts in 2014, in July Combe joined boyhood club Hibernian as a player-coach. He left Hibernian during the 2020 close season. Combe joined Cove Rangers as a goalkeeping coach in September 2020. In July 2021, Combe was announced as the new goalkeeping coach for Dundee, following the departure of Bobby Geddes.

## Personal life

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

## Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | 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 |
| St Mirren | 1994–95 | Scottish First Division | 21 | 0 | | | | | 21 | 0 |
| St Mirren | 1995–96 | Scottish First Division | 21 | 0 | | | | | 21 | 0 |
| St Mirren | 1996–97 | Scottish First Division | 36 | 0 | | | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| St Mirren | 1997–98 | Scottish First Division | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| St Mirren | Total | Total | 124 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 129 | 0 |
| Dundee United | 1998–99 | Scottish Premier League | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 0 |
| Dundee United | 1999–2000 | Scottish Premier League | 35 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Dundee United | 2000–01 | Scottish Premier League | 23 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Dundee United | 2002–03 | Scottish Premier League | 5 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dundee United | TOtal | 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 |
| Kilmarnock | 2005–06 | Scottish Premier League | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | 2006–07 | Scottish Premier League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | 2007–08 | Scottish Premier League | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | 2008–09 | Scottish Premier League | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | Total | Total | 146 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 164 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 398 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 434 | 0 |