fullname youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals nationalteam height totalcaps position nationalyears birth_date totalgoals article_title name
kevin grogan seagrange united belvedere manchester united -1993 1993-1998 1998-2000 2006 2006-2007 -1993 1993-1998 1998-2000 seagrange glentoran united belvedere manchester united st patrick 's athletic 30 0 23 3 1 dublin , ireland 4 0 3 0 0 republic of ireland u16 1.8 57 midfielder -lrb- retired -rrb- 1998 15 november 1981 7 kevin grogan
 kevin grogan
kevin grogan

kevin grogan -lrb- born 15 november 1981 in dublin -rrb- is a former irish professional football player .
a uniquely talented youth player , grogan was signed by alex ferguson for manchester united in 1997 just before playing a major role on the ireland under 16 team , on their way to becoming european champions in scotland .
however a series of injuries stopped kevin from progressing as a professional player and in the summer of 2000 he left manchester united .
he decided to combine football with studying and joined league of ireland premier division side ucd and decided on a diploma course in sports management .
he made his league of ireland debut on the opening day of the 2000-01 league of ireland season and scored his first goals in the league at bray wanderers on the 15th of september 2000 after a long hard battle it seemed his footballing career would be revived when he join millwall in 2002 .
however , on 15 november of that year , he was told by millwall doctors his body could not take it after a series of operations and injections .
the pelvic injuries had taken too much out of him .
he returned home disappointed but finished his college course and for a while worked with cork city in a marketing role before signing for bray wanderers in the league of ireland first division and making his bray debut on the opening day of the 2004 league of ireland season .
during the following season grogan decided to retire because of his injuries .
in july 2006 , grogan decided to make one last attempt to resurrect his career .
he went to belgium to undergo three major surgeries and intense functional rehab for eight months in antwerp after which he was offered a pay as you play deal with st patrick 's athletic to give himself a chance to gain match fitness before attempting to return to england to play .
he made his league debut as a substitute for st pats on 1 september 2006 in a 1-0 defeat to waterford united unfortunately his pelvic injury returned once again .
in january 2007 grogan signed for glentoran f.c. but only lasted one league game as his injuries came back to haunt him .
this was to be his last top flight game .
in june 2007 he was appointed director of under age development at his first club belvedere kevin is currently in the united states of america , where he is pursuing his coaching and management career .
kevin is currently technical director of clarkstown soccer club along with being the head coach/manager of the women 's and men 's adult teams in the national a league .
he is also owner and president of kevin grogan soccer which is a private coaching company dedicated to team camps , club consultation and elite performance seminars with a world class client list .
kevin was awarded the new york top 40 under 40 award for his contribution to soccer in new york .
