Colin Coates (footballer)

Colin Coates
Personal information
Full name Colin Coates
Date of birth (1985-10-26) 26 October 1985
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current team
 Crusaders
Number 6
Youth career
2001–2002 Crusaders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002– Crusaders 300 (40)
National team‡
2009–2011 Northern Ireland 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:41, 21 February 2015 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:49, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Colin Coates (born 26 October 1985) is a semi-professional footballer from Northern Ireland who plays as a centre-back and captains NIFL Premiership club Crusaders.

Club career

Coates was born in Belfast. He attended Grosvenor Grammar School, not traditionally a football-playing school, but despite this, made a name for himself at Crusaders.[1][2] He later revealed that at 15, he had the choice of signing for either Crusaders or Glentoran.[3] He made his first-team debut against Chimney Corner in the County Antrim Shield on 29 October 2002, and scored on his league debut, a 2-4 defeat to Glentoran on 9 November.

He has developed a formidable partnership in the centre of defence with David Magowan over the years, and he was part of the team which won the Irish Cup in 2009,[4] and was called up to the Northern Ireland squad for the match against Italy on 6 June 2009, in which he played the full 90 minutes to receive his first cap.[5][6]

He also scored a late equalizer in normal time in the County Antrim Shield final against Linfield. The Crues went on to win the game 3-2.[7]

Coates was instrumental in Crusaders' triumph in the 2012 Setanta Sports Cup. In the semi-final second leg against Sligo Rovers, he scored an extra-time penalty which put Crusaders into the final.[8] In the final itself against Derry City, he scored twice in a 2-2 draw, and scored in the resulting victorious penalty shoot-out in a man of the match performance.[9] He also scored in the 2012 Irish Cup Final in a 1-4 defeat to Linfield.[10]

International career

In May 2010, Coates was called up to the Northern Ireland squad for friendly matches against Turkey and Chile (against both of whom he played as a second-half substitute). He also appeared in a friendly against Morocco, and signed a contract that same season with Crusaders to keep him at the club until 2014.[11]

As of 11 August 2011, he has received 6 caps, and is the most capped Crusaders player of all time.

Honours

Club

Crusaders

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Squad profiles – Senior Colin Coates". Irish Football Association. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  2. ↑ http://www.newsletter.co.uk/best-irish-league-select-xi/The-Best-Irish-League-Select.4066987.jp?articlepage=2
  3. ↑ http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/culture/2007mandate/reports/report73_09_10r.htm
  4. ↑ Allen, Tommy (9 May 2009). "Crusaders triumph in all-Belfast final". UEFA. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "Brave NI fall short in Italy". Sky Sports. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  6. ↑ "Match facts". Sky Sports. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  7. ↑ "Crusaders 3-2 Linfield". BBC News. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
  8. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17808063
  9. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18033244
  10. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17968832
  11. ↑ "Coates agrees new Crues contract". BBC News. 3 December 2010.
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