Colin Doyle

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Colin Doyle
Personal information
Full name	Colin Anthony Doyle
Date of birth	June 12, 1985 (1985-06-12) (age 23)
Place of birth	Cork, Ireland
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Birmingham City
Number	13
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003– 2004 2004–2005 2005 2005–2006	Birmingham City → Chester City (loan) → Nottingham Forest (loan) → Millwall (loan) → Millwall (loan)	22 (0) 01 (0) 03 (0) 04 (0) 10 (0)
National team2
2004–2006 2007 2007–	Republic of Ireland U21 Republic of Ireland B Republic of Ireland	04 (0) 01 (0) 01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:05, 10 November 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21:15, 24 May 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Colin Anthony Doyle (born June 12, 1985 in Cork, County Cork) is an Irish footballer who plays for Birmingham City as a goalkeeper.

[edit] Club career

Having signed a professional contract with Birmingham as an 18 year old, he has had loan spells at Chester City and Nottingham Forest, during neither of which he saw much first-team action. His first competitive match in English football was a 1–0 win for Chester against Rochdale on November 2, 2004 in the LDV Vans Trophy.

He played his schoolboy football in Ireland with Douglas Hall in Cork from Under 8 up to Under 15, when he joined Birmingham City. He has progressed through the Birmingham ranks and made his competitive debut against Shrewsbury Town in the 2006–07 Carling Cup, keeping a clean sheet in the 1–0 win. He followed up this appearance with his League debut against Cardiff City, where Birmingham lost 2–0. In February 2007 he started a run of first team appearances in the Championship, including a game against Wolverhampton Wanderers in which he made a series of good saves and saved a penalty in the latter stages of the game from Wolves midfielder Michael McIndoe, the game ending with Birmingham City winning 3–2 and returning to the top of the Championship.

[edit] International career

In August 2006, Doyle played against Greece away for Ireland Under 21s and kept a clean sheet in a 2–0 victory.

[edit] External links

• Colin Doyle career stats at Soccerbase

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