Kevin Grogan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Grogan | ||
| Date of birth | 15 November 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1993 | Seagrange United | ||
| 1993–1998 | Belvedere | ||
| 1998–2000 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2002 | UCD | 30 | (4) |
| 2002 | Millwall | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Bray Wanderers | 23 | (3) |
| 2006 | St Patrick's Athletic | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Glentoran | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 57 | (7) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998 | Republic of Ireland U16 | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013– | Clarkstown Eagles | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kevin Grogan (born 15 November 1981 in Dublin) is a former Irish professional football player and current coach of Clarkstown SC Eagles in the National Premier Soccer League.
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 summer 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 15 September 2000
After a long, hard battle it seemed his footballing career would be revived when he joined Millwall in 2002. However, on 15 November of that year, he was told by the 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.
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