Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Ailéin Ó Brógáin | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Centre forward | ||
Born |
Dublin, Ireland | 11 January 1982||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Occupation | Sales Advisor | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1999– | St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2002–2015 | Dublin | 70 (11–134)[1] | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 11 | ||
All-Irelands | 3 | ||
NFL | 3 | ||
All Stars | 3 |
Alan Brogan (born 11 January 1982) is a Gaelic footballer from the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club who played for the Dublin county team from 2002 until his retirement in 2015. He can play in the full forward line but usually played centre half forward for Dublin.
From a famous family, Brogan, is the son of former all-Ireland winning and All Star player Bernard Snr and is the brother of Dublin players Bernard Jnr and Paul. His uncle Jim was also an inter-county footballer for Dublin. In September 2004, Brogan was appointed as St Oliver Plunkett Eoghan Ruadh's Games Promotion Officer. In 2008, he captained Dublin in the Championship, replacing Colin Moran.
Having represented county, province and country, Brogan won his first Leinster Senior Football Championship medal in 2002, won an All-Ireland under-21 medal with Dublin in 2003 and scored 9 points for Ireland in their 2004 International Rules Series victory over Australia.