Barry Cogan (footballer)

Barry Cogan
Cogan playing for Crawley Town in 2009
Personal information
Full name Barry Christopher Cogan[1]
Date of birth (1984-11-04) 4 November 1984 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Sligo, Ireland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Belvedere[3]
1999–2001 Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2006 Millwall 24 (0)
2006–2007 Barnet 39 (3)
2007–2008 Gillingham 16 (1)
2008Grays Athletic (loan) 13 (5)
2008–2009 Grays Athletic 43 (6)
2009–2010 Crawley Town 39 (3)
2010–2015 Dover Athletic 146 (28)
2015–2016 Dartford 26 (1)
2016 Leatherhead 6 (0)
2016–2017 Hastings United 20 (2)
2017–2019 Grays Athletic 40 (0)
Total 412 (49)
International career
2004 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry Christopher Cogan (born 4 November 1984) is a retired Irish professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

He started his career with Boyle Celtic then joined Belvedere at under 15 before moving to Millwall, for whom he played as a substitute in the 2004 FA Cup Final, and making 24 appearances for in the Football League. In August 2006, Cogan signed for Barnet playing one season playing 39 appearances and scoring three goals in League Two, before being signed by Ronnie Jepson for Gillingham in June 2007. He was loaned to Grays Athletic in March 2008, scoring five goals in 13 Conference National appearances. Cogan signed for Grays permanently in July 2008 following his release from Gillingham. He then moved to Crawley Town in June 2009, after Steve Evans had tried to sign him the previous season. Cogan left Crawley in November 2010 by mutual consent, joining Dover Athletic a few days later.

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/06/2010 and 30/06/2010" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  2. ^ Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 128. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  3. ^ "International Roll Of Honour". www.belvederefc.com. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2016.