Colin Doyle (footballer)
Colin Doyle ( 2009)
Colin Anthony Doyle ( born June 12, 1985 in Cork) is an Irish football player. The goalkeeper stands since 2004 at Birmingham City under contract.
Career
Doyle came in the summer of 2001 at the age of 16 years for Birmingham City and signed three years later his first professional contract. At his pro debut, he came in November 2004 during a one-month loan at Chester City in the Football League Trophy against Rochdale AFC. As of December another Leihphase at second division Nottingham Forest joined until end of season, where he came to four competitive stakes behind goalkeeper Paul Gerrard.
In the season 2005/ 06 continue to use without opportunity for Birmingham, he was loaned to FC Millwall from November 2005 and came there to a total of 14 league operations, but the descent of clubs in the Football League One could not prevent. Birmingham meanwhile, was relegated from the Premier League and with the departure of the previous Substitute goalkeeper Nico Vaesen Doyle moved to the " number two " behind Maik Taylor. Doyle made his competitive debut for Birmingham in the League Cup in the 2006/07 season with a 1-0 win over Shrewsbury Town and came to his league debut for the club four days later. In February 2007, he pushed Taylor off the grid, justifying its lineup in the next few weeks with numerous impressive performance, highlight was a 3-2 victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers, when he saved a penalty in stoppage time. At the end of the season Doyle finished with Birmingham the second place in the standings and thus increased again in the Premier League. The performance of multiple junior national player remained the Irish national team coach Steve Staunton not hidden and so did Doyle on 22 May 2007 in a friendly against Ecuador at Giants Stadium in New York ( Full 1:1) to his debut in the Irish national team.
At the start of the Premier League season 2007/ 08, coach Steve Bruce first to Doyle, after just one point from their first three games and some uncertainties were granted to the experienced Taylor again the preference and Richard Kingson was in the following match days for the bench nominated. Doyle came in the wake only sporadically in the cup competitions for use, even after the re- direct descent he came up behind Taylor hard to use time. With the free loan commitment from Joe Hart to Premier League season 2009/10 Doyle was behind Hart and Taylor only " number 3" in the keeper hierarchy, a situation which remained unchanged by the obligation of Ben Foster for the season 2010/11. On 10 August 2010 Doyle was awarded to Coventry City and came immediately in the League Cup for use. His stay at Coventry ended the very next day when Doyle was recalled because of an injury Fosters of Birmingham.