Kurt Nogan (born 9 September 1970) is a Welsh

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He is normally a centre forward but has been used as an attacking right midfielder, and is the younger brother of fellow footballer Lee Nogan. He had a long career with a number of

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clubs (playing over 300 games), including

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

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Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional association football club in Preston, Lancashire, England. They currently play in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English footbal ...

and

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It currently competes in , the third tier of the English football league system in the 2025–26 season following relegation. Founded in 1899 a ...

Career

Born in

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, Wales, he arrived at

in February 1995 where he made 108 appearances scoring 42 goals. He made his debut for

in March 1997 and went on to make 106 appearances, scoring 31 goals before moving on to his home town club

, where his only goal was a dramatic late winner against

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. They were founded in 190 ...

. He was forced to retire from the professional game in 2001 because of injury. The highlight of Nogan's career was scoring two goals to put Preston North End 2–0 up in an FA Cup tie with holders

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. However, Arsenal came back to win the game 4–2. In December 2007 he played with

Welsh Football League The Welsh Football League (also known as the Nathaniel Car Sales Welsh Football League for sponsorship reasons) was a club football league in Wales. For its final season in 2019–20 season it operated at levels 3 and 4 of the Welsh football leag ...

side ENTO Aberaman Athletic. He also took part in Cardiff City's campaign in the 2008 Screwfix Western Masters competition.

Honours

Individual *

PFA Team of the Year The Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year (often called the PFA Team of the Year, or simply the Team of the Year) is an annual award given to a set of 55 footballers across the top four tiers of men's Football in England, En ...

: 1995–96 Second Division

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nogan, Kurt 1970 births Living people Footballers from Cardiff Welsh men's footballers Wales men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards Luton Town F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Burnley F.C. players Preston North End F.C. players Cardiff City F.C. players Tiverton Town F.C. players Aberdare Town F.C. players English Football League players