Robbie Horgan (born 7 June 1968) is an Irish former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

, Horgan started his career at

Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional Association football, football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is List of football clubs by competit ...

, making his

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debut on 14 April 1987. He was the last goalkeeper to play for Shamrock Rovers at

Glenmalure Park Glenmalure Park, often simply known as Milltown, was a football stadium on the Southside of Dublin city in Ireland. Located in the suburb of Milltown, it was home to Shamrock Rovers from 1926 to 1987, when it was sold to property developer ...

(Milltown) in a game that decided the

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title in 1987. He then moved to

Drogheda United Drogheda United Football Club is a professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches at Sullivan & Lambe Park. The current club is the ...

in 1988 making his debut on 4 September in a 2–1 home win over

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. He kept 12

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s in 26 league games as Drogheda won the

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title in 1989. In the 1990/1991 season Horgan kept 15 clean sheets as Drogheda again won the First Division. After four and a half years at

United Park Sullivan and Lambe Park, also known as United Park, and formerly O2 Park, Hunky Dorys Park, Head In The Game Park and Weavers Park for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Drogheda, Ireland. The ground has been home to League of Irel ...

he then moved to Shelbourne in November 1992. He then signed back for Rovers in July 1994 where he spent another eight years. Horgan played in 2 European games for Shamrock Rovers against

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in the

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. He made his last League of Ireland appearance in the last game of the 2007 League of Ireland season. Horgan was the goalkeeping coach at Sporting Fingal until they went out of business. Horgan made history in August 2009 when he became the only player to have played at Milltown and

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.Shamrock Rovers offocial website
He went to

in February 2011, as an assistant to Mick Cooke. Drogheda won the

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in 2012. Cooke left Drogheda in November 2013 and Horgan was confirmed as his replacement shortly afterwards.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Horgan, Robbie 1968 births Living people Association footballers from County Dublin Men's association football goalkeepers Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Drogheda United F.C. players Shelbourne F.C. players Dublin City F.C. players Monaghan United F.C. players St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players League of Ireland players 20th-century Irish sportsmen