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Eddie Nolan

Eddie Nolan

Defender - Centre-Back  at Retired
Age37
CitizenshipIreland
Height1.83 m
Footright
BornAugust 5, 1988
👕200+ Apps ⏳Veteran
Market value —
Rating · 2023 5.2 Average
Centre-Back Defender

Career snapshot

10
clubs played for
06/07
debut season
0.03
goals / match
Scunthorpe United
top club · 137 apps

Position rank · 2023

#167
goals rank
#377
assists rank
11
season goals
14
season assists

Among 805 Defender - Centre-Backs · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€700k
peak value · 2010
€900k
top transfer fee · 08/09
3
best season · 19/20
15 / 0
int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Giles Barnes
Attack - Centre-Forward · Retired
Thomas Som
Defender - Left-Back · Borgo San Donnino
Mohamed Sakho
Midfield - Defensive Midfield · Unknown
Pedro Suárez
Defender - Centre-Back · Retired

Shares 1988-08-05 · 4 players total

405Appearances
11Goals
14Assists
39Yellow cards
0Red cards
114Full matches (90′)
Full nameEddie Nolan
Name in home countryEdward William Nolan
Date of birth1988-08-05 (37 yrs)
Place of birthWaterford, Ireland
CitizenshipIreland
PositionDefender - Centre-Back (main: Defender)
Footright
Height183.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2023-08-16
Contract expires—
AgentDeluxe Sports Group
Aug 2023
Transfer: Waterford FC → Retired
23/24 · Transfer
Jul 2023
2023 — Waterford FC
16 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2022
2022 — Waterford FC
18 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: Crewe Alexandra → Waterford FC
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
2021 — Waterford FC
18 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
May 2021
Transfer: Motherwell FC → Crewe Alexandra
20/21 · Return from loan
Feb 2021
Transfer: Crewe Alexandra → Motherwell FC
20/21 · Loan
Jan 2021
Injury: unknown
16 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — Crewe Alexandra
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Crewe Alexandra
26 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Crewe Alexandra
36 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Blackpool → Crewe Alexandra
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — Crewe Alexandra
47 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Aug 2016
Transfer: Without Club → Blackpool
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — Blackpool FC
10 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jan 2016
Transfer: York City → Without Club
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
Transfer: Scunthorpe Utd. → York City
15/16 · Transfer
Jul 2015
15/16 — York City
18 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Scunthorpe United
11 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Scunthorpe United
40 matches · 0 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2013
Transfer: Without Club → Scunthorpe Utd.
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Scunthorpe United
12 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2012
Transfer: Scunthorpe Utd. → Without Club
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2011
11/12 — Scunthorpe United
36 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: Preston → Scunthorpe Utd.
10/11 · Transfer · €300k
Jul 2010
10/11 — Scunthorpe United
38 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
May 2010
Transfer: Sheff Wed → Preston
09/10 · Return from loan
Feb 2010
Transfer: Preston → Sheff Wed
09/10 · Loan
Jul 2009
09/10 — Sheffield Wednesday, Preston North End
36 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Oct 2008
Transfer: Blackburn → Preston
08/09 · Transfer · €900k
Jul 2008
08/09 — Preston North End
24 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2008
Transfer: Hartlepool → Blackburn
07/08 · Return from loan
Nov 2007
Transfer: Blackburn → Hartlepool
07/08 · Loan
Jul 2007
07/08 — Hartlepool United
12 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Apr 2007
Transfer: Stockport → Blackburn
06/07 · Return from loan
Mar 2007
Transfer: Blackburn → Stockport
06/07 · Loan
Jul 2006
06/07 — Stockport County, Blackburn Rovers
5 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2006
Transfer: Blackburn U18 → Blackburn
06/07 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €700k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 682 other Defender - Centre-Backs with ≥500 minutes in 2023. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals2 total · 0.39/90
93
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A2 total · 0.39/90
88
Yellow cards0 total · 0.00/90
97
10,273 min
Minutes played by club
Waterford FC 18.6%
Crewe Alexandra 34.4%
Blackpool FC 0.0%
York City 9.9%
Scunthorpe United 25.0%
Preston North End 0.0%
Sheffield Wednesday 12.1%
Hartlepool United 0.0%
Blackburn Rovers 0.0%
Stockport County 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Waterford FC 3 2021 2023 52 3 2 1,914
Crewe Alexandra 4 17/18 20/21 111 5 2 3,535
Blackpool FC 1 16/17 16/17 10 0 0 0
York City 1 15/16 15/16 18 1 0 1,013
Scunthorpe United 5 10/11 14/15 137 1 8 2,566
Preston North End 2 08/09 09/10 46 0 2 0
Sheffield Wednesday 1 09/10 09/10 14 1 0 1,245
Hartlepool United 1 07/08 07/08 12 0 0 0
Blackburn Rovers 1 06/07 06/07 1 0 0 0
Stockport County 1 06/07 06/07 4 0 0 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

1€175K2€350K3€525K4€700K07/0808/0909/10 — 1 goals (Sheffield Wednesday)09/10 — 2 assists309/1010/11 — 1 assists110/1111/12 — 1 goals (Scunthorpe United)11/12 — 3 assists411/1212/13 — 1 assists112/1313/14 — 3 assists313/1414/1515/16 — 1 goals (York City)115/1617/18 — 1 goals (Crewe Alexandra)17/18 — 1 assists217/1818/19 — 1 goals (Crewe Alexandra)18/19 — 1 assists218/1919/20 — 3 goals (Crewe Alexandra)319/202022 — 1 goals (Waterford FC)2022 — 2 assists320222023 — 2 goals (Waterford FC)2202307/08 — €50K08/09 — €100K10/11 — €700K12/13 — €500K14/15 — €250K15/16 — €150KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

06/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 1109/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 3319/2020/21: 0020/212021: 0020212022: 1120222023: 222023

Assists by season

06/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 2209/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 3311/1212/13: 1112/1313/14: 3313/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/212021: 0020212022: 2220222023: 002023
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
2023 FAI Cup Waterford FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 First Division Waterford FC 16 2 0 0 0 457
2022 First Division Waterford FC 17 1 2 1 0 1,457
2022 Play-Offs Waterford FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2021 FAI Cup Waterford FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Play-Offs Waterford FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Premier Division Waterford FC 14 0 0 2 0 0
20/21 EFL Cup Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 EFL Trophy Crewe Alexandra 2 0 0 1 0 0
20/21 FA Cup Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 League One Crewe Alexandra 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 EFL Cup Crewe Alexandra 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 EFL Trophy Crewe Alexandra 3 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 FA Cup Crewe Alexandra 2 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 League Two Crewe Alexandra 19 3 0 2 0 570
18/19 EFL Cup Crewe Alexandra 1 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 EFL Trophy Crewe Alexandra 1 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 FA Cup Crewe Alexandra 1 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 League Two Crewe Alexandra 33 1 1 1 0 2,830
17/18 EFL Cup Crewe Alexandra 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 EFL Trophy Crewe Alexandra 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 FA Cup Crewe Alexandra 2 1 0 0 0 135
17/18 League Two Crewe Alexandra 42 0 1 8 0 0
16/17 EFL Cup Blackpool FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 EFL Trophy Blackpool FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 FA Cup Blackpool FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 League Two Blackpool FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 League Two Play-Offs Blackpool FC 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 FA Cup York City 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 FL Trophy York City 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League Cup York City 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 League Two York City 15 1 0 1 0 1,013
14/15 FA Cup Scunthorpe United 3 0 0 2 0 0
14/15 League Cup Scunthorpe United 2 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 League One Scunthorpe United 6 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 EFL Trophy Scunthorpe United 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 League Two Scunthorpe United 39 0 3 2 0 0
12/13 League One Scunthorpe United 12 0 1 0 0 0
11/12 EFL Trophy Scunthorpe United 2 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 FA Cup Scunthorpe United 2 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 League Cup Scunthorpe United 2 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 League One Scunthorpe United 30 1 3 6 0 2,566
10/11 Championship Scunthorpe United 35 0 1 3 0 0
10/11 FA Cup Scunthorpe United 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 League Cup Scunthorpe United 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Championship Sheffield Wednesday 14 1 0 1 0 1,245
09/10 Championship Preston North End 19 0 1 1 0 0
09/10 FA Cup Preston North End 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 League Cup Preston North End 2 0 1 1 0 0
08/09 Championship Preston North End 21 0 0 1 0 0
08/09 Championship Play-Offs Preston North End 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 FA Cup Preston North End 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 FA Cup Hartlepool United 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 League One Hartlepool United 11 0 0 1 0 0
06/07 League Two Stockport County 4 0 0 3 0 0
06/07 Premier League Blackburn Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 UEFA Cup Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
06/07 2006-07-01 Blackburn U18 Blackburn Transfer 0 —
06/07 2007-03-19 Blackburn Stockport Loan 0 —
06/07 2007-04-19 Stockport Blackburn Return from loan 0 —
07/08 2007-11-22 Blackburn Hartlepool Loan 50000 —
07/08 2008-01-22 Hartlepool Blackburn Return from loan 100000 —
08/09 2008-10-07 Blackburn Preston Transfer 100000 €900k
09/10 2010-02-22 Preston Sheff Wed Loan 100000 —
09/10 2010-05-31 Sheff Wed Preston Return from loan 700000 —
10/11 2010-07-07 Preston Scunthorpe Utd. Transfer 700000 €300k
12/13 2012-07-01 Scunthorpe Utd. Without Club Transfer 500000 —
12/13 2013-02-08 Without Club Scunthorpe Utd. Transfer 500000 —
15/16 2015-07-06 Scunthorpe Utd. York City Transfer 150000 —
15/16 2016-01-25 York City Without Club Transfer 150000 —
16/17 2016-08-02 Without Club Blackpool Transfer 150000 —
17/18 2017-07-03 Blackpool Crewe Alexandra Transfer 150000 —
20/21 2021-02-01 Crewe Alexandra Motherwell FC Loan 150000 —
20/21 2021-05-17 Motherwell FC Crewe Alexandra Return from loan 150000 —
21/22 2021-07-08 Crewe Alexandra Waterford FC Transfer 150000 —
23/24 2023-08-16 Waterford FC Retired Transfer 0 —
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
20/21 Knee injury 2021-01-25 2021-04-30 96 16
Current—
Peak€700k
Low—
Δ since start−€50k
—€175k€350k€525k€700k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 —
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
Jan 1, 1970 €150k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €50k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #23132 — 0 0 — — former national player
Team #23102 — 0 0 — — former national player
Team #21103 — 12 0 — — former national player
Team #3509 — 3 0 — — former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Perry Ng 1 0 0
Callum Ainley 1 0 0
Harry Pickering 1 0 0
Niall Canavan 1 0 0
Charlie Kirk 1 0 0
Ryan Wintle 1 0 0
Jordan Bowery 1 0 0
Tom Lowery 1 0 0
Ben Garratt 1 0 0
Michael Raynes 1 0 0
James Jones 2 0 0
Niall O'Keeffe 2 0 0
Shane Griffin 2 1 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
19/20 League Two Crewe Alexandra 3 19
2023 First Division Waterford FC 2 16
15/16 League Two York City 1 15

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
11/12 League One Scunthorpe United 3 30
13/14 League Two Scunthorpe United 3 39
2022 First Division Waterford FC 2 17

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
20/21 2021-05-17 Motherwell FC Crewe Alexandra Return from loan — €150k
20/21 2021-02-01 Crewe Alexandra Motherwell FC Loan — €150k
09/10 2010-05-31 Sheff Wed Preston Return from loan — €700k
09/10 2010-02-22 Preston Sheff Wed Loan — €100k
07/08 2008-01-22 Hartlepool Blackburn Return from loan — €100k
07/08 2007-11-22 Blackburn Hartlepool Loan — €50k
06/07 2007-04-19 Stockport Blackburn Return from loan — —
06/07 2007-03-19 Blackburn Stockport Loan — —

Teams faced most often by Eddie Nolan's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Walsall FC 16 4 6 6 14 17 -3 25%
Preston North End 16 6 4 6 26 21 +5 38%
Sheffield United 16 5 6 5 19 18 +1 31%
Oldham Athletic 16 9 3 4 26 18 +8 56%
Plymouth Argyle 16 7 1 8 28 29 -1 44%
Port Vale FC 15 4 6 5 13 16 -3 27%
Bradford City 15 4 3 8 14 23 -9 27%
Colchester United 14 5 7 2 20 20 0 36%
Bury FC 14 5 4 5 19 21 -2 36%
Rochdale AFC 14 3 7 4 17 18 -1 21%
Swindon Town 14 5 0 9 23 28 -5 36%
Barnsley FC 14 5 7 2 19 15 +4 36%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
06/07 Senior debut season
09/10 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
2022 18 1,457 1 0 0 0.06
2021 18 0 2 0 0 0
20/21 2 0 1 0 0 0
19/20 26 570 2 0 0 0.32
18/19 36 2,830 3 0 0 0.1
17/18 47 135 8 0 0 5.33
15/16 18 1,013 1 0 0 0.09
14/15 11 0 2 0 0 0
13/14 40 0 2 1 0 0
11/12 36 2,566 6 0 0 0.21
10/11 38 0 3 0 0 0
09/10 36 1,245 3 0 0 0.22
08/09 24 0 1 0 0 0
07/08 12 0 1 0 0 0
06/07 5 0 3 0 0 0

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

League Two
155 apps
5 G
5 A
First Division
33 apps
3 G
2 A
League One
59 apps
1 G
4 A
Championship
89 apps
1 G
2 A
FA Cup
16 apps
1 G
0 A
League Cup
15 apps
0 G
1 A
Premier Division
14 apps
0 G
0 A
FL Trophy
16 apps
0 G
0 A

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Frequently asked about Eddie Nolan

Who is Eddie Nolan?

Eddie Nolan is an Ireland professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Retired.

How old is Eddie Nolan?

Eddie Nolan is 37 years old. He was born on August 5, 1988 in Waterford.

What position does Eddie Nolan play?

Eddie Nolan plays as a centre-back (Defender - Centre-Back).

What club does Eddie Nolan play for?

Eddie Nolan currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Eddie Nolan scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Eddie Nolan has scored 11 goals in 405 appearances.