Cian Bolger

Cian Bolger
Bolger playing for Southend United in 2014
Personal information
Full name Cian Thomas Bolger[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992[2]
Place of birth Celbridge, Ireland
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Fleetwood Town
Number 12
Youth career
Celbridge Town
200?–2010 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Leicester City 0 (0)
2011 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 6 (0)
2011–2012 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 39 (2)
2012–2013 → Bristol Rovers (loan) 4 (0)
2013–2014 Bolton Wanderers 0 (0)
2013 → Colchester United (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Southend United (loan) 1 (0)
2014–2016 Southend United 45 (1)
2016 → Bury (loan) 9 (0)
2016– Fleetwood Town 27 (5)
National team
2010 Republic of Ireland U19 2 (0)
2013 Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:46, 29 March 2017 (AEDT)

Cian Thomas Bolger (born 12 March 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Fleetwood Town.

Club career

Leicester City

Bolger was born in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland,[3] and was Leicester City's academy Player of the Year in 2009.[4]

Loans to Bristol Rovers

He made his debut in the Football League while on loan at Bristol Rovers, when he came on as a 78th-minute substitute for Carl Regan in a 6–1 defeat to Walsall on 29 January 2011.[5] Bolger was sent off for the first time in his senior career on 8 February 2011, after a second yellow card for a poor challenge on Rochdale player Chris O'Grady.[6] On 11 July, Bolger returned to Bristol Rovers on a 6-month loan deal.[7] On 24 September 2011, Bolger scored the first professional goal of his career.

On 31 August 2012, Bolger was loaned to Bristol Rovers for a third time, until 1 January 2013. On 8 September 2012 he sustained cruciate ligament injury in a 2–2 draw against Aldershot Town, which prevented him from playing for over 3 months.[8] He made his comeback on Boxing Day, coincidentally in another 2–2 draw against Aldershot, playing the full 90 minutes.

Bolton Wanderers

On 31 January 2013, Bolger signed for Bolton Wanderers.[9][10] On 28 March, he scored the winner for Bolton Wanderers Reserves in a 3–2 win over Stoke City Reserves. He is a former captain of the Bolton Development squad but didn't make any appearances for the first team squad during his time at Bolton.

Colchester United (loan)

In October 2013 Bolger signed a one-month loan deal with Colchester United[11] and made 4 league appearances.

Southend United (loan)

On 21 February 2014, Bolger joined League Two side Southend United on a 28-day loan,[12] but his loan spell was cut short after just one appearance due to an ankle injury on 24 February 2014.[13]

Southend United

On 5 August 2014 Bolger signed a two-year permanent deal with Southend United.

On 14 April 2015, Bolger scored his first goal for Southend United in the 45th minute against Newport County with a towering header. Bolger scored Southend's final penalty in the shoot-out in the play-off final on 23 May 2015, Southend were promoted winning 7–6.

Fleetwood Town

Bolger signed for Fleetwood Town on 22 May 2016.[14] He scored his first goal for Fleetwood in an FA Cup tie against Southport on 15 November 2016.[15]

Honours

Southend United

Career statistics

As of 16 July 2017
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City 2010–11 Championship 000000-00
2011–12 Championship 000000-00
Leicester total 000000-00
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2010–11[16] League One 6000000060
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2011–12[17] League Two 382201000412
Bristol Rovers (loan) 2012–13[18] League Two 4000001[lower-alpha 1]050
Bolton Wanderers 2012–13[18] Championship 0000000000
Colchester United (loan)
2013–14[19]
 League One 4000000040
Southend United (loan) 2013–14[19] League Two 1000000010
Southend United 2014–15[20] League Two 23100003[lower-alpha 2]0261
2015–16[21] League One 220101010250
Southend total 451101040511
Bury (loan) 2015–16[21] League One 9000000090
Fleetwood Town 2016–17[22] League One 32561103[lower-alpha 3]0426
Career total 13989130801599
  1. ↑ Appearance in the Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in the League Two play-offs
  3. ↑ Two appearances in the Football League Trophy and one in the League One play-offs

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 7. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Cian Bolger". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Player Details: Cian Bolger". English National Football Archive. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ↑ "Bristol Rovers sign Leicester defender Bolger on loan". BBC Sport. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Walsall 6 – 1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Rochdale 3 – 1 Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 8 February 2011.
  7. ↑ "Leicester City's Cian Bolger returns to Bristol Rovers". BBC Sport. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Bristol Rovers defender Cian Bolger ruled out for three months". BBC Sport. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Bolton: Medo Kamara, Cian Bolger & Steve De Ridder sign". BBC Sport. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Bolger deal confirmed". Bolton Wanderers FC. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  11. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24654648
  12. ↑ "News: Cian Bolger joins Southend United". Southend United FC. 21 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "Bolton Wanderers: Cian Bolger's Southend United loan ends". BBC Sport. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  14. ↑ "Cian Bolger: Fleetwood Town sign former Southend United centre-back". BBC Sport. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "Fleetwood 4–1 Southport". BBC Sport. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Cian Bolger in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Cian Bolger in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Cian Bolger in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  19. 1 2 "Games played by Cian Bolger in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Cian Bolger in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Cian Bolger in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Cian Bolger in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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