Kurt Nogan is a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 footballer

Football (soccer)

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. 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

Lee Nogan

Lee Martin Nogan is a Welsh footballer and football manager who plays as a forward for Conference North side F.C. Halifax Town, where he is also the clubs assistant manager....

, a fact that has led to them being referred to by some as "The Climie Fisher

Climie Fisher

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 of football".

Nogan had a long career with a number of Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

 clubs (playing over 300 games), including Luton Town

Luton Town F.C.

Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was...

, Brighton and Hove Albion, Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

, Preston North End and Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

. It was on January 29, in Brighton, 1995 that Kurt had his first child, Rhiannan Nogan- she was registered the youngest ever 'Seagull' at that time. Donna Nogan was his partner and the mother of the newly born child. He arrived at Burnley in February 1995 where he made 108 appearances scoring 42 goals. He made his debut for Preston in march 1997 and went on to make 106 appearances, scoring 31 goals (including the two goals he scored against Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

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), before moving on to his home town club. He was forced to retire from the professional game in 2001 because of injury.

In December 2007 he was playing with Welsh Football League

Welsh Football League

The Welsh Football League is a club football league in Wales. Division One of the Welsh Football League is at Level 2 of the Welsh football league system, immediately below the national Welsh Premier League.The Welsh Football League's history stretches back to 1904 when the competition was first...

 side ENTO Aberaman Athletic

Aberaman Athletic F.C.

Aberaman Athletic Football Club is a Welsh football club that currently play in the Welsh Football League Division One. Their ground is situated on Cardiff Road, Aberdare, between the suburb of Aberaman and the village of Abercwmboi....

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

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