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Colin Coates (born 26 October 1985) is a semi-professional footballer from Northern Ireland who plays as a centre-back and captains IFA Premiership club Crusaders. ==Club career== Coates was born in Belfast. He attended Grosvenor Grammar School, not traditionally a football-playing school, but despite this, made a name for himself at Crusaders.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Squad profiles – Senior Colin Coates )〕〔http://www.newsletter.co.uk/best-irish-league-select-xi/The-Best-Irish-League-Select.4066987.jp?articlepage=2〕 He later revealed that at 15, he had the choice of signing for either Crusaders or Glentoran.〔http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/culture/2007mandate/reports/report73_09_10r.htm〕 He made his first-team debut against Chimney Corner in the County Antrim Shield on 29 October 2002, and scored on his league debut, a 2-4 defeat to Glentoran on 9 November. He has developed a formidable partnership in the centre of defence with David Magowan over the years, and he was part of the team which won the Irish Cup in 2009, and was called up to the Northern Ireland squad for the match against Italy on 6 June 2009, in which he played the full 90 minutes to receive his first cap. He also scored a late equalizer in normal time in the County Antrim Shield final against Linfield. The Crues went on to win the game 3-2. Coates was instrumental in Crusaders' triumph in the 2012 Setanta Sports Cup. In the semi-final second leg against Sligo Rovers, he scored an extra-time penalty which put Crusaders into the final.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17808063〕 In the final itself against Derry City, he scored twice in a 2-2 draw, and scored in the resulting victorious penalty shoot-out in a man of the match performance.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18033244〕 He also scored in the 2012 Irish Cup Final in a 1-4 defeat to Linfield.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17968832〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Colin Coates (footballer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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