David Cowan (footballer, born 1982)

This article is about a football player. For other people of the same name, see David Cowan (disambiguation).

David Cowan

Personal information
Full name	David Cowan
Date of birth	(1982-03-05) 5 March 1982
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Cowdenbeath
Youth career
–2002	Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Motherwell	17	(0)
2004–2005	St. Johnstone	10	(0)
2005–2007	Ross County	24	(0)
2007–2008	Gretna	14	(2)
2008–2010	Dundee	36	(0)
2011	Cowdenbeath	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2011

David Cowan (born 5 March 1982 in Whitehaven, Cumbria) is an English football defender and is currently signed with Scottish Second Division side Cowdenbeath.

Youth career

Cowan started his career with Newcastle United at Academy and reserve level before being released in 2002.

Career

After trial spells at Walsall, Livingston, Wigan Athletic and Oldham Athletic, Cowan joined Motherwell but was to suffer a double ankle fracture in a game against Celtic that sidelined him for a year and put his playing career in some doubt.

Recovering fitness but failing to get back into the first team, he joined St. Johnstone before an 18 month stint in the Highland town of Dingwall with Ross County.

Returning to England for an unsuccessful trial at Blackpool, Cowan then played for Gretna but found himself a free agent when they were forced to resign from the Scottish Premier League in 2008.

Snapped up by Dundee within days of his former Newcastle reserve colleague Colin McMenamin made the same switch from Gretna and became a regular starter at Dens Park, earning an extended two-year deal. He was released by the club on 4 May 2010 along with 8 other players.

In February 2011 he joined Livingston. He was released at the end of the season and after a short trialist spell at East Fife, signed for Cowdenbeath on a short term deal until January 2012.

External links

• David Cowan at Soccerbase