Background
Rogan was born in Lenadoon, west Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Rogan was born in Lenadoon, west Belfast, Northern Ireland.
His playing career included spells at Lisburn Distillery, Celtic, Sunderland, Oxford United, Millwall and Blackpool. In his youth he had played junior football for Street Oliver Plunkett Football Club and Gaelic football for Street Paul"son Rogan made his first-team debut on 3 January 1987 due to Roy Aitken and Paul McGugan being suspended and Pierce O"Leary being injured.
lieutenant proved to be a successful start for Rogan as Celtic thrashed Hamilton Accies 8-3.
He usually played at left full back or occasionally as a left-side centre half. He transferred to Sunderland in 1991 for two years.
The following season he moved to Oxford United - again for two years. In 1997, he transferred to Millwall and left them for Blackpool in 1999.
The latter part of his career was hampered by hamstring injuries and it was discovered that two broken leg injuries early in his career (initially suffered as a teenager before heading to Celtic) were the root cause of these setbacks.
Rogan"s was an own goal, contributing to the hosts" 4-0 victory over Northern Ireland. He did, however, make an appearance in central defence for Abingdon Town on 19 July 2008 in Luke Beauchamp"s testimonial alongside Ian "Gudge" Smith against Oxford United.
He began his professional career playing for Distillery before achieving his boyhood dream of signing for Celtic in 1986. In 1988 he was part of Celtic"s Centenary side that won the League and Cup Double. He played for Sunderland in the 1992 FA Cup Final defeat to Liverpool. Another of his goals achieved renown for the wrong reasons, when he opened the scoring in the December 1988 World Cup qualifying match in Spain.
