{{Short description|Ivorian footballer (born 1975)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alan Branigan | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|2|9}} | birth_place = Ivory Coast | height = | position = Defender | collegeyears1 = 1993–1996 | college1 = Rutgers Scarlet Knights | years1 = 1997 | clubs1 = Orlando Sundogs | caps1 = 5 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1997 | clubs2 = Carolina Dynamo | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1997 | clubs3 = Worcester Wildfire | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1998–2000 | clubs4 = Hampton Roads Mariners | caps4 = 55 | goals4 = 1 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = }} '''Alan Branigan''' (February 9, 1975) is an Ivorian soccer defender who spent his entire career in the United States.
Branigan was born on February 9, 1975.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Branigan soccer statistics on StatsCrew.com |url=https://www.statscrew.com/credits |website=statscrew.com |access-date=November 25, 2025}}</ref> He and his family moved to the United States when he was seven and settled in Nutley, New Jersey.<ref>"No feeling of dread with Branigan on 'D'", ''The Star-Ledger'', November 29, 1996</ref> In 1993, he graduated from Nutley High School.<ref>Hague, Jim. [http://www.theobserver.com/2017/09/history-and-tradition-abounds-in-latest-nutley-athletic-hall-class/ "History and tradition abounds in latest Nutley Athletic Hall class"], ''The Observer'', September 26, 2017. Accessed January 13, 2018. "Alan Branigan (Class of 1993, soccer)"</ref> He attended Rutgers University, where he was a 1996 Third-Team All-American soccer player.<ref>[http://www.scarletknights.com/soccer-men/history/leaders-career.asp Rutgers Men's Soccer Career Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918065927/http://www.scarletknights.com/soccer-men/history/leaders-career.asp |date=2011-09-18 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=1996 |title=1996 All Americans |access-date=2011-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115151821/http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=I&yr=1996 |archive-date=2006-11-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On February 1, 1997, the Dallas Burn selected Branigan in the second round (sixteenth overall) of the 1997 MLS College Draft.<ref>[http://www.mlsdraft.com/2010/01/mls-draft-picks-1997.html 1997 MLS Draft]</ref> The Burn released him during the preseason and he signed with the Orlando Sundogs. When the Sundogs began to experience financial difficulties, the team released Branigan and several other players.<ref>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1997/05/19/sundogs-drop-3rd-in-a-row/ Sundogs Drop 3rd In A Row]</ref> He played three games for the Carolina Dynamo.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.carolinadynamo.com/06_Alltime_player_stats.doc |title=All Time Carolina Dynamo Roster |access-date=2011-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226130513/http://www.carolinadynamo.com/06_Alltime_player_stats.doc |archive-date=2017-12-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He then joined the Worcester Wildfire for the remainder of the 1997 season. In 1998, he signed with the Hampton Roads Mariners and remained with the team for three seasons.
Branigan was the coach of the James Caldwell High School boys soccer team, where he now teaches.
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