Colin Patrick Baker (born 29 October 1985), also known as Colin Scanlan, is an Irish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. He started his career at

Aylesbury United Aylesbury United Football Club is a football club based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. They are currently members of Division One Central of the Southern League and play at Chesham United's Meadow ground, having been evicted from their ...

, and played for other non-league clubs up until 2006, where he moved to play football in Hong Kong. There, he represented Rangers and

Hong Kong FC Hong Kong Football Club (HKFC; ), established in 1886, is a private members' club in Hong Kong. The name reflects the origin as a club for playing association football and rugby. The club is situated in Happy Valley, with the sports pitche ...

, before returning to his native Ireland to join

Limerick 37 Limerick Football Club ( ga, Club Peile Luimnigh) was an association football club based in Limerick, Ireland who played in the League of Ireland and currently have teams competing in the underage National League of Ireland. The first Limerick ...

. He only scored one goal for Limerick, a late equaliser against Shelbourne, which denied Shelbourne the title and promotion in the 2008 season. He left the club at the end of the season, but stayed in the area to play locally in the

Limerick & District League The Limerick & District League is an association football league featuring amateur and junior clubs from Limerick city and County Limerick east of the N20. It also includes teams from Charleville, County Cork, (Charleville AFC) and Nenagh, Cou ...

. He is currently the youth academy coach at Limerick.

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