Player Profile: Colin Nish

Full Name: Colin Nish

Nickname: Van 'Nish'telrooy or Bambi!

Squad No: 15

Position: Striker

Date of Birth: 7th March 1981

Birth Place: Edinburgh

Height: 6ft 3ins

Former Clubs: Dunfermline, Alloa (loan), Clyde (loan)

Signed for Killie: 1st July 2003

Contract Ends: May 2006

Notes: Colin spent the majority of his early years trying to break into the first team at East End Park but in six years he only managed two starts and 22 substitute appearances. In a bid to maintain his fitness (or just get a game) he had two loan spells at Alloa and one at Clyde where he managed to score 13 goals in 32 appearances. Jim Jefferies brought Colin to Killie under freedom of contract during the close season in 2003 as a squad player and to his credit he managed to score ten goals in 32 (17 starts) appearances in his first season...along with Kris Boyd the first Killie players to get into double figures since the heady days of Paul Wright. While he is a very tall player, Nish is not a conventional target man and indeed his heading skills are not the best part of his game. Needs regular first team football if we are to ever see what he is capable of. Contract Update: In May of 2005, Colin was signed up for another full season thru May of 2006.