Neill Collins

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Neill Collins
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Personnel
Surname Neill William Collins
birthday 2nd September 1983
place of birth Troon ,  Scotland
position Central defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2001-2002 FC Queen's Park 32 0(0)
2002-2004 Dumbarton FC 63 0(4)
2004-2007 Sunderland AFC 18 0(1)
2005-2006 →  Hartlepool United  (loan) 22 0(0)
2006 →  Sheffield United  (loan) 2 0(0)
2006-2007 →  Wolverhampton Wanderers  (loan) 3 0(1)
2007-2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers 81 0(8)
2009-2010 →  Preston North End  (loan) 16 0(0)
2010 Preston North End 5 0(1)
2010 →  Leeds United  (loan) 9 0(0)
2010-2011 Leeds United 21 0(0)
2011-2016 Sheffield United 177 (12)
2015 →  Port Vale  (loan) 7 0(0)
2016– Tampa Bay rowdies 6 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2005 Scotland U-21 7 0(0)
2007 Scotland B 1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of April 3, 2016

Neill William Collins (born September 2, 1983 in Troon ) is a Scottish football player . The center- back and former U-21 international has played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies since 2016 .

Athletic career

Born in the Scottish west coast town of Troon - north of Ayr - Neill Collins began his career at the lower-class traditional club FC Queen's Park before joining FC Dumbarton in the third division in July 2002 . With his robust and body-hugging style of play, Collins quickly became a crowd favorite with the "Sons" and, as a new identification figure, he also received the office of team captain. In his style of play he was reminiscent of an "old school" defender, similar to players like Tony Adams in the recent past. A number of prominent clubs registered desires over time, including the Scottish clubs FC Falkirk , Hibernian Edinburgh and Glasgow Rangers , as well as the English second division club Charlton Athletic . After each trial training session, however, there was no change in any of the cases.

In August 2004 Collins left Dumbarton FC for a transfer fee of 25,000 pounds in the direction of English second division AFC Sunderland . After his debut against Reading FC on August 31, 2004 (0: 1), he completed ten more league games and won the second division championship at the end of the 2004/05 season, which was synonymous with direct promotion to the Premier League. In the "Beletage of English professional football", however, he did not get a chance; instead borrowed in the "Black Cats" in the Hinserie to the third division Hartlepool United and in the second half of the 2005/06 season to the second division aspirant Sheffield United . In the latter club, however, he was only on the field in two games. At the beginning of the 2006/07 season, Collins came to Sunderland, who had meanwhile been relegated back to the second division, on the unfamiliar right full-back position after the ancestral Stephen Wright and Nyron Nosworthy were injured. In November 2006 he lost his position in the team again and moved on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers , where he worked with Mick McCarthy , who had already coached him in Sunderland.

After the end of the loan period, the people in charge of the "Wolves" decided on a final commitment of the former Scottish U-21 international - the transfer fee was 150,000 pounds. Collins came consistently in the remaining games of the 2007/08 season at his new club - he just missed the play-off games for promotion to the Premier League with the team. Even at the beginning of the 2008/09 season , Collins was initially a regular player before Michael Mancienne, on loan from Chelsea , made his place contestable. It was only after Mancienne's return to London that he was back at Richard Stearman's side in the central defense network. With his red card on January 27, 2009 in the 1-0 defeat by Reading FC , he gambled away his status, especially since at the same time his compatriot Christophe Berra was committed, the coach McCarthy as well as the regained veteran Jody Craddock in the following Games preferred for direct promotion to the Premier League.

Although Collins' contract runs until the end of the 2011/12 season, Wolves coach McCarthy expressed in July 2009 the desire to give Collins to another club. With Preston North End a prospect was finally found; the second division loaned Collins, with "PNE" exercising an option for a permanent commitment after the end of the 2009 deadline. However, when coach Alan Irvine left only a short time later, Collins played under his successor Darren Ferguson no more role and moved in March 2010 for the remainder of the season on loan to Leeds United . There he represented the injured Patrick Kisnorbo , contributed nine league appearances to promotion to the second-rate Football League Championship and signed a new three-year contract in Leeds in July 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Scouting report: Neill Collins, Wolverhampton Wanderers" (The Guardian)
  2. ↑ "Sara fails to win move" (BBC Sport)
  3. ^ "Charlton want Collins" (BBC Sport)
  4. ^ "Collins joins Hartlepool on loan" (BBC Sport)
  5. ^ "Sheff Utd sign defender Collins" (BBC Sport)
  6. ^ "Wolves loan Black Cat" (Sky Sports)
  7. ↑ "Sunderland's Collins joins Wolves" (BBC Sport)
  8. ^ "Collins extends Wolves contract" (BBC Sport)
  9. ^ "Collins put up for sale by Wolves" (Express & Star)
  10. ^ "Preston North End sign Wolverhampton's Neill Collins" (BBC Sport)
  11. ^ "Leeds sign Preston defender Neill Collins on loan" (BBC Sport)
  12. ^ "United sign central defender" (Leeds United)
personal data
SURNAME Collins, Neill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Collins, Neill William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Troon