Michael Collins (footballer)

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Michael Collins
Personal information
Full name Michael Collins
Date of birth April 30, 1986 (age 20)
Place of birth    Halifax, England
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Huddersfield Town
Number 19
Youth clubs
Huddersfield Town
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2004- Huddersfield Town 59(3)   
National team2
Ireland U-19

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 05/03/2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 05/03/2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Michael Collins (born 30 April 1986) is a professional footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Town in Coca-Cola League One.

Having come through Town's academy, Collins made his first team debut in 2004, but has found it hard to cement a place in the side, with a lot of competition from captain Jon Worthington, Mark Hudson and Adnan Ahmed amongst others, but he has already produced several superb displays in the early part of this season.

His most notable contribution was against the Premiership champions Chelsea, when he came off the bench in the FA Cup 3rd Round tie in January 2006 and provide the set-up for Gary Taylor-Fletcher's equaliser. The British press took note of this as he was only earning £240 per week, compared with Chelsea's multi-millionaires.

He was the captain of the Irish under-19 squad and on March 14, 2007, he got his first call-up to the Irish Under-21 squad for a match against Netherlands Under-21's, but he was forced to withdraw from the squad after picking up a shoulder injury in a league game against Brighton & Hove Albion.


Huddersfield Town F.C. - Current Squad

2 Holdsworth | 3 Taylor | 4 Hudson | 5 Mirfin | 6 N. Clarke | 8 Worthington | 10 Taylor-Fletcher | 11 Schofield | 12 Ahmed | 13 Sinclair | 14 T. Clarke | 15 McAliskey | 16 McIntosh | 17 McCombe | 18 Beckett | 19 Collins | 21 Hardy | 22 Young | 23 Booth | 25 Berrett | 26 Eastwood | 27 Glennon | 30 Hand | 31 Skarz | 35 Smithies | Caretaker Manager: Murphy
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