Colin Pates

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Colin Pates
Personal information
Date of birth	August 10, 1961 (1961-08-10) (age 46)
Place of birth	Carshalton, London, England
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1979-88 1988-90 1990-93 1990-91 1993-95	Chelsea Charlton Athletic Arsenal Brighton (loan) Brighton	281 (10) 038 0(0) 021 0(0) 017 0(0) 050 0(0)
Teams managed
1996	Crawley Town
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Colin George Pates (born 10 August 1961 in Carshalton, London) is a retired English footballer who played for various clubs, mainly in London, in a defensive role.

Pates began his career with Chelsea, making his debut as an 18-year-old in a 7-3 victory against The Orient in 1979. He remained with the Chelsea through the turbulent early 1980s and as club captain led the side to promotion in 1983-84. He was surprisingly sold to Charlton Athletic in 1988 for £400,000 having made 346 appearances for the Blues. Two years later Pates joined Arsenal for £500,000, but after struggling to break into the side signed for Brighton on loan, a move which became permanent in 1993.

After a knee injury forced his retirement from the top-level game, he moved into coaching. He was appointed player-manager of Crawley Town, leaving in 1996 and then had a brief stint playing for Romford.

As a part of his coaching career, he has travelled to various schools in the world. He is currently coaching the students of the Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai, India- as a part of their annual football camp, for a week- from the end of May 2007 to the first week of July 2007