Jack Collison

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Jack Collison
Personal information
Full name Jack Collison
Date of birth October 2, 1988 (1988-10-02) (age 19)
Place of birth    Watford, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club West Ham United
Number 39
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2005- West Ham United 2 (0)   
National team2
2007-
2008-		 Wales U21
Wales		 5 (2)
2 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 12 April 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2 June 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Jack Collison (born 02 October 1988) is an English-born professional footballer who plays for West Ham United as a midfielder. He is a Welsh international, eligible to play for the Welsh national team as his grandfather was born in Bedwellty, Wales.

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[edit] Club career

Collison is a product of West Ham's youth academy. He was signed from Cambridge United, having been on trial with the Hammers and impressing youth team manager Tony Carr enough to be offered a first year scholarship in 2005. He was named in the West Ham first team squad for the first time in November 2007 for the home game against Bolton Wanderers,[1] and made his first team debut on 1 January 2008, when he came on as a substitute for Freddie Ljungberg in the 37th minute of the Premier League match away to Arsenal.[2]

[edit] International career

Collison is eligible to play for Wales through his grandfather who was born in Bedwellty, South Wales.[3] He made his debut for the Wales Under-21 team and scored in the 4-0 win against Bosnia-Herzegovina Under-21 in November 2007 in the UEFA European U-21 Championship.[4] He made further appearances in the 4-2 win over France Under-21 in November 2007,[5] against Malta Under-21 in February 2008, when he scored his second international goal,[6] against Bosnia-Herzegovina Under-21 in March 2008[7] and England Under-21 in May 2008.[8] He made his senior international debut for Wales against Iceland in May 2008.[9]

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Collison rising through the ranks. whufc.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
  2. ^ Bevan, Chris. "Arsenal 2-0 West Ham", BBC Sport, 2008-01-01. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  3. ^ "West Ham striker suffers further injury setback", DailyMail.co.uk, 2007-11-06. Retrieved on 2007-11-06. 
  4. ^ Wales U21 4-0 Bosnia-H U21. BBC Sport (2007-11-17). Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
  5. ^ "Wales U21 4-2 France U21", BBC Sport, 2007-11-20. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. 
  6. ^ Aquilina, Domenic (2008-02-05). Evans helps send Wales top. UEFA European U-21 Championship. UEFA. Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
  7. ^ "Bosnia-H U21 1-2 Wales U21", BBC Sport, 2008-03-26. Retrieved on 2008-05-30. 
  8. ^ "Wales U21 0-2 England U21", BBC Sport, 2008-05-15. Retrieved on 2008-05-30. 
  9. ^ Shuttleworth, Peter. "International Football: Wales report", BBC Sport, 2008-05-28. Retrieved on 2008-05-30. 


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