Neill Collins
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| Neill Collins | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neill William Collins | |
| Date of birth | September 2, 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Troon, Scotland | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Number | 3 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001–2002 2002–2004 2004–2007 2005–2006 2006 2006–2007 2007– |
Queen's Park Dumbarton Sunderland → Hartlepool United (loan) → Sheffield United (loan) → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) Wolverhampton Wanderers |
32 (0) 63 (4) 18 (1) 22 (0) 2 (0) 3 (1) 58 (4) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2005 2007 |
Scotland U21 Scotland B |
7 (0) 1 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Neill William Collins (born September 2, 1983 in Troon) is a Scottish football defender, who plays for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Championship.
[edit] Career
Collins began his career with Scottish amateur club, Queen's Park, moving to Dumbarton after two seasons. During his stay at the Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Collins became popular with the fans and had a spell as captain and was key to the Sons' battle to stay in the Second Division. During his time there, he also had trials with the likes of Falkirk, Hibernian, Rangers and Charlton Athletic and was always touted to leave for full-time football one day.
He finally left for Sunderland in August 2004, for a fee of £25,000, and made 11 appearances during first season as the club won promotion to the Premier League as champions. He never appeared in the top flight for them though, after being loaned out to, first, League One Hartlepool United, then Championship promotion hopefuls Sheffield United, during the 2005/06 season.
He returned to the Sunderland team at the start of the following campaign, but was forced to play in the unnatural role of right-back, after injuries to team-mates Stephen Wright and Nyron Nosworthy. The defender was soon sent out on loan by the club's recently-appointed manager Roy Keane, whereupon he reunited with his former boss Mick McCarthy at Wolves.
After his loan expired, Collins joined Wolves permanently in January 2007, for £150,000. He was a regular starter for the rest of the season as the club reached the play-offs. The following season saw him score 4 winning goals, but this was undermined by him conceding 4 penalties in a year that saw the side miss out on the play-offs on goal difference.
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