Colin Hill

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Colin Hill
Personal information
Full name	Colin Frederick Hill
Date of birth	(1963-11-12) 12 November 1963
Place of birth	Uxbridge, Middlesex, England
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth career
	Hillingdon Borough
–	Arsenal F.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1977-1986	Arsenal	46	(1)
1986	→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	0	(0)
1986-1987	Marítimo	30	(8)
1987-1989	Colchester United	69	(0)
1989-1992	Sheffield United	82	(1)
1992-1997	Leicester City	145	(0)
1997	Trelleborgs	11	(0)
1997-1999	Northampton Town	54	(0)
National team
1990-1998	Northern Ireland	27	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Colin Frederick Hill (born November 12, 1963 in Uxbridge, England) is a former Northern Irish professional football player most notable for his careers with Arsenal and Leicester City and as a Northern Ireland international.

Career

Hill played as a youth for Hillingdon Borough before joining Arsenal on schoolboy forms in 1977, becoming an apprentice in 1980 and turning professional in 1981. Initially a striker, he was converted into a defender and made his debut against Norwich City on April 20, 1983. He made 7 appearances in total that season, and went on to play 37 league games in 1983-84, mostly at right-back, but the signing of Viv Anderson forced him out of the first team and he spent most of the next two seasons in the reserves.

Hill left Arsenal for Portuguese side Marítimo in 1986 on a free transfer, having played 51 games and scoring one goal for Arsenal. He later had spells with Colchester United, Sheffield United (winning them promotion to the First Division in 1989-90), Leicester City (winning promotion to the Premier League in 1994-95, although he missed out on the 1997 League Cup Final), Trelleborgs and Northampton Town. He also won 27 caps for Northern Ireland.

After retiring Colin spent 10 years working in the Commercial and Hospitality sector for Leicester City FC, The Q Group and the THA Group.

Colin is now a Commercial Executive for PFA Enterprises (2013)

Honours

Club

Sheffield United^[1]

Football League Second Division Runner-up (1): 1989–90

Leicester City

Football League Division One Playoff Winner (1): 1995–96
Football League Division One Playoff Runner-up (1): 1992–93

Northampton Town^[2]

Football League Division Two Playoff Runner-up (1): 1997–98

References

↑ "Division One (Championship) Play-Off Finalists". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
↑ "Division Two (League One) Play-Off Finalists". Coludaybyday.co.uk.

External links

Awards

Colchester United F.C. – Player of the Year

1965: Ames
1966: Hall
1967: Forbes
1968: Trevis
1969: Hall
1970: Jones
1971: Crawford
1972: Cook
1973: Mahon
1974: Harford
1975: Froggatt
1976: L. Smith
1977: Dowman
1978: Leslie
1979: Wignall
1980: Walker
1981: Walker
1982: Bremner
1983: Walker
1984: Wignall
1985: Chamberlain
1986: Osborne
1987: Hedman
1988: Hill
1989: Hill
1990: Marmon
1991: Barrett
1992: N. Smith
1993: Roberts
1994: Kinsella
1995: Whitton
1996: Kinsella
1997: Fry
1998: Wilkins
1999: Greene
2000: Greene
2001: Stockwell
2002: Duguid
2003: S. Brown
2004: White
2005: Baldwin
2006: W. Brown
2007: Cureton
2008: Jackson
2009: Hammond
2010: Williams
2011: Perkins
2012: Odejayi
2013: Ibehre

v t e Leicester City F.C. – Player of the Year

1988: Walsh 1989: Paris 1990: Mills 1991: James 1992: Mills 1993: Hill 1994: Grayson 1995: Poole 1996: Parker 1997: Grayson 1998: N/A 1999: Cottee 2000: Taggart 2001: Savage 2002: Savage 2003: Dickov 2004: Ferdinand 2005: Tiatto 2006: Guðjónsson 2007: Hume 2008: Stearman 2009: Howard 2010: Hobbs 2011: Wellens 2012: Schmeichel 2013: Morgan

Persondata
Name	Hill, Colin
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	November 12, 1963
Place of birth	Uxbridge, Middlesex, England
Date of death
Place of death

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