Michael Collins (footballer, born 1986)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Anthony Collins | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Halifax, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leyton Orient | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2004 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2010 | Huddersfield Town | 173 | (19) |
| 2010–2014 | Scunthorpe United | 79 | (2) |
| 2014 | → AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Oxford United | 39 | (2) |
| 2015 | → York City (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2016 | Bengaluru | 10 | (0) |
| 2016– | Leyton Orient | 29 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2003 | Republic of Ireland U18 | ||
| 2003–2005 | Republic of Ireland U19 | ||
| 2007–2008 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 6 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:10, 29 April 2017 (UTC). |
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Michael Anthony Collins (born 30 April 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League Two club Leyton Orient. Collins has been capped six times by the Republic of Ireland under-21 team.
Collins was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Having come through Huddersfield Town's academy, he made his first team debut in a 1–0 home win over Blackpool on 19 February 2005. Collins made eight appearances in his first season with Huddersfield, with seven of them being starts. He signed a professional contract with the club on 11 May 2005.
He made his first start of the 2005–06 season coming on as an eighty-ninth-minute substitute in a 3–1 home win over Swansea City on 13 August 2005. His first start came in a 4–2 away win in the League Cup over Chesterfield on 24 August 2005. Collins scored his first goal on 18 February 2006 in a 5–0 win over Milton Keynes Dons. He came on as a substitute in the FA Cup third round tie in January 2006 against Premier League champions Chelsea, and set-up Gary Taylor-Fletcher for an equaliser. Collins made 21 appearances in all competitions Huddersfield in his second season at the club.
Collins made his first appearance of the 2006–07 season on the opening day of the season, coming on in the sixty-sixth minute in a 2–1 away defeat away to Gillingham. He made his first start of the season in a 2–0 defeat to Mansfield Town at home in the first round of the League Cup on 22 August 2006. His first league start of the season came on 26 August 2006 in a 1–1 draw at home with Nottingham Forest. Collins scored his first goal of the season in a 2–1 away win over Port Vale on 21 October 2006. He scored in the last two games of the season; first in a 4–2 win over Millwall on 21 April 2007 and then on the final day in a 3–1 win over Leyton Orient on 5 May. Collins finished 2006–07 with forty-six appearances in all competitions, starting forty-one with five coming of the bench, scoring four goals.
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