Aidan Collins

Aidan Collins
Personal information
Full name Aidan Collins
Date of birth (1986-10-18) 18 October 1986
Place of birth Chelmsford, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Chelmsford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2003–2006 Ipswich Town 4 (0)
2006 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 5 (1)
2006 → Stockport County (loan) 3 (0)
2007 Cambridge United 11 (0)
2007– Chelmsford City 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:38, 19 August 2009 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Aidan Collins (born 18 October 1986) is a retired English footballer who used to play as a defender. He made over 25 appearances in the Football League and the Conference National.

Career

Collins began his career at Ipswich and made his debut against Derby County 4-1 in May 2003.[1] He collected a winners medal when Ipswich won the FA Youth Cup in April 2005 and made four league and cup appearances for the first-team in the 2005–06 season[2] before joining Wycombe Wanderers on loan in January 2006.[3] He made five Wycombe, scoring once, and then joined Stockport County on loan in March 2006,[4] where he started two games before being recalled by Ipswich a month later.[5]

Collins was not offered a new contract at Ipswich at the end of the 2005–06 season and joined Cambridge United in January 2007 for one month on a non-contract basis.[6] He started three games for Cambridge and agreed a contract until the end of the 2006–07 season[7] with manager Jimmy Quinn saying, "He's a fantastic addition to the team..."[7] In March 2007, he appeared with his brother, Jordan Collins in Cambridge's club-record 7–0 win over Weymouth, the first pair of siblings to appear for the club since November 1995.[8][9] At the end of the season, he retired from the game due to injury[10] but later joined Chelmsford City F.C. in August 2007.[11] Assistant-manager Glenn Pennyfather said of him, "Aidan is a fantastic signing. He is young, strong, good in the air in both boxes and reads the game well with excellent distribution."[11] He has recently graduated from Goldsmiths University where he completed an Undergraduate History Degree and runs a website with his brother called The Pro Lounge which combines articles, interviews and podcasts with current and former professional footballers.[12]

Honours

Ipswich Town

References

  1. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Collins in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  2. ↑ "Games played by Aidan Collins in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  3. ↑ "Collins set for spell at Wycombe". BBC Sport. 2006-01-12. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  4. ↑ "Stockport poised to land Collins". BBC Sport. 2006-03-14. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  5. ↑ "Collins ends Stockport loan spell". BBC Sport. 2006-04-20. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  6. ↑ "Cambridge sign defender Collins". BBC Sport. 2007-01-31. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  7. 1 2 "Collins extends stay at Cambridge". BBC Sport. 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  8. ↑ "Cambridge 7-0 Weymouth". BBC Sport. 2007-03-31. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  9. ↑ Bennett, Andrew (2007-04-03). "U's 7 (seven) - 0 Weymouth: In heaven, everything in fine". Cambridge United FC. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  10. ↑ "Castle goes". Non League Daily. 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  11. 1 2 "Players commit to strong-looking City". Non League Daily. 2007-08-02. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  12. ↑ http://www.theprolounge.com

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