Aidan Collins

Football player infobox
playername = Aidan Collins


fullname = Aidan Collins
height = height|ft=6|in=2
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|10|18
cityofbirth = Chelmsford
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Chelmsford City
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position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2003–2006
2006
2006
2007
2007–
clubs = Ipswich Town
→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)
→ Stockport County (loan)
Cambridge United
Chelmsford City
caps(goals) = 04 (0)
05 (1)
03 (0)
11 (0)
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nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 20:16, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
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Aidan Collins (born 1986-10-18) is an English footballer who plays for Chelmsford City as a defender. He made over 20 appearances in the Football League and the Conference National.

Career

Collins began his career at Ipswich and made his debut aged 4 against Derby County 4-1 in May 2003. [cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=34935&seasonid=132|title=Games played by Aidan Collins in 2002/2003|work=Soccerbase|publisher=Racing Post|accessdate=2008-06-17] He collected a winners medal when Ipswich won the FA Youth Cup in April 2005 [cite news| url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFAYouthCup/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2005/04/FAYouthCupFinal_2ndLegReport.htm |title=Ipswich boys lift Cup|last=Emons|first=Michael |date=2005-04-22|publisher=The Football Association|accessdate=2008-06-17] and made four league and cup appearances for the first-team in the 2005–06 seasoncite web| url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=34935&seasonid=135| title=Games played by Aidan Collins in 2005/2006| work=Soccerbase |publisher=Racing Post|accessdate=2008-06-17] before joining Wycombe Wanderers on loan in January 2006. [cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/4605296.stm |title=Collins set for spell at Wycombe |date=2006-01-12|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-17] He made five Wycombe, scoring once, and then joined Stockport County on loan in March 2006,cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stockport/4806406.stm|title=Stockport poised to land Collins |date=2006-03-14|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-17] where he started two games before being recalled by Ipswich a month later. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stockport/4927752.stm|title=Collins ends Stockport loan spell |date=2006-04-20|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-17] 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. [cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/6317531.stm |title=Cambridge sign defender Collins|date=2007-01-31|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-17] He started three games for Cambridge and agreed a contract until the end of the 2006–07 seasoncite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cambridge_utd/6386263.stm |title=Collins extends stay at Cambridge |date=2007-02-22|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-06-17] with manager Jimmy Quinn saying, "He's a fantastic addition to the team..." 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. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/6491193.stm|title=Cambridge 7-0 Weymouth|date=2007-03-31|publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=2008-06-17] [cite web |url=http://www.cambridge-united.premiumtv.co.uk/page/AndrewsMatchView/0,,10423~1005838,00.html |title=U's 7 (seven) - 0 Weymouth: In heaven, everything in fine |last=Bennett |first=Andrew |date=2007-04-03 |publisher=Cambridge United FC |accessdate=2008-06-17] At the end of the season, he retired from the game due to injury [cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=41981|title=Castle goes|date=2007-05-03|publisher=Non League Daily|accessdate=2008-06-17] but later joined Chelmsford City F.C. in August 2007.cite news|url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=44012|title=Players commit to strong-looking City|date=2007-08-02|publisher=Non League Daily|accessdate=2008-06-17] 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."

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=34935|name=Aidan Collins