Neill Collins
Neill Collins, the United Kingdom defender, made 24 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 2 times, averaging 0.08 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2006-07, with 1 goal.
Neill William Collins (born 2 September 1983) is a Scottish football manager and former player who is the head coach of USL Championship club Sacramento Republic . Collins is a former Scotland U21 and Scotland B international who played as a centre-back . He started his playing career with Queen's Park before moving to Dumbarton . A transfer to English side Sunderland followed in 2004, but he failed to establish himself in the first team during his three-year spell on Wearside . After loan moves to Hartlepool United and Sheffield United, he was loaned to Wolverhampton Wanderers , where he became a first-team regular and signed a permanent deal in 2007. Following Wolves' promotion to the Premier League , he fell out of favour and moved on loan again, this time to Preston North End . Still, although they signed him permanently in 2010, he was never a regular. He quickly moved to Leeds United , with whom he won promotion to the Championship in 2010. After losing his place the following season, Collins returned to Sheffield United , one of his former loan clubs, where he made over 100 appearances. He lost his first-team place in the 2014–15 season and joined Port Vale on loan in March 2015. He moved to America in March 2016 to play for the Tampa Bay Rowdies . By the end of his 18-year playing career, he had scored 35 goals in 583 league and cup appearances. He took his first post in management in May 2018 when he transitioned from player to head coach at the Tampa Bay Rowdies. The 2021 season would prove highly successful as he won two USL Championship Coach of the Month awards — Wikipedia
- Position
- DF
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birthplace
- Troon
- Born
- 2 Sept 1983
- Height
- 191 cm
Collins was signed by Sunderland manager Mick McCarthy in August 2004 for a fee of £ 25,000. [ 11 ] Three months later he signed a new contract to keep him at the Stadium of Light until 2007. [ 12 ] He made 11 appearances during the 2004–05 season as the club won promotion to the Premier League as champions of the Championship . He never appeared in the top-flight for the Black Cats after Alan Stubbs was signed and was instead loaned out to League One side Hartlepool United in August 2005. [ 13 ] He made 25 appearances for Martin Scott 's Pools during his stay at Victoria Park . He was loaned out to Neil Warnock 's Championship promotion hopefuls Sheffield United in February 2006. [ 14 ] The Blades succeeded in winning promotion in 2005–06 , though Collins featured in just two games at Bramall Lane . With Sunderland back in the Championship in 2006–07 , Collins was forced to play in the unfamiliar role of right-back after injuries to teammates Stephen Wright and Nyron Nosworthy . He was a regular under Mick McCarthy, but when McCarthy left the job, Collins was dropped by replacement manager Roy Keane despite Collins feeling he'd performed well. [ 15 ] — Wikipedia
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