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dateofbirth = |
cityofbirth =
Halifax |
countryofbirth =
England |
currentclub =
Huddersfield Town |
clubnumber = 4 |
position =
Defender/
Midfielder |
youthyears = |
youthclubs =
Huddersfield Town |
years = 2004- |
clubs =
Huddersfield Town |
caps(goals) = 109 (7) |
nationalyears = ?
2007- |
nationalteam =
Ireland U-19 Ireland U-21 |
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Michael Collins (born
April 30,
1986 in
Halifax,
West Yorkshire,
England) is a
professional footballer currently playing for
Huddersfield Town in
Coca-Cola League One.
Having come through Town's academy, Collins made his first team debut in 2004, but has found it hard to cement a place in the side, with a lot of competition from captain
Jon Worthington,
Mark Hudson and
Adnan Ahmed amongst others, but he'd already produced several superb displays in the early part of the
2006-07 season.
His most notable contribution was against the
Premiership champions
Chelsea, when he came off the bench in the
FA Cup 3rd Round tie in January 2006 and provided the set-up for
Gary Taylor-Fletcher's equaliser. The
British press took note of this as he was only earning
£240 per week, compared with Chelsea's multi-millionaires.
Qualifying through to the controversial parentage rule Michael made his international debut in an U18 game in April 2003. He was the
captain of the
Irish under-19 squad and on
March 14,
2007, he got his first call-up to the
Irish Under-21 squad for a match against
Netherlands Under-21's, but he was forced to withdraw from the squad after picking up a
shoulder injury in a league game against
Brighton & Hove Albion. On
May 5, he scored on his return from suspension (after his red card against
Millwall) against
Leyton Orient where Town won 3-1.
He made his Ireland under-21 debut against
Germany's under-21's in a friendly match at the
Playmobil-Stadion in
Fürth on
August 21,
2007. His home debut came against
Portugal's under-21's at the
Turners Cross Stadium in
Cork on
September 7,
2007.
He scored his first league goal of the
2007-08 season in Town's 2-0 win over
Yeovil Town at
Huish Park on
February 2,
2008.
During the 2007-08 season, Town
manager Andy Ritchie has tended to use Collins as cover in right-back and right-midfield positions, but he mainly tends to use Collins in tandem with
Andy Holdsworth in Town's central midfield.
On
Saturday February 16,
2008 Michael scored the goal he'll remember for the rest of his life after he equalised
Frank Lampard's goal on the stroke of half-time in the
FA Cup 5th round at
Stamford Bridge against
Chelsea. It is only the second goal of the season for Michael.
On
May 15,
2008, he scored his first goals for the Ireland Under-21's in a 3-1 win over
Malaysia Under-23's in an Intercontinental Cup match in
Malaysia.
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