Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aidan Arthur Collins | ||
Date of birth | 18 October 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Chelmsford, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
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) |
2007–2008 | Chelmsford City | ||
2008–2009 | Maldon & Tiptree | ||
Total | 23 | (1) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Aidan Arthur Collins (born 18 October 1986) is an English retired footballer who played as a defender. He made over 25 appearances in the Football League and the Conference National League.
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 appearances for 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]
Collins has an undergraduate degree from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Masters and PhD from the University of York in history. [12]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ipswich Town | 2002–03 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2003–04 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2004–05 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2005–06 | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 2005–06 | League Two | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Stockport County (loan) | 2005–06 | League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Cambridge United | 2006–07 | Conference National | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
Career total | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
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