Jamilu Collins

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Jamilu Collins
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Kaduna, Nigeria
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Cardiff City
Number 17
Youth career
–2012 Abuja Football College Academy
2012–2013 Rijeka
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2017 Rijeka 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Pomorac (loan) 29 (0)
2014–2015 → Rijeka II 24 (0)
2015 → Krka (loan) 13 (0)
2016 → Šibenik (loan) 14 (0)
2016–2017 → Istra 1961 (loan) 11 (0)
2017 → Šibenik (loan) 12 (2)
2017–2022 SC Paderborn 127 (2)
2022– Cardiff City 43 (1)
International career‡
2018– Nigeria 30 (0)
Medal record
Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze medal icon.svg 2019 Egypt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:55, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Jamilu Collins (born 5 August 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for EFL Championship club Cardiff City and the Nigeria national team.

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Club career

Rijeka and loans

Born in Kaduna, Collins spent his youth years with Abuja Football College Academy. He was one of several players who moved from Abuja to the HNK Rijeka youth team in mid-2012. [2] In October 2012, Collins signed his first professional contract with HNK Rijeka.

In August 2013, he was loaned to NK Pomorac in Druga HNL, where he collected 29 caps. In the following season, he played for HNK Rijeka's reserve side in Croatia's Treća HNL, where he was capped on 24 occasions. [3] In May 2015, he signed a new one-year contract with the club, with an option to extend it for an additional year. [4]

In June 2015, Rijeka sent Collins on loan to NK Krka in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, where he made 13 appearances before returning to Rijeka in January 2016. [5] The following month, Collins was loaned to HNK Šibenik in Druga HNL, where he was a regular starter. Following return from the loan, Rijeka extended Collins' contract until June 2017. He was immediately loaned to fellow Prva HNL club NK Istra 1961. [6]

SC Paderborn

On 6 September 2017, free agent Collins joined 3. Liga side SC Paderborn 07 on a two-year contract following trials at the club. [7] He scored his first goal for the club two years later with a 35-yard shot against Bayern Munich in a 3-2 defeat. [8]

Cardiff City

On 20 May 2022, Collins signed for EFL Championship team Cardiff City. [9] Collins said “I’m really excited to be in Cardiff, and I can’t wait to get started. The Club has great history, and when I got the call to come to Cardiff, I was so excited, I couldn’t resist. I’m looking forward to the challenge of the new season. The goal is to fight for the Premier League. I can’t wait to meet the supporters and to fight for the jersey."

On 7 June 2024, the club announced it had extended the player's contract. [10]

International career

Collins received his first call-up to the Nigeria national team for an Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Seychelles on 11 September 2018. [11] He made his debut a day later in a friendly against Liberia. [12] [13] Coach Gernot Rohr handed the 24-year-old his competitive debut in the next Afcon qualifying fixture against Libya in Uyo. [14] Nigeria defeated the visitors 4–0 and the left-back came close to marking his Super Eagles debut with a goal. [15] He featured in the reverse fixture in Sfax, Tunisia, which ended in a 3–2 victory for Nigeria to top Group E.

On 25 December 2021, he was shortlisted in 2021 AFCON Nations Cup by Caretaker Coach Eguavoen as part of the 28-man Nigeria squad. [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 October 2023 [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rijeka 2013–14 1. HNL 0000——00
2014–15 1. HNL0000——00
2015–16 1. HNL0000——00
2016–17 1. HNL0000——00
Total0000——00
Pomorac (loan) 2013–14 2. HNL 29010——300
Rijeka II 2014–15 3. HNL 240———240
Krka (loan) 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga 13010——140
Šibenik (loan) 2015–16 2. HNL14000——140
Istra 1961 (loan) 2016–17 1. HNL11010——120
Šibenik (loan) 2016–17 2. HNL12200——122
SC Paderborn 2017–18 3. Liga 19010——200
2018–19 2. Bundesliga 34040——380
2019–20 Bundesliga 30120——321
2020–21 2. Bundesliga24010——250
2021–22 2. Bundesliga20110——211
Total127290——1362
Cardiff City 2022–23 EFL Championship 400000—40
2023–24 EFL Championship1200010—130
Total160001000170
Career total246412010002594

    International

    As of matches played on 9 October 2022 [18]
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Nigeria 201840
    2019100
    202010
    202190
    202210
    Total250

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    References

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    6. ↑ Regional Express
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    8. ↑ "Jamilu Collins ends 24-month SC Paderborn wait with stunner against Bayern Munich | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
    9. ↑ "Jamilu Collins is a Bluebird | Cardiff". www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
    10. ↑ "2023/24 Retained List | Cardiff". www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
    11. ↑ "Collins' Aufstieg: Über Paderborn in Nigerias Nationalelf". kicker Online (in German). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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    13. ↑ Dede, Steve. "Super Eagles win shitshow of a friendly with 51-year-old president Weah in action". Pulse.ng. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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    16. ↑ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Eguavoen announces Nigeria final TotalEnergies AFCON squad". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
    17. ↑ Jamilu Collins at Soccerway
    18. ↑ Jamilu Collins at National-Football-Teams.com
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