Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mathew Thomas Clemence Collins [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 December 2004 | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Austria Salzburg | ||
Youth career | |||
–2022 | FC Astoria Walldorf | ||
2022–2023 | Hannover 96 | ||
2023–2024 | WSG Tirol | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024–2025 | WSG Tirol II | 53 | (9) |
2025– | Austria Salzburg | 2 | (0) |
2025– | Austria Salzburg II | 3 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:07, 4 October 2025 (UTC) |
Mathew Thomas Clemence Collins (born 1 December 2004) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austria Salzburg in the Austrian 2. Liga. [2]
Collins was born in Switzerland, and lived in Miami, Florida, prior to attending a football boarding school in Evian, France at the age of 14 years-old; at 16, he moved to Germany to play in the football academy of Astoria Walldorf. [3] [4]
After playing in Germany for FC Astoria Walldorf and Hannover 96, [5] [6] [7] [8] Collins signed for Austrian club WSG Tirol in summer 2023. [9] [10] [11] After playing for the club in the Regionalliga, [12] [13] ahead of the 2024–25 season he appeared in pre-season for the first-team. [14]
He signed for newly promoted Austrian 2. Liga club Austria Salzburg in June 2025. [15] He made his debut in the 2. Liga for Austria Salzburg as a substitute away against SC Bregenz in a 0–0 draw on 26 September 2025. [16]
He is the son of translator Orianne Cevey and English musician Phil Collins. [17] [18] His brother Nicolas is a drummer, and his half-sister Lily is an actress. [11] [19]