Toby Collyer

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Toby Collyer
Personal information
Full name Tobias Christopher Collyer
Date of birth (2004-01-03) 3 January 2004 (age 20) [1]
Place of birth Worthing, England [2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 43
Youth career
0000–2022 Brighton & Hove Albion
2022–2024 Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Manchester United 1 (0)
International career
2019–2020 England U16 8 (0)
England U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:03, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Tobias Christopher Collyer (born 3 January 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United.

Contents

Club career

Early career

Born in Worthing, Collyer began his career in Brighton & Hove Albion's youth system at the under-12 level. At the age of 15, he made his under-18s debut. [4]

Collyer became a key player for the team in the 2020-21 season, as Brighton finished third in Premier League South and won the Premier League under-17s Cup. [4]

Soon after his 17th birthday, Collyer made his under-23s debut, playing the full 90-minute match against Tottenham Hotspur in January 2021. [4]

Manchester United

Youth career

In March 2022, he joined the Manchester United Academy. [5] United signed him on a three-and-a-half-year deal after he failed to agree terms of a new contract with Brighton & Hove Albion. He had impressed during his trial with United the previous month. [6] During his signing, Collyer's former Brighton under-18 coach Mark Beard praised his work ethic, running ability, and discipline. [7]

He made a strong impression during his first season, playing for United in the under-21 team in Premier League 2 and appearing twice against the first-team side in the EFL Trophy. He also made three appearances for United's U21. [2]

2023–24 season

Collyer was included in Manchester United's first-team's opening pre-season squad to face Leeds United on 12 July 2023 in Oslo, but did not make it onto the pitch. [2] [8] He finally made his first-team debut in the starting eleven as Manchester United lost to Wrexham 3–1 on 26 July 2023 in San Diego, California on their USA Tour pre-season. [9]

2024–25 season

Collyer made his first-team debut during the 2024 FA Community Shield against Manchester City, coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute. He made his Premier League debut on 1 September 2024, coming on as a half-time substitute for Casemiro in a 0–3 home defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford.

International career

At youth international level, he captained England at under-16 and under-17 levels. [4] He made 8 appearances for the under-16 team. [10]

Career statistics

As of match played 1 September 2024 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester United U21 2022–23 [11] ———3 [lower-alpha 1] 030
2023–24 [12] ———2 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2024–25 [13] ———1 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Total———6060
Manchester United 2024–25 [13] Premier League 1000001 [lower-alpha 2] 020
Career total1000007080
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield

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References

  1. ↑ "Toby Collyer Manchester United Midfielder, Profile & Stats | Premier League". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Freeman, Will (11 July 2023). "Who is Toby Collyer? Manchester United youngster included in Erik ten Hag's squad vs Leeds United". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Toby Collyer". premierleague.com. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 |Egerton, Nathan (23 March 2023). "'Best in the country' – All you need to know about Man Utd's Toby Collyer". Planet Football. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Player Profile | Toby Collyer | Under-21s". Manchester United Football Club. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  6. ↑ Railston, Steven (20 March 2022). "Manchester United complete signing of midfielder Toby Collyer from Brighton". Manchester United Evening News. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Coombs, Dan (9 March 2022). "Manchester United new boy Collyer 'the best in the country', says ex-coach". UNITED IN FOCUS. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Bostock, Adam (12 July 2023). "Man Utd 2 Leeds United 0 match report and video highlights". Manchester United Football Club. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Hill, Courtney (26 July 2023). "Report: United 1 Wrexham 3". Manchester United Football Club. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  10. 1 2 Toby Collyer at Soccerway. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Toby Collyer in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Toby Collyer in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  13. 1 2 "Games played by Toby Collyer in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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