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Colin Cameron
Personal information
Full name	Colin Cameron
Date of birth	October 23, 1972 (age 34)
Place of birth	Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Height	5' 8"
Nickname	Mickey
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Coventry City
Number	23
Youth clubs
1988–1990	Raith Rovers
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1996 1991–1992 1996–2001 2001–2006 2006 2006–present	Raith Rovers Sligo Rovers (loan) Hearts Wolves Millwall (loan) Coventry City	152 (32) n/a 157 (48) 168 (23) 5 (0) 7 (0)
National team2
1999–2004	Scotland	27 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:24, 24 September 2006 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11:24, 24 September 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Colin Cameron (born 23 October 1972 in Kirkcaldy) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Coventry City and has been capped 27 times for Scotland. He is also known by the nickname 'Mickey'.

Cameron is famous for being part of the Raith Rovers side that won the Scottish League Cup in 1994, leading to the team's first and only foray in Europe, which included the memorable ties against German giants Bayern Munich. He also won two First Division championships with Raith, and won the Scottish Cup with Hearts in 1998.

Contents 1 Raith Rovers 2 Heart of Midlothian 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 The future 5 References 6 External links

Cameron was brought up in the Links area of Kirkcaldy, very close to Stark's Park: the ground of Raith Rovers. He attended Balwearie High School in Kirkcaldy until December 1988 and then joined Raith Rovers. Cameron spent most of the 1991-92 season on loan to Irish side Sligo Rovers, before becoming a regular in the Rovers side. He was part of the team who famously defeated Celtic on penalties to win the 1994-95 League Cup. The following season, he played in both legs of the subsequent European ties against Bayern Munich, who went on to win the tournament that year. Tasting two titles (and a relegation in-between), Cameron made just over 150 league appearances for Rovers before leaving in March 1996.

Cameron joined Hearts in a £400,000 exchange deal, with John Millar joining Raith as a makeweight. Like his previous club, Cameron made just over 150 league appearances, becoming club Captain before leaving in August 2001 for Wolves in a £1.75m deal. During his stay at Hearts, Cameron scored the opening penalty against Rangers in the 1998 Scottish Cup, which Hearts went on to win 2-1^[1].

At Wolves, Cameron was a fans' favourite, mainly because of his effort, goalscoring ability and determination^[2]. With 23 goals in 168 appearances for Wolves, Cameron was not a regular goalscorer;however, when he scored, it was often an important goal to open up a match, or to clarify the points. For instance, he scored opening goals against Reading in 2004 as well as against Ipswich Town in 2005, which eventually resulted in winning the particular match^[3][4]. His 90th-minute equaliser after coming in as a sub against Wigan Athletic in 2004 is another example of his importance^[5]. In 2006, Cameron's time at Molineux was over, not featuring in manager Glenn Hoddle's future plans at the club^[2]. He spent some time on loan to Millwall where his performances were praised^[2]. Wolves - themselves being in trouble - recalled Cameron and he suddenly appeared in the starting eleven for the next match against Coventry City. Cameron scored Wolves' second goal and his performance earned him the man of the match award^[2]. Despite 90% of Wolves fans wanting Cameron to stay at the club, he was not offered a new contract and moved to Coventry on a free transfer in June 2006^[2].

Cameron signed a one-year deal with Coventry^[6] for the 2006-07 season. Cameron has appeared in most of Coventry's games this season, although mostly as a substitute. Colin Cameron has scored three times for the Sky Blues to date, two goals coming from the penalty spot, and the other in the FA cup from open play.

1. ^ Hearts' Memorable Matches. The 1998 Scottish Cup Final
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Sign Him Up!! 90% want Cameron offered contract, sportnetwork.net
3. ^ Wolves vs. Reading Saturday 4th December 2004, wolves.soccer24-7.com
4. ^ Wolves vs. Ipswich Monday 11th April 2005, wolves.soccer24-7.com
5. ^ Wolves vs. Wigan Saturday 11th September 2004, wolves.soccer24-7.com
6. ^ BBC Sport website Coventry sign midfielder Cameron

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• Colin Cameron's career stats at Soccerbase

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