James Collins (footballer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
James Collins
Personal information
Full name James Collins
Date of birth August 23, 1983 (1983-08-23) (age 24)
Place of birth    Newport, Wales
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club West Ham United
Number 19
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2000-2005
2005-		 Cardiff City
West Ham United		 066 (3)
032 (2)   
National team2
2005- Wales 024 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:58, 10 November 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19:08 21 November 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

James Collins (b. August 23, 1983, Newport, Wales) is a professional footballer currently playing for West Ham United and a Welsh international.

Contents

Collins joined Cardiff City as a trainee in August 2000.[1] He made his debut for Cardiff in an FA Cup match against Bristol Rovers in November 2000, which Cardiff won 5-1, and went on to make 86 appearances in all competitions for Cardiff, scoring six goals.[1] He won the Welsh Young Player of the Year award in 2005.[2]

Collins joined West Ham in July 2005, along with his centre-back partner at Cardiff, Danny Gabbidon, in a £3.5 million deal for the pair as Cardiff attempted cut their wage bill and raise money.[2][3]

Due to fitness problems as well as competition from more experienced players, Collins did not make his West Ham debut until the Carling Cup tie against Sheffield Wednesday in September 2005, which West Ham won 4-2.[1] He also made his first appearance on the bench for the Hammers but did not play in West Ham's 0-0 draw with Arsenal in the same month. He made his Premiership debut in October 2005 against Bolton Wanderers.[1]

Due to injuries to new signing Matthew Upson and 2005/6 Hammer of the Year Daniel Gabbidon, Collins, affectionally known as 'Ginge', was given the chance to form a formidable centre back partnership with Anton Ferdinand towards the end of the 2006/7 season. Along with the excellent performance of Robert Green and the guidance of Lucas Neill 'Ginge' was considered by Hammers supporters to be a major player in the improvement of the West Ham defence and their extraordinary success in beating the drop.

Collins has 22 caps for Wales and is a regular in the first team alongside former Cardiff and now West Ham teammate Danny Gabbidon. He scored his first goal for Wales in a 3-1 defeat to Cyprus on 13 October 2007. He also played for the under-21 team on several occasions and captained them in a match against Germany U21's[4]

  1. ^ a b c d Soccerbase:James Collins, Racing Post. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Gabbidon voted top Welsh player", BBC Sport, 4 October 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
  3. ^ "Hammers swoop for defensive trio", BBC Sport, 5 July 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
  4. ^ "Collins named Wales U21 captain" BBC Sport retrieved on 13 October 2007

v • d • e
West Ham United F.C. – current squad
1 Green • 2 Neill • 3 McCartney • 4 Gabbidon • 5 Ferdinand • 6 Upson • 7 Ljungberg • 8 Parker • 9 Ashton • 10 Bellamy • 11 Etherington • 12 Cole • 14 Paintsil • 15 Solano • 16 Noble • 17 Mullins • 18 Spector • 19 Collins • 20 Faubert • 21 Wright • 22 Stokes • 23 Walker • 24 Dailly • 25 Zamora • 26 Quashie • 27 Davenport • 28 Reid • 29 Bowyer • 30 Tomkins • 31 Ephraim • 32 Dyer • 33 Camara • 34 Boa Morte • 39 Collison • 40 Spence • Manager: Curbishley


  This biographical article related to Welsh football (soccer) is a stub. You can help by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Collins_%28footballer%29"
Advanced Search
Included Web Search Engines


Safe Search

close

Top Matching Results

Occasionally Search.com will highlight specialized results that are based on the context of your query. Examples of specialized results include specific links to news, images, or video.

Top Matching Results may highlight information from other Search.com pages, content from the CNET Network of sites, or third party content. The listings are based purely on relevance. Search.com does not receive payment for listings in this section but our partners that provide this data may get paid for listing these products.

Sponsored Links

This section contains paid listings which have been purchased by companies that want to have their sites appear for specific search terms and related content. These listings are administered, sorted and maintained by a third party and are not endorsed by Search.com.

Search Results

Search.com sends your search query to several search engines at one time and integrates the results into one list which has been sorted by relevance using Search.com's proprietary algorithm. You can customize the list of search engines included in your metasearch from the preferences.

The search engines that are used in your metasearch may allow companies to pay to have their Web sites included within the results. To view the Paid Inclusion policy for a specific search engine, please visit their Web site. Search.com does not accept payment or share revenue with any search engine partner for listings in this section.