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Daniel Lewis "Danny" Collins (born 6 August 1980 in Chester, England) is a Welsh footballer currently playing for Stoke City and the Wales national football team as a defender.
[edit] Club career[edit] Early careerHe began his career in the Cymru Alliance with local sides Mold Alexandra and Buckley Town. After having trials with Wrexham and Tranmere Rovers, he signed for Chester City in December 2001, who were playing in the Conference. Before turning professional, Collins played cricket for Wales Minor Counties during the football close season [1]. In the 1999 season, he played two matches, taking two wickets at an average of 37.50 and scoring 14 runs at an average of 7.00 [2]. [edit] ChesterIn just under three years he made over 70 appearances for Chester. It was after a successful spell on loan at Vauxhall Motors that his career started to take off, having been converted from an unconvincing forward into a composed central defender. His time at Vauxhalls included helping them surprisingly knock Queens Park Rangers out of the FA Cup in November 2002. The following season saw Collins miss just one game as Chester won the Football Conference title and returned to the Football League after a four-year absence. Although Chester had a mixed start to the 2004-05 season, Collins continued to impress and a stoppage time goal against Macclesfield Town gave Chester their first win of the season on September 4, 2004. [edit] SunderlandA month later he joined Sunderland in a six-figure transfer amid interest from other clubs, and he ended the season with another championship medal and full Welsh caps to his name. He was initially used as a backup player to defenders Gary Breen, Stephen Caldwell and George McCartney, in his first season at the club, but still managed to make 14 appearances. Following promotion to the Premier League for the 2005-2006 season, Sunderland signed several additional players and Collins found himself out of the first team squad early in the season. He later worked his way into the side but Sunderland endured a nightmare campaign and were comfortably relegated. Collins started the 2006-07 season as first choice defender at Sunderland, but was dropped four games into the season after being booed by a section of the crowd following a mistake in the previous game against Plymouth Argyle. Collins later regained his place following the arrival of manager Roy Keane and won yet another championship medal come the end of the season. On 15 December Collins scored a late last minute goal against Aston Villa which would have led to the Black Cats victory but referee Steve Bennett denied the goal for a foul on Scott Carson, the foul was not apparent and the goal should have stood. Manager Roy Keane was very angry at the decision and said that Bennett had cheated Sunderland and went as far as to say "the players deserve better!". On 5 April 2008, Collins scored Sunderland's first goal in their 3-1 over Fulham F.C. at Craven Cottage despite again having a goal disallowed earlier in the game. Collins has gone on to firmly establish himself as a first team regular at Sunderland, starting 32 games in the 2007-08 season. On January 30, 2009, Collins was rewarded with a new two-and-a-half year contract by Sunderland, keeping him at the club until at least the end of the 2010-11 season.[3] Collins is a firm fan favourite at the Stadium of Light due to his consistently committed performances. He won the Fans' Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009. On 29 August it was reported that Sunderland had accepted a bid from Stoke City for Collins. [edit] Stoke CityOn 1 September 2009 Collins signed for Stoke City for £2.75 Million rising to £3.5 Million. [4] Collins made his Stoke debut in a 2-1 defeat at home to Chelsea in the following match against Bolton Wanderers Stoke were leading up until the 88th minute when Collins fouled Sam Ricketts in the penalty area costing Stoke three points. He did put in a good performance away at Everton. [edit] Honours
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Categories: 1980 births | Living people | Football (soccer) defenders | Welsh footballers | Wales international footballers | People from Chester | Chester City F.C. players | Vauxhall Motors F.C. players | Sunderland A.F.C. players | Stoke City F.C. players | Premier League players | The Football League players | Conference National players | England semi-pro international footballers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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