Jamilu Collins
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 August 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | SC Paderborn | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | Abuja Football College Academy | ||
| 2012–2013 | Rijeka | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2017 | Rijeka | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Pomorac (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Rijeka II | 24 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Krka (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Šibenik (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Šibenik (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2017– | Paderborn 07 | 19 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018– | Nigeria national team | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 May 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 September 2018 | |||
Jamilu Collins (born 5 August 1994) is a Nigerian football left-back who plays for German club SC Paderborn 07 and the Nigeria national team.
Club career
Rijeka and loans
Born in Kaduna, Collins spent his youth years with Abuja Football College Academy. He was one of several players who moved from Abuja to the HNK Rijeka youth team in mid-2012.[1] In October 2012, Collins signed his first professional contract with HNK Rijeka.
In August 2013, he was loaned to NK Pomorac in Druga HNL, where he collected 29 caps. In the following season, he played for HNK Rijeka’s reserve side in Croatia’s Treća HNL, where he was capped on 24 occasions.[2] In May 2015, he signed a new one-year contract with the club, with an option to extend it for an additional year.[3]
In June 2015, Rijeka sent Collins on loan to NK Krka in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, where he made 13 appearances before returning to Rijeka in January 2016.[4] The following month, Collins was loaned to HNK Šibenik in Druga HNL, where he was a regular starter. Following return from the loan, Rijeka extended Collins' contract until June 2017. He was immediately loaned to fellow Prva HNL club NK Istra 1961.[5]
SC Paderborn
On 6 September 2017, free agent Collins joined 3. Liga side SC Paderborn 07 on a two-year contract following trials at the club.[6]
International career
Collins received his first call-up to the Nigeria national team for a Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Seychelles on 11 September 2018.[7] He made is debut a day later in a friendly against Liberia.[8][9]
References
- ↑ Abuja Football College
- ↑ HNK Rijeka
- ↑ HNK Rijeka
- ↑ Goal.com
- ↑ Regional Express
- ↑ "Nigerianer Collins kommt aus Kroatien zum SC Paderborn". Neue Westfälische (in German). 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ↑ "Collins' Aufstieg: Über Paderborn in Nigerias Nationalelf". kicker Online (in German). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ↑ Abayomi, Tosin. "Rohr hands Super Eagles debut to 2 players". Pulse.ng. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ↑ Dede, Steve. "Super Eagles win shitshow of a friendly with 51-year-old president Weah in action". Pulse.ng. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
External links
- Jamilu Collins at Soccerway
- Jamilu Collins at Croatian Football Statistics