Jamilu Collins

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Jamilu Collins
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Kaduna, Nigeria
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 SC Paderborn
Number 29
Youth career
0000–2012 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– SC Paderborn 83 (1)
National team‡
2018– Nigeria 11 (0)
Honours
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2019 Egypt
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:18, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:20, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

Jamilu Collins (born 5 August 1994) is a Nigerian professional 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] He scored his first goal for the club two years later with a 35-yard shot against Bayern Munich in a 3-2 defeat.[7]

International career[]

Collins received his first call-up to the Nigeria national team for an Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Seychelles on 11 September 2018.[8] He made his debut a day later in a friendly against Liberia.[9][10] After talking up his qualities,[11] coach Gernot Rohr handed the 24-year-old his competitive debut in the next Afcon qualifying fixture against Libya in Uyo. Nigeria defeated their visitors 4–0 and the left-back was impressive, coming close to marking his Super Eagles debut with a goal.[12] He featured in the reverse fixture in Sfax, Tunisia, which ended in a 3–2 victory for Nigeria to top Group E.

On 25 December 2021, He was shortlisted in 2021 AFCON Nations Cup by Caretaker Coach Eguavoen as part of the 28-Man Nigeria Squad[13]

Career statistics[]

As of matches played on 25 July 2019[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Nigeria 2018 4 0
2019 7 0
Total 11 0

References[]

  1. ^ Abuja Football College
  2. ^ HNK Rijeka
  3. ^ HNK Rijeka
  4. ^ Goal.com
  5. ^ Regional Express
  6. ^ "Nigerianer Collins kommt aus Kroatien zum SC Paderborn". Neue Westfälische (in German). 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Jamilu Collins ends 24-month SC Paderborn wait with stunner against Bayern Munich | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Collins' Aufstieg: Über Paderborn in Nigerias Nationalelf". kicker Online (in German). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  9. ^ Abayomi, Tosin. "Rohr hands Super Eagles debut to 2 players". Pulse.ng. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  10. ^ Dede, Steve. "Super Eagles win shitshow of a friendly with 51-year-old president Weah in action". Pulse.ng. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  11. ^ Olasoji, Tolu. "'Perhaps Jamilu Collins will start' - Rohr hints at new left-back ahead of Libya game". Goal. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  12. ^ Olasoji, Tolu. "'Suprised' Paderborn defender Jamilu Collins keen on making Nigeria's left-back slot his". Goal. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  13. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Eguavoen announces Nigeria final TotalEnergies AFCON squad". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  14. ^ Jamilu Collins at National-Football-Teams.com

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