Jack Collison

Jack Collison

Football player infobox
playername = Jack Collison


fullname = Jack David Collison
height = height|ft=6|in=0
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1988|10|02
cityofbirth = Watford
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = West Ham United
clubnumber = 31
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2005-
clubs = West Ham United
caps(goals) = 2 (0)
nationalyears = 2007-
2008-
nationalteam = Wales U21
Wales
nationalcaps(goals) = 6 (2)
2 (0)
pcupdate = 12 April 2008
ntupdate = 10 October 2008

Jack David Collison (born 2 October 1988) is an English-born professional footballer who plays for West Ham United as a midfielder. He is a Welsh international, eligible to play for the Welsh national team as his grandfather was born in Bedwellty, Wales.

Club career

Collison is a product of West Ham's youth academy. He was signed from Cambridge United, having been on trial with the Hammers and impressing youth team manager Tony Carr enough to be offered a first year scholarship in 2005. He was named in the West Ham first team squad for the first time in November 2007 for the home game against Bolton Wanderers,cite web|url=http://www.whufc.com/page/News/0,,12562~1159719,00.html| accessdate=2007-11-06 | title=Collison rising through the ranks| publisher=whufc.com] and made his first team debut on 1 January 2008, when he came on as a substitute for Freddie Ljungberg in the 37th minute of the Premier League match away to Arsenal. [cite news| last =Bevan | first =Chris | coauthors = | title =Arsenal 2-0 West Ham | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =BBC Sport | date =2008-01-01 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7163888.stm | accessdate =2008-03-01 ]

International career

Collison is eligible to play for Wales through his grandfather who was born in Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, Wales. [cite news|title =West Ham striker suffers further injury setback |publisher =DailyMail.co.uk| date = 2007-11-06| url =http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=492036&in_page_id=1779 | accessdate = 2007-11-06 ] He made his debut for the Wales Under-21 team and scored in the 4-0 win against Bosnia-Herzegovina Under-21 in November 2007 in the UEFA European U-21 Championship. [cite web|title =Wales U21 4-0 Bosnia-H U21 | publisher=BBC Sport| date =2007-11-17 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_of_wales/7098237.stm | accessdate = 2007-11-17 ] He made further appearances in the 4-2 win over France Under-21 in November 2007, [cite news| last =| first =| coauthors = | title =Wales U21 4-2 France U21 | work = | pages = | language = | publisher =BBC Sport | date =2007-11-20 | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_of_wales/7100787.stm | accessdate =2008-03-01 ] against Malta Under-21 in February 2008, when he scored his second international goal, [cite web | last =Aquilina | first =Domenic | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Evans helps send Wales top | work =UEFA European U-21 Championship | publisher = UEFA| date = 2008-02-05| url =http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/fixturesresults/round=15084/match=300184/index.html| format = | doi = | accessdate =2008-03-01 ] against Bosnia-Herzegovina Under-21 in March 2008 [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7311126.stm|title=Bosnia-H U21 1-2 Wales U21 |date=2008-03-26|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-05-30] and England Under-21 in May 2008. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7365340.stm|title=Wales U21 0-2 England U21 |date=2008-05-15|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-05-30] He made his senior international debut for Wales against Iceland in May 2008. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7415117.stm|title=International Football: Wales report|last=Shuttleworth |first=Peter |date=2008-05-28|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-05-30]

External links

*soccerbase|id=48398|name=Jack Collison
* [http://www.whufc.com/page/PlayerProfilesDetail/0,,12562~41181,00.html West Ham United player profile]

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