Danny Collins
Danny Collins as a player at Stoke City (2010)
Daniel Lewis " Danny" Collins ( born August 6 1980 in Chester ) is a Welsh footballer who has a contract with English second division Nottingham Forest since 2012.
Playing career
Chester City and Sunderland AFC
Danny Collins debuted on December 26, 2001 for the trained by Mark Wright English fifth-tier Chester City. In the 2003 /04 season he won with his team the championship in the Football Conference and rose to the Football League Two.
On 12 October 2004 Collins left the fourth division and moved for a transfer fee of £ 140,000 to Sunderland AFC. With his new team won Collins ( 14 league games) the title in the Football League Championship 2004/05. The return to the Premier League 2005 /06 became less successful for the club. Sunderland grew as a severed Table from the second division. A season later, Danny Collins reached with his team, however, again winning the second division championship, and thus the direct return to the Premier League 2007 /08.
Stoke City
After Collins had established with Sunderland in the English top flight, he changed 1 September 2009 for £ 2.75 million to Stoke City. With Stoke ended Danny Collins ( 25 league games), the Premier League 2009/ 10 on the eleventh place in the table. In addition to a new place in mid-table drew City in the subsequent season to the final of the FA Cup 2010/11. However, the final game of the club lost without the 90 minutes on the bench seated Collins with 0-1 against Manchester City. The 2011/12 season he spent on loan at second division Ipswich Town and West Ham United.
Nottingham Forest
On July 25, 2012 Danny Collins signed a three -year contract with Nottingham Forest.
Welsh national team
Danny Collins made his debut on 9 February 2005 for the Welsh national team in a 2-0 home win over Hungary. His most last match he played on 27 May 2011 in a 2-0 win against Northern Ireland.